Jennifer Horn, former president of the New Hampshire Republican Party and anti-Trump G.O.P. The group, co-founder of the Lincoln Project, announced in a new op-ed on Thursday that it was leaving the Republican Party. President Trump
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Horn said she “became a Republican” because she saw the party’s values as “a voice for equality, freedom and constitutional austerity” because she had a rich history of fighting for what was true. “
“Over the past five years, I have found myself fighting for what I believe to be the principles of my party against the constantly deteriorating character and integrity of party representatives,” Horn wrote in an op-ed published Thursday. USA Today. “They have revealed their weakness and degradation as they have fallen one by one into the footsteps of the most corrupt, destructive and unstable president in the history of our country.”
“It seems that there is no attack on human dignity, no attack on democracy, to weaken the Republicans in Congress or to stand against President Donald Trump,” he added.
Former G.O.P. The state official accused the elected Republican leaders of “remaining silent against the most insulting and timely rude actions of this president.” They have defended and forgiven his impenetrable betrayal. ”
“At worst,” he added, “some Republicans have openly supported their efforts to” sabotage the constitution and destroy democracy, as we know it. “
“The attempt to disqualify millions of legitimate votes by misusing Trump’s post-election judicial system money is nothing short of a coup attempt and has been openly promoted and supported by every level of the Republican Party,” Horn wrote. And defamed our great nation “and that” Lincoln’s party is no more. “
Following President-elect Biden’s victory in the 2020 presidential election, Trump and his allies began a series of legal challenges across states across the country in an attempt to overturn the results.
The Supreme Court last week rejected a bid by Texas, which has 18 GOPs. It was also supported by state attorneys and 126 House Republicans who sought to deny Biden’s victory in Wisconsin, Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania.
Horne-P-Ed said she would change voter registration independently from Republicans this week.
“This is not because of Trump, but for all others in the party who openly embrace Trumpism, because of the party’s expert leaders and because it is a platform for advocating against equal rights for all,” he wrote.
Horn is not the only co-founder of the Lincoln Project to leave the Republican Party this week. Long-term G.O.P. Strategist Steve Schmidt announced during an episode of the “Battleground” podcast released Monday that he was registering as a Democrat.
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