Posted on 02/10/2021 7:06:48 PM PST by RandFan
(Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.
More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.
The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others, be they Republicans, independents or Democrats, the people say.
Evan McMullin, who was chief policy director for the House Republican Conference and ran as an independent in the 2016 presidential election, told Reuters that he co-hosted the Zoom call with former officials concerned about Trump’s grip on Republicans and the nativist turn the party has taken.
Three other people confirmed to Reuters the call and the discussions for a potential splinter party, but asked not to be identified.
Among the call participants were John Mitnick, general counsel for the Department of Homeland Security under Trump; former Republican congressman Charlie Dent; Elizabeth Neumann, deputy chief of staff in the Homeland Security Department under Trump; and Miles Taylor, another former Trump homeland security official.
Asked about the discussions for a third party, Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, said: “These losers left the Republican Party when they voted for Joe Biden.”
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“Evan McMullin”
I vaguely remember that flaming rectal opening.
The Micro Party
Good. Saves the Deplorables alot of trouble. Let them leave.
Grifters and fags outing themselves here.
Oh whatever will we do without them. They will go the way of The Lincoln Project.
YES...PLEASE DO!!!
“which would run on a platform of “principled conservatism,” including adherence to the Constitution and the rule of law - ideas those involved say have been trashed by Trump.”
LOLOLOL
Yay!
Go ahead clowns. Take Pierre Delecto, Ted Backstabber CRuz, Pukekoweski and the rest of the RINOS including the traitor 10 like Adam “Soros muppet” Kinzinger.
War whores. Worse than some Democrats.
They have NO idea...
I’m thinking this is good?
The Rino Party.
Do it.
Run Jeb Jeb again.
Maybe they can call it the Rino Uni-Party. Gee, that is what the Republican Party was before Trump came along.
The Miles Taylor they cite was the horse’s ass who wrote a book “Anonymous” about how bad Trump was and claimed to be a very high level official. He was some low level bozo in DHS, unaccomplished like the rest of those listed. I’m glad the Bush bunch is going; they are not welcome back.
Good. Get them all out in the open.
Then fire for effect.
L
It would be a good thing for these American traitors to form their own party, which would hopefully leave the balance of the Republican party MAGA. But then again this is wishful thinking.
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