Rep. Liz Cheney's unceremonious, closed-door ouster from House Republican leadership last week prompted renewed soul-searching among an ever-decreasing rump of Trump-skeptical conservatives. Unfortunately for vocal Cheney allies such as Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, the hollowed-out and Trumpified GOP has little soul left to search.
A Call for American Renewal’s roster of over 100 anti-Trump Republicans is a veritable “Who’s That?” of Republican politics.
Other conservatives are done looking for redemption in the ruins of the party. A new coalition of old-guard Republicans pulled from the Bush and McCain camps recently launched A Call for American Renewal, the most explicit threat to splinter the GOP since a pre-election attempt to rescue the GOP from Trumpism imploded. The group claims it wants to "defend our republic" and "rededicate [the GOP] to founding ideals — or else hasten the creation of an alternative."
That's easier said than done. The republican party is beyond repair. It needs to be taken behind the barn and shot, before it can do any more harm to the country.