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Perhaps, many anti-Trump Republicans thought, the gruesome, indelible nature of the January 6 attack, coupled with the fact that the president would soon leave the White House, had finally broken Trump’s grip on the GOP. “I remember at the time, somebody said to me, ‘I slept okay last night because…

The Republican Accountability Project describes itself as an initiative tasked with “defending the accessibility, integrity, and competitiveness of American elections.” This Tuesday, the group uploaded a video to YouTube featuring “Julie” from Prescott, Arizona, who described herself as a former Republican and Army veteran who worked for the federal…

It appears he was correct that doing the right thing would cost him his job. In January, Republicans decided not to reappoint him to the board — a chilling sign to democracy experts and political observers. “All of the people who…

What happened on Jan. 6 can never happen again. The American people deserve to know what exactly happened on that day, what led to it, and why. We believe that Rep. Liz Cheney is uniquely suited to serve on this fact-finding committee. Her conservative bona fides will give this committee…

RAP Director Bill Kristol on the bipartisan prospects of today’s Jan. 6 committee vote:   “Look what’s happening in all the states on ‘election integrity,’ look what’s happening with the Big Lie. I wish I could say Republicans…would feel a pang of conscience, but I don’t…

Representatives Carol Miller and Alex Mooney voted against the earlier independent committee and then voted against the House select committee today. Miller and Mooney have been graded an “F” on a GOP Democracy Report Card by the Republican Accountability Project. McKinley is graded a “C.” The scorecard cites signing on to…

Olivia Troye served as homeland security and counterterrorism adviser to Pence before resigning in August. Troye says she had growing misgivings that came to a head around the time demonstrators protesting the killing of George Floyd were forcibly cleared from Lafayette Square in front of the White House. The moment,…

Additionally, the creation of the Republican Accountability Project and publication of “A Call for American Renewal” indicate anti-Trump Republicans’ and independents’ willingness to form a third party. A GOP split would likely trigger a similar breakup in the Democratic Party, destroying the two-party system. Read…