Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former president Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine US democracy, are in talks to form a centre-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
Donald Trump leaves the polling station after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, during early voting for the 3 November 2020 election.
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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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The former Republican officials view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.