Former Trump DHS officials launch anti-Trump group

Source: Politico | August 24, 2020 | Daniel Lippman

Miles Taylor has recruited current and former Trump administration officials to the cause.

Miles Taylor, the former chief of staff at the Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration who endorsed Joe Biden last week, has started a group of current and former administration officials and other Republican leaders who want to see President Donald Trump defeated in November.

Taylor and Elizabeth Neumann, another former senior DHS official who served in the administration, have started the Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform (REPAIR), which will include people who work or have worked for Trump but want to elect Biden and reform the Republican Party.

So far, two current senior administration officials have anonymously signed on to the effort and one of them has preliminary plans to reveal their identity closer to the election and expects to get fired as a result, according to a person familiar with the project who declined to share the names of those two officials. The person also said the group is preparing another “bombshell” to be revealed as soon as Tuesday but didn’t get into any more detail when pressed.

The group is working to get between 20 and 40 former Republican officials, including people who have served in the administration, to sign on to become part of the group. Taylor stepped down last year.

“The President has demonstrated he’s unfit for office. And those of us who witnessed the chaos of his Administration firsthand from the inside are coming together to ensure that Trump is not re-elected,” Taylor said in a statement to POLITICO.

“More importantly, this organization will be planning for a post-Trump Republican Party and working with other groups to repair the GOP and repair our republic. In the coming weeks, we’ll be announcing a range of Republican talent that will be helping drive the effort, as well as new initiates to bring the GOP back to its roots, away from the corruption of Trumpism, and toward a more forward-looking agenda.”

Republican Voters Against Trump, a group founded by former Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol, is providing initial funding for REPAIR until it can become its own standalone group. REPAIR also is likely to create ads featuring former Trump officials speaking out about what they saw in the administration but those ads would be run out of other groups.

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  • Consistent August 25, 2020 at 11:26 am #42240

    Consistent August 25, 2020 at 4:55 pm #42255

    EVERYDAY August 25, 2020 at 4:57 pm #42256

    This is why the Democrats are poised to win the trifecta — retain the house, gain the senate and take the presidency. Both parties have factions, but unlike the Republicans, when the Democrats want something, they put aside their differences and work together to achieve what they want. Bernie and the other radicals may not like Biden, but they will support him and work to get him elected.

    The Republicans, on the other hand, can’t all agree if the sun is shining at the moment. The party is so divided, there are groups of them now actively working to prevent Trump’s re-election. Most are even saying, vote for Biden and the Democrats. Unfortunately, even if they are successful, Trump’s presidency has so wrecked and divided the party, I don’t believe it will ever recover. Unless the party can recover (doubtful) or a new party arises to take its place — welcome to one-party rule!

    Consistent August 25, 2020 at 5:15 pm #42259

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