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Dozens of former Republican officials, who view the party as unwilling to stand up to former president Donald Trump and his attempts to undermine US democracy, are in talks to form a centre-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters.
Donald Trump leaves the polling station after casting his ballot in Palm Beach, during early voting for the 3 November 2020 election.
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The early stage discussions include former elected Republicans, former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, George W Bush and Trump, ex-Republican ambassadors and Republican strategists, the people involved say.
Talks come after more than half of the Republicans in Congress voted to block certification of Biden’s election victory just hours after the Capitol siege.