ABC News chief Washington correspondent John Carr claimed in a new book that former President Donald Trump threatened to leave the Republican Party and form his own party after the January 6 uprising, but eventually gave in.
According to an excerpt from the new book “Betrayal: The Last Act of the Trump Show” released by the ABC, Trump Tell Ronna McDaniel, chairman of the Republican National Committee (RNC), said: “I’m done. I’m going to start my own party.” Carl wrote that McDaniel responded: “If you do this, we will always fail,” Trump replied , “Yes, you will always fail without me, I don’t care.”
According to reports, the conversation took place on January 20, when Trump boarded Air Force One during his last flight as president.However, news reports reporting that Trump might create a new party began in early January, and Wall Street Journal It is claimed that the upstart group is considering forming a “Patriot Party.”
In a statement in response to the book, Trump said: “From the beginning of my political career, ABC non-news and third-rate reporter Jonathan Carl has been writing fake news about me. Look at the current news about Russia, Russia, and Russian scams. Disclosure. This is a fabricated, completely fabricated scam, crappy streaming knows. It just never ends!”
In an interview with Carl, Trump claimed that he could not recall the conversation with Chairman McDaniel on January 20.
“You mean I want to form a party or something?” Trump responded to Carl. “Oh, that’s the bull-t. It never happened.”
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According to an ABC reporter, if Trump does decide to leave, the Republican National Committee made it clear that they will not pay the legal costs of the post-2020 election challenges across the country. The organization also claimed to withhold a list of 40 million Trump supporters for fundraising.
McDaniel also posted statement Claiming “This is wrong, I have never threatened President Trump with anything. He and I have a good relationship. We worked tirelessly to elect Republicans on the ballot and will continue to do so.”
Trump recently helpful His friend and former NFL player Hershel Walker won the support of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in October, making him a possible Republican candidate for the Georgia Senate. Many people expect Trump to run again as part of the Republican Party in 2024.
