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Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump party

The plan would be to run candidates in some races but also to endorse center-right candidates in others

President Donald Trump speaks at the White House, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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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 center-right breakaway party, four people involved in the discussions told Reuters. 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.
 
More than 120 of them held a Zoom call last Friday to discuss the breakaway group, which would run on a platform

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