Trump's acquittal generates a host of questions around what happens next: Will he face future federal, state or local charges? What about a censure vote? And will he ultimately be free to run again in 2024?
WASHINGTON (Reuters) A group of former Republican officials considering a new center-right political party to counter former President Donald Trump s influence would face steep challenges in shaking up a U.S. political system that has favored two-party rule throughout its history.
Reuters exclusively reported on Wednesday that more than 120 Republicans, including former elected officials, along with former administrators under Trump and former presidents Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, met virtually on Feb. 5 to discuss forming a third party or a new center-right faction.
Two of the most prominent anti-Trump Republicans in Congress, Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, rejected the idea of a breakaway party in statements to Reuters on Thursday. Other Republican critics of Trump expressed similar skepticism, arguing a third party would accomplish little beyond splitting the votes of conservatives and helping Democrats get elected.
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Politics
“But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51
“They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Impeachment
“A Vote to Acquit Trump Is a Vote for a Lie” [Peggy Noonan]. “Here is a human question. I don’t understand why I haven’t heard a single story of a member who supported the president in refusing Electoral College certification, who stood with him, and who, hearing what was happening in the first stages of the riot, went into the halls to speak with the rioters. Why did they not do that? They knew there was a rally and expected a march, presumably peaceful. Why didn’t they go into the halls where the clamor was and tell the people, ‘Friends, I share your beliefs and am arguing for them on the floor, but what you are doing is wrong and unlawful, and