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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I have said all along that Trump should take over the Republican Party and the RINOs should form their own third party.
The could call themselves the RINOs!
Can you imagine all the bookings they’ll get on CNN and other discussion panels? Kasich,Murkowski,Susan Collins vying for prime time spot leftovers from Mitt.
And their ratings. America will drop everything to watch them./s
Purrfect...
Get the RINOs and anti-Trumpers out of the party.
“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 last sentence demonstrates their goals. They are just another version of never Trumpers.
Even if they were not never Trumpers, they have no plan as to how to end fraudulent elections and so long as elections are fraudulent we will have dims running the country.
“republican” homosexual pedophiles regrouping.
“republican” homosexual pedophiles regrouping.
Ooo dozens so they’ll have to explain 20 year wars, outsourcing of jobs, and letting China run our foreign policy...so basically changing the name of the Lincoln project without the grifters and pedophilia
Don’t let the door hit ya...
Please oh please do!!! Quit the Republican Party. Go away. Far, far away!!! We won’t miss y’all at all -— really!!!
Good. Out yourselves, all of you. We want to see the enemy up close and personal.
So we’re gonna have Republican Party, MAGA party, And the Bush party.....
BS
Their “principles” are sending our kids to die in wars for their personal profit. Scum.
They think they can erase half the country just like that. The only problem is our traditional core American values will never align with the corrupt politicians on both sides off the aisle. If anything, Trump pulled back the curtain on their corruption. It will NEVER be business as usual no matter how hard they try.
Complete BS
Egg McMuffin the CIA man again. LOL
Why on earth would we need a THIRD anti-Trump party?
If they did such a thing they wouldn’t win a single election outside of Utah ... because nobody darker than Elmer’s Glue would ever vote for them.
The former Trump officials are cowards who are now groveling to be let back into the money stream. Lemme guess, Steve Schmidt and the other Lincoln Project pedophiles are part of this too.
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