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Reuters: Dozens of former Bush officials leave Republican Party, calling it ‘Trump cult’

Published Feb. 2, 2021. Updated Feb. 2 at 2:53 am

Members of the US National Guard stand watch at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on Jan. 17, 2021, during a nationwide protest called by anti-government and far-right groups supporting US President Donald Trump and his claim of electoral fraud in the Nov. 3, 2020, presidential election.

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Dozens of Republicans in former President George W. Bush’s administration are leaving the party, dismayed by a failure of many elected Republicans to disown Donald Trump after his false claims of election fraud sparked a deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol last month.