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BOOK: Trump told RNC chair he was leaving GOP to create new party
ABC News ^ | Nov 8 | By Will Steakin

Posted on 11/08/2021 3:45:45 AM PST by RandFan

In an angry conversation on his final day as president, Donald Trump told the chairwoman of the Republican National Committee he was leaving the GOP and creating his own political party -- and that he didn't care if the move would destroy the Republican Party, according to a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.

Trump only backed down when Republican leaders threatened to take actions that would have cost Trump millions of dollars, Karl writes his upcoming book, "Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show."

The book gives a detailed account of Trump's stated intention to reject the party that elected him president and the aggressive actions taken by party leaders to force him to back down.

The standoff started on Jan. 20, just after Trump boarded Air Force One for his last flight as president.

"[RNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel] called to wish him farewell. It was a very un-pleasant conversation," Karl writes in "Betrayal," set to be released on Nov. 16.

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"I'm done," Trump told McDaniel. "I'm starting my own party."

"You cannot do that," McDaniel told Trump. "If you do, we will lose forever."

"Exactly. You lose forever without me," Trump responded. "I don't care."

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


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1 posted on 11/08/2021 3:45:45 AM PST by RandFan
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I’ll take things that didn’t happen for $300, Alex.


2 posted on 11/08/2021 3:48:27 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: RandFan

I’ll take things that didn’t happen for $300, Alex.


3 posted on 11/08/2021 3:48:32 AM PST by Recovering_Democrat
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To: RandFan

What has the Republican party done for Trump except stab him in the back? Trump could restart the Tea Party and millions would follow him. He could win the presidency in a 3-way race like Clinton.


4 posted on 11/08/2021 3:48:53 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: RandFan

What has the Republican party done for Trump except stab him in the back? Trump could restart the Tea Party and millions would follow him. He could win the presidency in a 3-way race like Clinton.


5 posted on 11/08/2021 3:48:55 AM PST by DeplorablePaul (s)
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To: RandFan

So, he probably said it in a weak moment. I say things often, and a few minutes later realized that wasn’t the RIGHT thing to do. Can you imagine.. someone actually has found a flaw, a mistake, a weak moment in Donal J. Trump. I can find a LOT Of other things to celebrate. I’ll stick with Mr. Donad J. Trump on his good days, and his bad days. We need him, remind him of this. So someone wants to write a book, and needs traction to bump his sales?


6 posted on 11/08/2021 3:49:38 AM PST by rovenstinez
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To: RandFan
book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.

GOSH

7 posted on 11/08/2021 3:49:50 AM PST by MarvinStinson
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To: RandFan

The usual fake, anti Trump news from ABC? Yup.


8 posted on 11/08/2021 3:49:56 AM PST by SmokingJoe ( )
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To: RandFan

3D Chess


9 posted on 11/08/2021 3:50:07 AM PST by conservative98
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To: conservative98

The only reason two parties still exist is to give voters the illusion of choice.

The letter after the name means jack anymore.

A pol is either loyal to our former republic or to Deep State.

As long as a candidate is MAGA, I don’t give a rat’s patootie about the letter after the name.


10 posted on 11/08/2021 3:51:49 AM PST by mewzilla (Those aren't masks. They're muzzles. )
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To: RandFan

And of course this is true because it is on the net, right?
Go away.


11 posted on 11/08/2021 3:52:02 AM PST by jmaroneps37
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“The book gives a detailed account of Trump’s stated intention to reject the party that elected him president and the aggressive actions taken by party leaders to force him to back down.”

All that I remember was the party, including Ted Cruz, doing all they could to PREVENT him from being president, at least through the Convention.


12 posted on 11/08/2021 3:53:19 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: RandFan
Voters elected President Trump.. The GOPe did everything to undermine Donald Trump the 2016 presidential candidate and every day of his presidency…. The GOPe assisted in all manner of lies, investigations and the theft of a presidential election. The GOPe is no better than the libtards..
13 posted on 11/08/2021 3:54:09 AM PST by Just mythoughts (Psalm 2. Why do the heathen rage, and the people imagine a vain thing?)
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To: RandFan
The author graduated from Vasser.

" Is Vassar progressive?

Vassar is extremely liberal, socially and politically conscious, etc. There is a very strong gay community, and people are always debating about current issues. The problem can sometimes be that Vassar students focus so much on being "liberal" and "progressive" that they think they can do no wrong. "

14 posted on 11/08/2021 3:54:22 AM PST by knarf (?<p>Little kids grow up to be adults that get into powerful positions and act out their thoughts.<pg)
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Romney McDaniel WORKS for Soros while
pretending to be a GOP leader.

Ronna Romney Soros McDaniel (backstabber
of President Trump) is as honest as
the author. NOT.


15 posted on 11/08/2021 3:54:53 AM PST by Diogenesis (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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But a fair question to ask is why DIDN’T Trump create a new political party? Why did he stick with the GOP, where 80% of the political leaders HATED him?

People on our side who know the correct answers to the above questions also understand why replacing RINOs with Democrats is a HORRIBLE concept.


16 posted on 11/08/2021 3:55:55 AM PST by BobL (I shop at Walmart and eat at McDonald's, I just don't tell anyone, like most here.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Johnathan Karl. You are Fake News.


17 posted on 11/08/2021 3:56:16 AM PST by MotorCityBuck ( Keep the change, you filthy animal! ,)
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To: Diogenesis

The last 3 RNC chairmen/women are Michael “get jiggy wit it” Steele, Rinse Preibus, and Ronna McRomneybee. Notice a RINO trend?


18 posted on 11/08/2021 4:04:17 AM PST by Blue Highway
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To: RandFan

“according to a new book by ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl.”

Meaning that it probably never happened, and that the idea of it is supposed to scare us away from supporting Trump. Book length concern trolling by Jonathan Karl.


19 posted on 11/08/2021 4:05:52 AM PST by cdcdawg (How long before Biden refers to himself as "Brandon?" )
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“ABC News Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl”

That says all you need to know.


20 posted on 11/08/2021 4:07:19 AM PST by Wuli
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