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diehardblue

(11,001 posts)
Wed May 12, 2021, 06:46 AM May 2021

More than 100 Republican former officials to seek reforms, threaten new party

THEY ARE IMPLODING!!!!




More than 100 influential Republicans plan to release a call for reforms within the GOP alongside a threat to form a new party if change isn't forthcoming, a person familiar with the effort said.

The statement, set to be released Thursday, involves a "Call for American Renewal," a credo that declares that it is imperative to "either reimagine a party dedicated to our founding ideals or else hasten the creation of such an alternative." The push will include 13 yet-to-be-revealed principles that the signatories want the GOP to embrace.

This is not the first group to form as the pro-Trump and traditional conservative factions of the Republican Party remain at loggerheads. The new effort comes as a vote looms to oust Liz Cheney of Wyoming from the No. 3 House Republican leadership post for her refusal to stay silent about former President Donald Trump's repeated election lies and his role in the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/more-100-republican-former-officials-others-seek-reforms-threaten-new-n1267053

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More than 100 Republican former officials to seek reforms, threaten new party (Original Post) diehardblue May 2021 OP
This wig of the republican party is just as crazy as the qanon . . . Lovie777 May 2021 #1
Respectfully disagree, gab13by13 May 2021 #3
The lesser of two evils is still evil EYESORE 9001 May 2021 #2
C'mon people, gab13by13 May 2021 #4
I am utterly ecstatic! roamer65 May 2021 #6
And thus began The War Between The Hates. tanyev May 2021 #5

gab13by13

(21,345 posts)
3. Respectfully disagree,
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:57 AM
May 2021

Miles Taylor, the leader, was anonymous, the person who blew the whistle on MF45, not a crazy person.

EYESORE 9001

(25,939 posts)
2. The lesser of two evils is still evil
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:05 AM
May 2021

and who can say with certainty that a ‘new’ repug party wouldn’t get co-opted by fringe nuttiness in short order? I hope they beat themselves senseless, but I’m not gonna root for either faction. A pox on both their houses.

gab13by13

(21,345 posts)
4. C'mon people,
Wed May 12, 2021, 07:58 AM
May 2021

this 3rd party takes votes away from the MF45 party and would enable Democrats to win races. I'm shocked this isn't greeted with glee.

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