Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform
{{short description|United States political group}}
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The Republican Political Alliance for Integrity and Reform (RePAIR) is a U.S. political group, founded in August 2020, consisting of Republican politicians who oppose the reelection of President Donald Trump.{{cite web|last1=Faulders|first1=Katherine|last2=Cathey|first2=Libbey|date=25 August 2020|title=Former administration officials launch anti-Trump group|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/administration-officials-launch-anti-trump-group/story?id=72594615|access-date=2020-09-19|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=October 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005211415/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/administration-officials-launch-anti-trump-group/story?id=72594615|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/trump-miles-taylor-group-story-401226|title=Former Trump DHS officials launch anti-Trump group|last1=Lippman|first1=Daniel|work=Politico|date=August 24, 2020|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=October 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201005211541/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/08/24/trump-miles-taylor-group-story-401226|url-status=live}} RePAIR is affiliated with Defending Democracy Together. The group's stated mission is to "return to principles-based governing in the post-Trump era," calling for a change in leadership for the Republican party, and supporting the candidacy of Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.{{Cite web|last=Cole|first=Brendan|date=2020-09-18|title=New anti-Trump GOP group claims backing of "top" government official|url=https://www.newsweek.com/repair-donald-trump-miles-taylor-republicans-election-2020-1532791|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919044840/https://www.newsweek.com/repair-donald-trump-miles-taylor-republicans-election-2020-1532791|archive-date=September 19, 2020|access-date=2020-09-19|website=Newsweek|language=en|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Bowden|first=John|date=2020-08-24|title=Former Trump administration officials launch anti-Trump group|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513490-former-trump-administration-officials-launch-anti-trump-group|access-date=2020-09-19|website=TheHill|language=en|archive-date=December 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228223006/https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/513490-former-trump-administration-officials-launch-anti-trump-group|url-status=live}} The group was founded by former Trump administration official Miles Taylor and is led by former members of Republican administrations, including those of Ronald Reagan, George H. W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Trump.{{Cite news|last=Shear|first=Michael D.|date=2020-09-17|title=Olivia Troye and other former Trump administration officials back Biden, saying it is time to put 'country over party.'|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/elections/republicans-former-trump-officials-biden.html|access-date=2020-09-19|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200917232612/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/17/us/elections/republicans-former-trump-officials-biden.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Mazza|first=Ed|date=2020-08-27|title=Ex-Trump DHS Official Turns Against Him, Backs Biden In Damning New Ad|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-neumann-against-trump_n_5f4758cec5b697186e3114bc|access-date=2020-09-20|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=September 19, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200919141738/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elizabeth-neumann-against-trump_n_5f4758cec5b697186e3114bc|url-status=live}}
In 2021, the A Call for American revival movement, which aims to create a new political party as an alternative for the GOP, was formed of members of RePAIR and Stand Up Republic.{{Cite web |title=Over 100 Republicans sign letter threatening to form third party |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/100-republicans-sign-letter-threatening-form-party/story?id=77665734 |access-date=2023-03-18 |website=ABC News |language=en |archive-date=August 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210823211944/https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/100-republicans-sign-letter-threatening-form-party/story?id=77665734 |url-status=live }}
Notable members
=Executive branch officials=
- Richard Armitage, former Deputy Secretary of State
- Stuart M. Gerson, former Acting Attorney General
- James K. Glassman, former Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs
