(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
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Fed up with establishments resistance to punishing trump on Friday held a zoom call .
To discuss a center right alternative to the Grand Old Party. Rueter news feed reports.
(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
If they can pull enough conservative Democrat and Independents to join the forming group discussion
This can bring enough minds to the table a true third party can emerge to wield true power in Washington. By setting up a plurality and a broader discussion in house speaker and Senate majority leader safe guarding our democracy from the lunatic fringe holding power in Washington.
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If they can pull enough conservative Democrat and Independents to join the forming group discussion
This can bring enough minds to the table a true third party can emerge to wield true power in Washington. By setting up a plurality and a broader discussion in house speaker and Senate majority leader safe guarding our democracy from the lunatic fringe holding power in Washington.