Former Republican officials in talks to form 'anti-Trump' third party
More than 120 Republicans held a Zoom call Friday to discuss the breakaway group.
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More than 120 Republicans held a Zoom call Friday to discuss the breakaway group.
Dozens of former officials in the US want to combat growing extremism in the Republican Party, with starting a new political party one of the options on the table.
President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at Joint Base Andrews before boarding Air Force One for his last time as President on January 20, 2021 in Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. Trump, the first president in more than 150 years to refuse to attend his successor's inauguration, is expected to spend the final minutes of his presidency at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. (Getty Images) Last Friday, more than 120 people got together on a Zoom call to discuss the breakaway party, which, according to recent reports, would run on a platform of "principled conservatism" including adherence to the ...
Roughly 120 GOP leaders joined a Zoom meeting Friday to discuss whether to create a breakaway anti-Trump party, Reuters reported.
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