- John Mitnick, former General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/former-pence-aide-coronvirus-task-force-slams-trump/index.html|title=Pence's former lead coronavirus task force aide slams Trump and endorses Biden in new video|last1=Tapper|first1=Jake|last2=Herb|first2=Jeremby|work=CNN|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306101527/https://edition.cnn.com/2020/09/17/politics/former-pence-aide-coronvirus-task-force-slams-trump/index.html|url-status=live}}
- Elizabeth Neumann, former Assistant Secretary for Threat Prevention and Security Policy, Department of Homeland Security in the Trump administration{{Cite magazine|last=Dickinson|first=Tim|date=2020-08-26|title=Former Trump Homeland Security Official Blasts President As a Threat to America: 'We Are Less Safe Today'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-homeland-security-official-endorse-biden-blame-trump-covid-1050281/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201228222722/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-homeland-security-official-endorse-biden-blame-trump-covid-1050281/|archive-date=December 28, 2020|access-date=2020-09-20|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Former Trump Homeland Security Official Blasts President As a Threat to America: 'We Are Less Safe Today'|url=https://money.yahoo.com/former-trump-homeland-security-official-191959533.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329204352/https://money.yahoo.com/former-trump-homeland-security-official-191959533.html|archive-date=March 29, 2021|access-date=2020-09-20|website=money.yahoo.com|language=en-US|url-status=dead}}
- Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director in the Trump Administration
- Olivia Troye, former homeland security and counter-terrorism advisor to Vice President Pence and aide to the White House Coronavirus Task Force in the Trump administration{{Cite web|date=2020-08-31|title=Olivia Troye Joins The National Insurance Crime Bureau As Vice President Of Strategy, Policy, & Plans|url=https://apnews.com/PR%20Newswire/c3915df7cc154ad6f7c084d91fadcc8c|access-date=2020-09-19|website=AP Newa |archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316212702/https://apnews.com/PR%20Neewswire/c3915df7cc154ad6f7c084d91fadcc8c|url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine|last=Glasser|first=Susan B.|title="It Was All About the Election": The Ex-White House Aide Olivia Troye on Trump's Narcissistic Mishandling of COVID-19|url=https://www.newyorker.com/News/letter-from-trumps-washington/it-was-all-about-the-election-the-ex-white-house-aide-olivia-troye-on-trumps-narcissistic-mishandling-of-covid-19|access-date=2020-09-19|magazine=The New Yorker|language=en-us|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918075839/https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-trumps-washington/it-was-all-about-the-election-the-ex-white-house-aide-olivia-troye-on-trumps-narcissistic-mishandling-of-covid-19|url-status=live}}
- Miles Taylor, former Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security in the Trump Administration
=United States senators=
- David Durenberger, former Senator from Minnesota
- Gordon Humphrey, former Senator from New Hampshire
=United States representatives=
- Steve Bartlett, former Congressman from Texas
- Charlie Dent, former Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Charles Djou, former Congressman from Hawaii
- Mickey Edwards, former Congressman from Oklahoma
- Jim Greenwood, former Congressman from Pennsylvania
- Jim Kolbe, former Congressman from Arizona
- Claudine Schneider, former Congresswoman from Rhode Island
- Peter Plympton Smith, former Congressman from Vermont
- Alan Steelman, former Congressman from Texas
- Jim Walsh, former Congressman from New York
- Dick Zimmer, former Congressman from New Jersey
=Political activists=
- William Inboden, former Senior Director, National Security Council
- Evan McMullin, former CIA officer{{cite news|url=https://hillreporter.com/new-republican-group-79252|title=Scaramucci, Steele Among New Republican Group Focused on "Post-Trump Era"|last=Dublin|first=Tara|work=HillReporter.com|access-date=September 18, 2020|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113165816/https://hillreporter.com/new-republican-group-79252|url-status=dead}}
- Tara Setmayer, former Congressional staff member
- Michael Steele, former chairman, Republican National Committee
- Chris Vance, former chair, Washington State Republican Party
See also
- 43 Alumni for Biden
- The Lincoln Project
- List of former Trump administration officials who endorsed Joe Biden
- List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2016 presidential campaign
- List of Republicans who opposed the Donald Trump 2020 presidential campaign
- List of Trump administration appointees who endorsed Joe Biden
- Never Trump movement
- Republican Voters Against Trump
- Right Side PAC
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://repair45.org/}}
{{Never Trump movement}}