{"id":114935,"date":"2021-02-01T12:56:47","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T17:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114935"},"modified":"2021-02-01T13:27:03","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T18:27:03","slug":"dozens-of-former-bush-officials-leave-republican-party-calling-it-a-trump-cult","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozens-of-former-bush-officials-leave-republican-party-calling-it-a-trump-cult\/","title":{"rendered":"Dozens Of Former Bush Officials Leave Republican Party, Calling It A \u2018Trump Cult\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdozens-of-former-bush-officials-leave-republican-party-calling-it-a-trump-cult%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=114935&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Dozens of Republicans who served in former President George W. Bush\u2019s administration are reportedly leaving the party, unhappy that fellow members are not disavowing former President Donald Trump after he claimed fraud cost him the 2020 election \u2013 a claim that ignited a violent riot at the U.S. Capitol last month.<\/p>\n<p>The officials had hoped that when Trump lost, party leaders would &#8220;move on from the former president and denounce his baseless claims that the November presidential election was stolen,&#8221; Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump-republicans-exclusive-idUSKBN2A1275\">reported<\/a>. &#8220;But with most Republican lawmakers sticking to Trump, these officials say they no longer recognize the party they served. Some have ended their membership, others are letting it lapse while a few are newly registered as independents, according to a dozen former Bush officials who spoke with Reuters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Republican Party as I knew it no longer exists. I\u2019d call it the cult of Trump,\u201d Jimmy Gurul\u00e9, who was Undersecretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence in the Bush administration, told the news agency.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it continues to be the party of Trump, many of us are not going back,\u201d Rosario Marin, a former Treasurer of the U.S. under Bush, told Reuters. \u201cUnless the Senate convicts him, and rids themselves of the Trump cancer, many of us will not be going back to vote for Republican leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One former official, Suzy DeFrancis, a veteran of the Republican Party who served in administrations including those of former presidents Richard Nixon and George W. Bush, said she voted for Biden in November.\u00a0\u201cI totally understand why people are frustrated and want to leave the party. I\u2019ve had that feeling for four years,\u201d DeFrancis said.<\/p>\n<p>But she said the Republican Party needs to return to its core principles, such as limited government, personal responsibility, free enterprise, and a strong national defense.<\/p>\n<p>The Reuters report came as an Illinois Republican lawmaker called on members of the party to give up the division and conspiracy theories spurred by Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe biggest danger right now is that we\u2019ve become a party that dabbles \u2014 not just dabbles \u2014 we traffic in conspiracies and we traffic in lies,\u201d Rep. Adam Kinzinger, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/traffic-lies-house-republican-launches-171530693.html\">according<\/a> to The Los Angeles Times.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Kinzinger posted a video on the website country1st.com. \u201cOur country\u2019s future is truly unlimited. After all, we are the party that ended slavery, secured women\u2019s suffrage, and won the war against communist tyranny. Now we must be the party that lifts up the\u00a0rural town and the inner city. We must be the party that empowers\u00a0every student to soar and every family to thrive,&#8221; the website says.<\/p>\n<p>Kinzinger was one of 10 House Republicans who voted to\u00a0impeach Trump last month.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Republicans must say enough is enough. It\u2019s time to unplug the outrage machine, reject the politics of personality, and cast aside the conspiracy theories and rage. It\u2019s time to turn back from the edge of darkness and return to the ideals that have long been our guiding light,&#8221; he said in the recorded video. &#8220;It\u2019s now or never. The choice is ours. I\u2019ve made mine, and I hope every Republican, and every American who shares our values, will choose to join me. Let\u2019s take back our party.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of Republicans who served in former President George W. 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