‘The Republican Party is sick’: Outside RNC, ‘political orphans’ resisting Trump seek path

USA TODAY’s Melissa Brown covered Principles First event in Milwaukee:

For the group meeting inside the historic Pabst Brewery, it means sticking to certain conservative principles. They gathered in support of Principles First, a center-right organization that emerged in 2019 as an alternative to the Conservative Political Action Conference.

In Milwaukee this week, it was one of the few friendly rooms for anti-Trump Republicans and conservatives, a group of voters set adrift in the current political landscape as former President Donald Trump has emerged as an identity as much as a candidate for the mainline GOP.

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