MAGA civil war erupts after Tucker Carlson pushes policies for new US political party that could upend Republican base

Republicans are divided over the creation of a new political party helmed by Tucker Carlson that is meant to overthrow the MAGA movement created by President Donald Trump. 

Some of the President's loudest conservative critics, including the former Fox News host, former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Congressman Thomas Massie and former Trump counterterrorism chief Joe Kent, convened over the weekend to discuss a new political movement. 

Greene posted a photo of the group sitting at Carlson's cabin in Maine, writing: '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.'

Immediately, outrage over the group of 'turncoats' creating a new political platform rippled through conservative online circles. 

The White House, Meghan McCain, Laura Loomer and many other prominent conservative influencers bashed the gathering of 'traitors.' McCain noted in a podcast how those present represented 'the biggest pieces of garbage in the conservative movement.'

But many other prominent right-wingers celebrated the new crew determined to take on MAGA. 

'That's a great group of Americans!' far-right pundit Alex Jones responded to Greene's post. 

'I'll be part of whatever this party below represents… America First > MAGA,' shared Trump's first-term National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.

'Great group,' commented popular influencer Sneako. 

The divide underscores the split allegiances emerging in the Republican Party that has been dominated by Trump for the past decade. 

What unites all of those who convened at Carlson's cabin are their shared beliefs that the President has reneged on his campaign promises to lower prices and keep the US out of new wars. 

Kent, who resigned from the Trump administration earlier this year in opposition to the US war against Iran, recently said that he and other attendees had urged Carlson to run for the White House in 2028. 

'I'd say all of us at one point in time told Tucker he needs to run, and Tucker's been pretty public that he's not going to run,' Kent said on a recent appearance on The Young Turks show. 

'So, we all made our pitch to Tucker as to why he should run, and hopefully he wakes up one day and Tucker says he's going to run.' 

Still, Carlson said as recently as late June that he was not planning on a presidential bid. 

Capitalizing on the momentum stirred from the weekend post, Carlson announced a 10-point policy platform on his show Wednesday evening. 

The platform consisted of different buzzwords, including fair, sovereign, productive, beautiful, healthy, honest, optimistic, wise, decent and united.

The former Fox News host has turned into a beacon for Republicans discontented with Trump's tenure.

He has slammed Trump for not representing an 'America first' agenda, has apologized for his past support of the Republican and has recently come out against many of his policy objectives, particularly the Iran war. 

Carlson has also become a vocal critic of Israel and the administration's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files, popular positions among the Republican base.  

However, despite all the fanfare, the White House does not see the new group as a threat.

'The President is committed to maintaining Republican majorities in Congress and continuing to lower costs for working families,' White House Spokesman Davis Ingle has said. 

'Meanwhile, this photo represents an embarrassing collection of mostly whiny turncoats who dramatically overestimate their influence and relevance.'