Group of Republicans Threatens to Start Third Party

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Group of Republicans Threatens to Start Third Party

May 11, 2021 at 8:17 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 4 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2021/05/11/group-of-republicans-threatens-to-start-third-party/

"SNIP.....

“More than 100 Republicans, including some former elected officials, are preparing to release a letter this week threatening to form a third party if the Republican Party does not make certain changes,” the New York Times reports.

“The statement is expected to take aim at Donald J. Trump’s stranglehold on Republicans, which signatories to the document have deemed unconscionable.”

......SNIP"

[sheshe2]

1. Go for it!

[Lovie777]

2. Yay . . .

Heard on I believe MSNBC that Michael Steel and others were planning something.

[nocoincidences]

3. Do it do it do it...

Now, right now.

Then, somebody in NY needs to indict and convict his ass.

[roamer65]

4. ..

https://m.

[Shermann]

5. So we already have the Retrumplicans, why not the Detrumplicans? nt

[littlemissmartypants]

32. It's way too late to Untrumplican. nt

[aggiesal]

41. This just begs for Dumtrumplican n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

49. Hahaha! ❤ nt

[ZonkerHarris]

55. I believe the proper form of the word is UnTrumplicate or UnTrumplication.

[littlemissmartypants]

56. Haha! ❤ nt

[uriel1972]

53. things are too trumplicated at the moment nt

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Don't just threaten!

Do it!

[Vogon_Glory]

7. I'll wish them well at peeling away

Disgruntled voters from Trump, but I won’t vote for them. I see myself as a Democrat.

[Vogon_Glory]

8. I'll wish them well at peeling away

Disgruntled voters from Trump, but I won’t vote for them. I see myself as a Democrat.

[EarlG]

9. Is it just me

or does anyone else have the feeling that Kevin McCarthy is on the verge of making a huge and historic tactical error?

[cilla4progress]

10. I like

the way you think!

[localroger]

13. You are mistaken. He has already made the error. /nt

[EarlG]

15. Heh, fair point

Then, he's on the verge of finding out just how much damage the error is going to do

[EYESORE 9001]

17. He probably realizes

that he has made a very unwise deal with the devil, who packs his balls around in a small leather bag.

[bdamomma]

18. oh yes

go over that cliff. splat.

[uponit7771]

37. If dems had a messaging infrastructure that could establish the mistake ... yeah, we don't though

[calimary]

45. I certainly hope so!

[elleng]

11. Border Arrests at Highest In Two Decades

Border Arrests at Highest In Two Decades

May 11, 2021 at 8:15 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 1 Comment

https://politicalwire.com/2021/05/11/border-arrests-highest-in-two-decades/

"SNIP.....

“Immigration arrests and detentions along the Mexico border rose slightly in April to 178,622, the highest one-month total in two decades, but a decline in the number of teens and children arriving without parents eased pressure on the Biden administration,” the Washington Post reports.

[2naSalit]

12. I've been waiting for this part...

[localroger]

14. The Liz Dunking is the last straw

The people who used to actually run the party have been holding back and hoping the trump thing would just be a fever that would pass, but as it becomes clear they will never regain control of "their" party they will move to destroy it rather than see it fall out of their control, even if that leaves them out of power for a generation. They have given the interlopers every chance but I think the Liz witchhunt will be the final straw. This is the thing that will finally split them, because you don't fuck with the Cheneys.

[taxi]

16. More than 100 Republicans, including some that know Republicans don't listen,

shook their fists and yelled.

Nobody listened.

[uponit7771]

40. If they form third party they're not just shaking fist no doubt

[taxi]

60. The fist shakers would be the remaining Republicans who see the party as a political entity.

Liken it to the early days of the internet when people thought it was a nice concept and felt it was too bad no one could figure out a way to make money from it. Undoubtedly there are members of the Republican of the opinion that it is nice to get a check from the government for the office they hold, but it's even nicer to rake in the loot from the new and improved divisions, theater, merchandise, lobbyists, road shows, etc.

[JHB]

19. Shut up and do it! It's all hot air unless you act.

All of those former officials spent their careers during a time when "ignore the uproar and brazen it out" was standard Republican practice.

If you people don't take real action, that's what they'll do to you. Ignore you. And make you pay, where they can.

Shit or get off the pot. Actually do something.

You'll be the first Republicans in 50 years to do something positive.

