The former president, in a statement, slammed the new push by what he termed "a group of RINOs and Losers who are coming out to protest President Trump." Trump remains incredibly popular with Republican Party base voters, according to the most recent surveys. Many of those signing the letter have for months discussed forming a splinter Republican Party in the wake of the storming of the Capitol. McMullin, Taylor and over 100 other people held a virtual meeting in February to explore forming a new political party or a new bloc within the GOP. A straw poll taken during that gathering suggested there was a divide between launching a new and separate political party or forming a faction within the GOP.

Source: Fox News May 13, 2021 15:33 UTC