Pathetic Third Party Bid Against Trump is DOA – By David Kamioner (Lifezette) / May 17 2021
No chance, right now.
The Republican Party is like Paris in June of 1940. It is occupied and it will likely stay that way for years. Anti-Trump forces in the GOP, who make up at best a third of the base, have no chance whatsoever right now of taking over the Republican operation. So they’re thinking of forming a third party.
Their only shot would be if Trump shoots himself in the foot again, always a possibility. But the former president has been mostly message disciplined since the Biden inauguration. His forced absence from major social media, a blessing in disguise for him, is the driver of that phenomenon.
A third party from the anti-Trump Right would shave about 25 percent off of Republican national numbers. Now, given about 10 percent of Republicans already don’t like Trump and voted against him last November, the added damage is probably less than 20 percent. Even that would kill any Republican presidential chance and hurt the party down ticket. Hence why the Democrats want to give these fools as much publicity as possible. It really has little to do with any opportunity to change the party or a viable third party. Things could be different in a year or two. But right now, this is talked about only to hurt Trump.
