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TexasTowelie

(112,167 posts)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:04 PM Feb 2021

Trump voters split from the GOP to launch wannabe 'Patriot Parties'

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump may have stepped back for now from the idea of creating a new political party, but that hasn’t stopped diehard Trump fans disillusioned with the Republican Party from creating Patriot Parties of their own all across the country.

Onetime Trump voters in Florida, Georgia, Colorado, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio and other states have all made attempts at forming their own iterations of a Patriot Party in recent weeks.

A couple have run into problems when they tried to file documents with the Federal Election Commission, and the Trump campaign has had to disavow connections with them.

Although the parties seem to have been formed separately and without coordination, what many of these novice politicos share, they said in interviews, is a deep frustration with the GOP and a desire to create an alternative to the two-party system — with or without Trump’s help or participation.

Read more: https://www.floridaphoenix.com/2021/02/11/trump-voters-split-from-the-gop-to-launch-wannabe-patriot-parties/

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Trump voters split from the GOP to launch wannabe 'Patriot Parties' (Original Post) TexasTowelie Feb 2021 OP
Go for it. sinkingfeeling Feb 2021 #1
My sincere hope is every single conservative gets their own party. :) servermsh Feb 2021 #2
The one here in Texas was just a publicity stunt. TwilightZone Feb 2021 #3
Replace "Patriot" with "Putin" nakocal Feb 2021 #4
Music to my ears calguy Feb 2021 #5
Why do they always wrap themselves in "Patriot" and the Flag? Blue_true Feb 2021 #6
Maybe we could find them a state to live in together leftofthestorm Feb 2021 #7
Split the GQP. Thanks. spanone Feb 2021 #8

servermsh

(913 posts)
2. My sincere hope is every single conservative gets their own party. :)
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:07 PM
Feb 2021

They can all run and vote for themselves.

TwilightZone

(25,471 posts)
3. The one here in Texas was just a publicity stunt.
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:12 PM
Feb 2021

Local rumor is that it was one of the clowns from New Braunfels who buzzed the Biden campaign bus, though I haven't seen confirmation.

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
6. Why do they always wrap themselves in "Patriot" and the Flag?
Thu Feb 11, 2021, 10:47 PM
Feb 2021

They are consistently the biggest seditionists that I have seen in my lifetime.

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