A Call for American Renewal
A Call for American Renewal is a political manifesto released on May 13, 2021, by 150 members and former members of the United States Republican Party.[1] It calls for strengthening the rule of law and increasing government ethics. The manifesto was released one day after the ousting of Representative Liz Cheney as chair of the House Republican Conference, and was largely seen as a reaction against the influence of Trumpism within the Republican Party.[2] The effort was organized by Evan McMullin and Miles Taylor.[3]
Prominent signatories[]
The manifesto was initially signed onto by 150 members and former members of the Republican Party.
Former executive branch officials[]
- Eliot A. Cohen, former Counselor of the United States Department of State
- John Mitnick, former General Counsel of the United States Department of Homeland Security[3]
- Connie Morella, former United States Ambassador to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and U.S. Representative for Maryland's 8th congressional district
- Elizabeth Neumann, former Homeland Security official
- Tom Ridge, 1st United States Secretary of Homeland Security and 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania[4]
- Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director[3]
- Miles Taylor, former Chief of staff to the United States Secretary of Homeland Security[3]
- 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
- Christine Todd Whitman, 9th Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and 50th Governor of New Jersey
- Dov S. Zakheim, former Comptroller of the Department of Defense
- John Negroponte, former United States Deputy Secretary of State, 1st Director of National Intelligence and U.S. Ambassador
Former United States Senators[]
- David Durenberger, United States Senator from Minnesota[4]
Former members of the United States House of Representatives[]
- Barbara Comstock, U.S. Representative for Virginia's 10th congressional district[3]
- Charlie Dent, U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania's 15th congressional district[3]
- Charles Djou, U.S. Representative for Hawaii's 1st congressional district
- Bob Inglis, U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 4th congressional district
- Paul Mitchell, U.S. Representative for Michigan's 10th congressional district[3]
- Denver Riggleman, U.S. Representative for Virginia's 5th congressional district (Independent)
- Claudine Schneider, U.S. Representative for Rhode Island's 2nd congressional district
- Joe Walsh, U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district (Independent)
- Dick Zimmer, U.S. Representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district
- Scott Rigell, U.S. Representative for Virginia's 2nd congressional district
- John LeBoutillier, U.S. Representative for New York's 6th congressional district
- Rick Lazio, U.S. Representative for New York's 2nd congressional district
Former Governors[]
- Arne Carlson, 37th Governor of Minnesota[4]
- Mark Sanford, 115th Governor of South Carolina[3]
- Bill Weld, 68th Governor of Massachusetts[3]
State legislators[]
- Davy Carter, former Speaker of the Arkansas House of Representatives
- Bruce Maloch, Arkansas State Senator from the 12th district and Arkansas State Representative from the 4th district
- Chad Mayes, former Minority Leader of the California State Assembly and current member of the California State Assembly from the 42nd district (Independent)
- Cole Wist, Colorado State Representative from the 37th district
- Bob Worsley, Arizona State Senator from 25th district
- Charles Jeter, North Carolina House of Representatives from the 92nd district
Political activists[]
- Chris Bayley, former King County Prosecuting Attorney
- George Conway, co-founder of the Lincoln Project and husband of Kellyanne Conway[3] (Independent)
- Evan McMullin, political activist and former CIA operations officer (Independent)
- Gabriel Schoenfeld, author, editor, political advisor, commentator and Senior Adviser to Mitt Romney for Presidential campaign
- Michael Steele, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, 7th Lieutenant Governor of Maryland and Chairman of the Maryland Republican Party
- Bob Yudin, former Chairman of the Bergen County, New Jersey Republican Party
- Richard Painter, former chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration (Democratic since 2018)
- Neal Simon, business executive and community leader (Independent)
- Chris Vance, former Chair of the Washington Republican Party, King County Council from the 13th district and Washington State Representative from the 31st district
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Renewal, A. Call for American. "150 Prominent Republicans and Independents Release 'A Call for American Renewal' Charting New Path". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ Benson, Samuel (May 13, 2021). "Evan McMullin and over 150 other conservatives threaten to leave GOP without reform". Deseret News. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "'A call for American renewal': A manifesto from over 150 Republican Party reformers". Deseret News. May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 14, 2021.
- ^ a b c Black, Eric. "'Call for American Renewal' letter lays out principles that reject Trumpism". MinnPost.
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