Inside the Republican Party: More than 100 former officials who oppose Donald Trump analyze the formation of a new space

As part of the second political trial that the US Congress is leading against former President Donald Trump, strong divisions are starting to emerge within the Republican Party. In this context, More than 100 former Republican officials are analyzing the possibility of forming a new center-right political space.

Charlie dent, a former congressman from the state of Pennsylvania, acknowledged the channel CNN that he and about 120 Republicans held a video conference on Zoom last Friday to assess the possibility of forming a new party or a new faction within the Republican Party.

The official explained that with this initiative they seek to promote “fundamental principles such as truth and honesty, democracy and the rule of law”. Ideas which, according to those involved, have been shattered by Trump over the past four years.

Four executives involved in the talks informed the agency Reuters that dissidents include former officials of the governments of Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump. There are also former ambassadors and strategists.

Among them stand out John mitnick, Attorney General of the Department of Homeland Security under Trump; former Republican congressman Charlie dent; Elizabeth neumann, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department of Homeland Security under Trump; Yes Miles Taylor, another former Trump national security official.

Evan mcmullin, who was the policy director of the Republican Conference of the House of Representatives and ran as independent in the 2016 presidential election, said Reuters who organized the Zoom call with Former officials concerned about Trump’s hold on Republicans and the party’s nationalist turn.

Although most Republicans continue to support the former president, many party members, who had previously observed certain measures and behaviors of the former president with suspicion, reaffirmed their position against the mogul following his allegations of electoral fraud and after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, which led to a second impeachment trial.

On January 13, a week after the violent events that left five dead, The House of Representatives has accused the former president of inciting an insurgency by urging thousands of supporters to march on Capitol Hill on the day Congress meets to certify the electoral victory of Democrat Joe Biden.

Republicans seeking to topple the party were dismayed that more than half of Republicans in Congress – eight Senators and 139 Representatives – voted to block Biden’s certification just hours after the Capitol siege. Most Republican senators have also announced that they will not support Trump’s conviction in this week’s Senate impeachment trial. “This is what I fear most now, that Trump will feel justified. You will feel that you have been exonerated “Dent said, adding that he believed the former president will try to hold those who voted against him accountable “in his wicked way”.

“Large sections of the Republican Party are radicalizing and threatening American democracy … The party must re-commit to truth, reason and founding ideals or there clearly has to be something new,” McMullin said. Reuters. He added: “This is a new direction for the party, and we are trying to unite the people who are committed to our founding values, and with those who want it, regardless of who they supported in the past, and who that our numbers are going up, that’s the most exciting thing about it. “

For his part, Dent pointed to Republican congressmen as Liz Cheney (Wyoming), Adam Kinzinger (Illinois), Mitt Romney (Utah) and Fred Upton (Michigan), who “defended the truth, the principles and want this party to be different”. “We do not want to follow this man who brought only defeat, misery and insurrection (…) We will advance, not retreat”.

Anthony scaramucci, who had a brief stint in the Trump administration as White House communications director, also confirmed to the CNN his intention to join this group of Republicans to form a “center-right party”.

“I think what has happened in the last three or four days has fortified a very large group of people who believe that if Republicans in the Senate don’t condemn Trump the party is going to split in two,” said Scaramucci, who He also estimated that, if Trump is acquitted, 20% of the Republican Party will split up to create a new space.

“It will be a center-right party that will cooperate with the Democrats and liquidate the absurdities of the far right,” he said.

Asked about these discussions within the Republican Party, Jason miller, a spokesperson for Trump, said: “These losers left the Republican Party when they voted for Joe Biden.”

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