Posted on 02/01/2021 5:32:13 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush’s administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims of election fraud sparked a deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol last month.
These officials, some who served in the highest echelons of the Bush administration, said they had hoped that a Trump defeat would lead party leaders to move on from the former president and denounce his baseless claims that the November presidential election was stolen.
But with most Republican lawmakers sticking to Trump, these officials say they no longer recognize the party they served. Some have ended their membership, others are letting it lapse while a few are newly registered as independents, according to a dozen former Bush officials who spoke with Reuters.
“The Republican Party as I knew it no longer exists. I’d call it the cult of Trump,” said Jimmy Gurulé, who was Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Bush administration.
Kristopher Purcell, who worked in the Bush White House’s communications office for six years, said roughly 60 to 70 former Bush officials have decided to leave the party or are cutting ties with it, from conversations he has been having. “The number is growing every day,” Purcell said.
Their defection from the Republican Party after a lifetime of service for many is another clear sign of how a growing intraparty conflict over Trump and his legacy is fracturing it.
The party is currently caught between disaffected moderate Republicans and independents disgusted by the hold Trump still has over elected officials, and Trump’s fervently loyal base. Without the enthusiastic support of both groups, the party will struggle to win national elections, according to polling, Republican officials and strategists.
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Door knobs and butts
Bye LOSERS....go join your EVIL DEMOCRATS.
Adios, m’fers.
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“The party is currently caught between disaffected moderate Republicans and independents disgusted by the hold Trump still has over elected officials (Group 1), and Trump’s fervently loyal base (Group 2).”
Note that Group 2 is between 10 and 20 times the size of Group 1, so it’s not very hard for most Republicans who need to win elections to figure out which side to be on.
Psalm 68:1 Let God arise, let his enemies be scattered: let them also that hate him flee before him.
One of Trump’s greatest accomplishments. Tore down the covers. Exposed the hypocrisy. We now which side everyone is on
They never were Republicans nor Patriots anyway. The garbage is self-disposing!
Amen !!!
I’m sure there is plenty of room for you with the leftists, the Lincoln Project (it you tend towards perversion), or Kinsinger’s new anti-American people PAC. RINOs only improve the GOP by leaving it and you won’t be missed.
Putting American lives and jobs first is a cult? Really?
Thank you President Trump for exposing who these people really are in DC.
5.56mm
are these the ones that planned and executed 911???
in a normal world, they would hang.
on this Earth, with Strozk’s wife running SEC,
with Hunter’s lawyer running his DO”J” “investigation”,
with Clinesmith drunk and whoring,
with every seditionist laughing maskless over their
destruction of the Trump economy,
they will enjoy their undeserved pensions and
illegal kickbacks.
They can’t say election fraud without including “false claims of”. It’s just like when Pelosi (spit) couldn’t say Bush tax cuts without adding “for the rich”.
Progressive Republicans are leaving? PARTY TIME!
Adios Aholes.
REally was needing some GOOOOOD news, for today. This is it. GREAT. Let’s go get another cup of coffee, but NOT Starbucks.
The swamp drains...
Adios Pendejos.
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