Evan McMullin Rises from the Dead…. Again.
Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party
Reuters / Tim Reid / February 11, 2021, 3:13 AM
(Reuters) – Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former President Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine U.S. democracy, are in talks to form a center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
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.
The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others, be they Republicans, independents or Democrats, the people say.
Evan McMullin, who was chief policy director for the House Republican Conference and ran as an independent in the 2016 presidential election, told Reuters that he co-hosted the Zoom call with former officials concerned about Trump’s grip on Republicans and the nativist turn the party has taken.
Three other people confirmed to Reuters the call and the discussions for a potential splinter party, but asked not to be identified.
“Large portions of the Republican Party are radicalizing and threatening American democracy,” McMullin told Reuters. “The party needs to recommit to truth, reason and founding ideals or there clearly needs to be something new.”
Asked about the discussions for a third party, Jason Miller, a Trump spokesman, said: “These losers left the Republican Party when they voted for Joe Biden.”
McMullin said just over 40% of those on last week’s Zoom call backed the idea of a breakaway, national third party. Another option under discussion is to form a “faction” that would operate either inside the current Republican Party or outside it.
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Comments: “This is an attempted coup to get rid of the Republican wing of the Republican Party. It needs to be exposed as such. We dint need to call ourselves conservatives. I mean even ROMNEY did that. We are the PLATFORM Republicans.”
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Check this on the fec.gov Oct 23, 2017. COMPLAINANT: Robert Breeze
RESPONDENTS: Bonneville International Corporation, d/b/a KSL-TV and KSL 1160 (Bonneville); Deseret Management Corporation (DMC); Deseret News Publishing Company (Deseret News); and McMullin for President Committee, Inc. and Jeffrey Carson, in his official capacity as treasurer (the Committee)
SUBJECT: The complaint alleged that Bonneville, DMC and Deseret News made prohibited contributions to or expenditures in support of the Committee, by publishing “fake news” and providing disproportionate coverage of McMullin, that the Committee failed to report any such contributions, and that Bonneville, DMC and Deseret News failed to report independent expenditures. Evan McMullin was a 2016 candidate for United States President.
DISPOSITION: The Commission found no reason to believe a violation occurred because the available information indicates Bonneville, DMC and Deseret News are legitimate press entities that were acting within the scope of the media exemption and thus did not make contributions or expenditures.
Which means Bonneville, KSL and DesNews did the fake news and contributed to McMullin’s race, but did so under 1st amendment protection. Yes they pushed McMullin but so what?
that’s a story
Check http://www.fec.gov [accessed 4 March 2021] McMullin,Evan & Mindy Finn, ID P60022654, financial summary, cash summary including MCMULLIN FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEE INC. (C00623884), debts loans owed by committee $644,913.41.