It's in the early stages, but the idea of breaking away from the Trump cult GOPers is gaining traction daily.
The rebels are preparing to release a letter tomorrow "threatening to leave the party" if it doesn't disavow Trump.
The letter - titled "A Call for American Renewal" has the support of more than 100 lawmakers, and is growing.
The signers of the letter are a loose collection of former Republican lawmakers and state party leaders that believe the party is broken.
The ousting of Liz Cheney as the #3 Republican today by a group of cowards in the House, may be an impetus for the dissatisfied Republicans to step up their resistance.
The rebels are saying it's time for a resistance of the "rationals'" versus the "radicals"
There doesn't appear to be any current members of Congress willing to break away from Trump's influence. The threat of forming a third party is more symbolic than possible.
However, starting a party, even a national one, could be effective in getting the GOP's attention, but only insofar as it could accumulate leverage by siphoning off votes from the current Trumpies in Congress.
The group's leader, Miles Taylor, is aware of the challenges in mobilizing an infrastructure to field candidates, not nationally, but rather in targeted races.
"I'm still a Republican, but I'm hanging on by the skin of my teeth because how quickly the party has divorced itself from truth and reason," Taylor told reporters yesterday.
Time will tell on how many sane Republicans can be siphoned off to make an impact against the current party of Trump.
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