The anti-Trump crew on the “right” plan to go third party
This isn’t exactly news – I wrote about it in this previous post about Tucker Carlson, for example – but it’s a little more official now, or as Ace writes: “Tuq’r Qarlson, Marjorie Trailer-Queen, Thomas Massie, and Joe Kent Meet and Announce New Party for Nazis and Lunatic Conspiracy Theorists.”
Former Republican Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene posted a photo this past weekend of herself, Tucker Carlson and Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., along with the statement that “the movement has come.”
Last month, Carlson said he was planning to create a new political party, the Columbia Journalism Review reported.
Greene’s photo, posted on X on Saturday, featured the three, who have been sidelined over their opposition to President Trump’s agenda and suggests discussions on a third party are continuing.
Greene in particular, but Massie as well, are personally aggrieved at Trump. I’ve dealt with Kent in this previous post. How did Kent get in there? It has to do with this photo at Carlson’s home; they’re all sitting around a dining table, beaming. You can see the photo here if you have X:
We said no more foreign wars and we meant it and supported Donald Trump because he made that promise.
But he’s betrayed us all.
Our commitment is America First for all Americans, right, left, and center.
The movement has begun. pic.twitter.com/mZXadw0kBr— Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene?? (@FmrRepMTG) August 1, 2026
Someone in the responses there posted an AI version:
— mallen2024 (@mallen20243) August 1, 2026
This group does have followers, but how many are US voters and how many of those were ever going to vote Republican anyway is completely unknown. I see the Carlson crew as motivated by revenge and power – people who find it more fun to destroy than to be powerless. It’s easier to destroy, too; you can be a spoiler with far fewer supporters when a political race is otherwise very close. Their goals short-term are similar to the goals of the NeverTrumpers in previous elections, such as the members of The Bulwark, although their positions are not identical.
Long-term, the Carlson wing probably does want to be more than spoilers. Long-term, they have more grandiose visions.
They’ll do just as well as Egg McMuffin in 2016.
I hope their “grand visions” turn out to be “grand delusions” about their ability to affect elections.
I wonder how large the anti-Israel crowd is in the Republican party? I guess we’ll find out whether it’s large enough to swing an election from Rubio toward Vance. I wouldn’t count out DeSantis either. In fact, I might support him given his track record of running a large state successfully.
They can ensure that Vance is not the candidate though. If they force Vance to solidly espouse their platform, given the neo-neo-nazi baggage of some of their coalition, it’s doubtful Vance could get enough conservative support elsewhere.
I like Vance, but I’m not sure he’s ready for the top job.