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It took exactly one day for three conservative elected officials in one of Pennsylvania’s most reliably conservative counties to decide, after the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, that they were done with the Republican Party.

No hemming or hawing.

And from a group that included even a former leader of the Lancaster County Republican Committee, business owner Ethan Demme....

“The denial of the 2020 election results by members of our party and elected officials in Lancaster County is outrageous,” they wrote to their GOP chief. “Our neighbors voted, those votes became the certified election results and were upheld by our judicial system. Continuing to deny these facts has damaged our system of government and has fomented the seeds of sedition, resulting in violence in our nation’s Capitol.


“The Republican Party we once knew is gone and has left us behind,” they continued. “As a result, we are disaffiliating from the Republican Party and will seek to work as Independents with anyone who strives for good government, decency for his neighbors, and the rule of law.”