Donald Trump: Graffy discusses possibility of ‘Patriot Party’
Colleen Graffy said hardline Donald Trump supporters and QAnon conspiracy theorists would migrate from the Republican Party to the former President’s potential Patriot Party. Ms Graffy said she believes this could be good since it will allow the Republicans to start anew and distance itself from Trump’s election defeat. The law professor added she would be happy if the “Cult of Trump” moved away from the Republicans as she believes they have nothing to do with the party’s “character or qualities”.
Speaking to Iain Dale on LBC about the new party plans, Ms Graffy said: “It will be a problem for the Republican party because if Trump has a third party it means that the Republican party will be always split.
“Now, from the point of view of Republicans who care about the Republican Party being one of values and caring about character.
“I think that there will be a lot of support of the idea that those Republicans that are really following a Cult of Trump, are conspiracy theorists, QAnon, that they will be hived off into this Patriot Party would actually be a positive thing.
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“Right now the Republican Party is trying to figure out how do we start anew.
“And either you have to say that this group is part of the Republican Party.
“Which goes against everything I, as a lifelong Republican, believed in as they have nothing to do with the qualities and characters of the Republican Party that I knew.
“So either the Republican Party absorbs them or Trump hives off into the Patriot Party and perhaps those elements follow Trump.”
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The Wall Street Journal reported Donald Trump is considering setting up his own political party in the wake of his 2020 electoral defeat.
In his departure speech, the former President said it was only the beginning of his new political movement.
Mr Trump said: “As I prepare to hand power over to a new administration at noon on Wednesday, I want you to know that the movement we started is only just beginning.”
He added his agenda “was not about left or right, it wasn’t about Republican or Democrat, but about the good of a nation, and that means the whole nation”.
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Donald Trump departed the White House for South Florida on Wednesday to live at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Many of his supporters lined the street to welcome the businessman to their state.
Mr Trump said before boarding Air Force One: “We’ve gotten so much done that nobody thought would be possible.
“But I do want to thank Congress, and I want to thank all of the great people of Washington, D.C., all of the people that we worked with to put this miracle together.
“So, have a good life, we will see you soon.”
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