[Wounded Bear]

20. My sentiments exactly!

All this talk is

[uponit7771]

38. +1, true

[aggiesal]

42. What did they do 50 years ago that was something positive? n/t

[JHB]

61. Allowing for rounding up...

Telling Nixon he was leaving the White House. Left it up to him whether he left through the door or out the window, but he was going.

[OAITW r.2.0]

21. Call it the Lincoln Party.

Lincoln Project can help with marketing and strategy. Be happy to help save Democracy by killing the current Trumpian Republican Party.

[GoodRaisin]

46. I think they should call themselves The Republican Party.

Let the Trumpers take a new name. Call it The Party of Trump. (I'm sure he'd like that anyway).

[FlyingPiggy]

22. I sure hope they follow through w this.

[brewens]

23. OOF! n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

34. ? Please explain. TIA

[brewens]

47. The sound you make when punched in the gut. :) n/t

[littlemissmartypants]

48. ❤ nt

[Imallin4Joe]

24. Good. I'll even donate. nt

[keithbvadu2]

25. They already have the libertarians (a joke of a party).

They already have the libertarians (a joke of a party).

[LudwigPastorius]

26. Are the Never Trumpers doing this because they have some fealty to the democratic ideals of...

this country, or just because they're pissed off that they lost their party?

Also, if this list includes Reagan/Bush(I&II) era Republicans, is there really that much of a difference between Crypto-Fascists and actual Fascists?

[AllyCat]

27. Great idea! I would do the same in your shoes.

[littlemissmartypants]

36. It's definitely a "please proceed" moment. nt

[panfluteman]

28. If They Return to True, Sensible Conservatism, People Will Come

Because America needs true, sincere dialogue on the issues confronting our nation from both liberals / progressives as well as conservatives. The focus should be on the issues, and the competing visions of what is best for our nation, and not a mere personality cult of one individual.

[Martin Eden]

63. I know what you mean, but American "conservatism" hasn't been sensible since Ike left office

Trickle down economics, environmental deregulation, and militarism have never been sensible in terms of sustaining our republic and the planet which sustains life itself.

Only in comparison to the current cult of Trump does the former Republican Party seem sensible.

[joetheman]

29. "Threatens??" They already have. They just don't know it. nt

[PortTack]

30. How can I help? Seriously it would neuter the current brand of crazy and decimate the gop

Other than the cult and the deposed idiot king

[hatrack]

31. Lots of former elected officials, per the glimpse of the NYT I saw . ..

Didn't see a thing about sitting members of anything at all, be it school boards of the US House.

BFD.

[gab13by13]

33. They need some big time funders.

[littlemissmartypants]

35. Why does Snidely Whiplash come to my mind? nt

[Hekate]

39. Don't hold yourselves back!

Woot!

[speaknow]

43. Why should a Dems care WTF they do. They the Pukes

give that SOB power because they the Pukes have
nothing to offer the public. The pukes are nothing but
an empty vessel all of them. Look how they can fill
up the news with the Cheney BS. This Country has
more important matters than the life of Liz.

[aggiesal]

44. That would split SCOTUS into ...

3 Conservatives
3 Liberals
3 Trump dumb $h1ts

[roamer65]

50. 1912.

[lindysalsagal]

51. Can I donate?

[shanti]

52. Alrighty then n/t

[Skittles]

54. they need to stop talking and just fucking DO IT

*PLEASE*

[LudwigPastorius]

57. ...a sternly-worded letter?

Fuck these guys. Seriously, fuck 'em.

Children in cages, "fine people on both sides", 400,000 dead Americans on his watch, 22,000+ verified lies, 2 impeachments, encouraging a violent coup attempt....

The fact that these motherfuckers haven't left the party that propped Trump up ALREADY indicates just how morally bankrupt they are.

I'll say it again, Fuck Them.

[herding cats]

58. Show me.

All the words in the world mean nothing, actions matter. Especially now. Show me who and what you are. If they're all inept blather, as I expect, just be quiet. I'm bored with their postering. It's long past time for action on their part.

[marie999]

59. If it is a strong party it could cause Congress to pick the president and vice-president.

It will depend on how many Republicans and independents will vote for the new party. If they can win enough states to keep anyone from getting 270 electoral votes it will depend on which party controls the House and Senate. They will pick the president and vice-president from any of the three top parties.

[RKP5637]

62. To me, this is what they need to do, break loose from the crazies that have overtaken the GOP. There

was a time when one could work with the GOP, way back, but those days are long gone.