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The Republican Party is a political party in Namibia. It is based among the white minority. Henk Mudge was its President and its sole representative in the National Assembly. Prior to the 2004 parliamentary election, the Republican Party was part of the Democratic Turnhalle Alliance (DTA). It was revived as an independent party in 2003, and won 1.9% of popular votes and one National Assembly seat. The Republican Party was founded by Dirk Mudge in 1977 and joined the DTA in the same year. In mid-2003, the Republican Party revived itself as an independent organization. Hardap Region Governor Pieter Boltman resigned as party leader, opposing the party's moves to separate itself from the DTA, in July 2003, and he was succeeded by Henk Mudge, Dirk Mudge's son. DTA President Katuutire Kaura denounced the moves to separate the Republican Party from the DTA, saying that Mudge acted unilaterally and illegally. Kaura claimed that Mudge wanted to create a party solely for "previously advantaged" minority Namibians, but Mudge denied that the Republican Party would be a party exclusively for whites. Mudge stood as the Republican Party's candidate in the November 2004 presidential election, receiving 1.95% of the vote and placing sixth. Mudge stood again for the Presidency in the 2009 election, where he gained 9,425 votes (1.16%), finishing seventh overall. He was re-elected as the party's leader to the National Assembly. In September 2010, the Republican Party was reported to have begun the process of merging with the Rally for Democracy and Progress, the country's largest opposition party. Henk Mudge then announced that he would resign from Parliament on 14 October 2010 and confirmed the disbanding of the Republican Party. In the event he did not resign as a National Assembly member and party president until March 2011. Teacher and party chairperson Clara Gowases was appointed in his place and gave her initial speech to the National Assembly in April of that year. According to a later interview with Mudge, some Republican Party members were elected to local councils with RDP support at this time.

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“Whoever cracked Thaddeus Stevens' skull would let out the brains of the Republican Party.”
— Anonymous saying, quoted in Thaddeus Stevens, Scourge of the South (1959) by Frawn M. Brodie, p. 63
“I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.”
— Frederick Douglass, letter to men from Petersburg, Virginia, August 15, 1888. Douglass papers, Library of Congress. The Petersburg men had written Douglass seeking advice about supporting John M. Langston as their Republican candidate for Congress. He would be their first black representative, but earlier he had worked against the Republican party. Douglass called him a trickster and said not to support anyone "whose mad ambition would imperil the success of the Republican party."
“Guttural rejection of reason, evidence and science trickles into just about every aspect of Republican ideology.”
— Katrina vanden Heuvel, "The Republicans' war on science and reason" (25 October 2011), The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
“When Van Jones called the Republicans assholes, he was paying them a compliment. He was talking about how they can get things done even when they're in the minority, as opposed to the Democrats, who can't seem to get anything done even when they control both houses of Congress, the presidency, and Bruce Springsteen.”
— Bill Maher, in "New Rule: Float Like Obama, Sting Like Ali", The Huffington Post (11 September 2009)
“I think it is much easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of the Church and a Republican.”
— Harry Reid, as quoted in BYU Newsnet (2001).
“Arts and humanities offer an opportunity for every American to become a participant in activities that add fullness, expression, challenge and joy to our daily lives. We Republicans consider the preservation of the rich cultural heritages of our various ethnic groups as a priority goal.”
— Republican Party Platform of 1976 (18 August 1976), Kansas City, Missouri.

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Notable quotes

“Whoever cracked Thaddeus Stevens' skull would let out the brains of the Republican Party.”
— Anonymous saying, quoted in Thaddeus Stevens, Scourge of the South (1959) by Frawn M. Brodie, p. 63
“I recognize the Republican Party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.”
— Frederick Douglass, letter to men from Petersburg, Virginia, August 15, 1888. Douglass papers, Library of Congress. The Petersburg men had written Douglass seeking advice about supporting John M. Langston as their Republican candidate for Congress. He would be their first black representative, but earlier he had worked against the Republican party. Douglass called him a trickster and said not to support anyone "whose mad ambition would imperil the success of the Republican party."
“Guttural rejection of reason, evidence and science trickles into just about every aspect of Republican ideology.”
— Katrina vanden Heuvel, "The Republicans' war on science and reason" (25 October 2011), The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.
“When Van Jones called the Republicans assholes, he was paying them a compliment. He was talking about how they can get things done even when they're in the minority, as opposed to the Democrats, who can't seem to get anything done even when they control both houses of Congress, the presidency, and Bruce Springsteen.”
— Bill Maher, in "New Rule: Float Like Obama, Sting Like Ali", The Huffington Post (11 September 2009)
“I think it is much easier to be a good member of the Church and a Democrat than a good member of the Church and a Republican.”
— Harry Reid, as quoted in BYU Newsnet (2001).
“Arts and humanities offer an opportunity for every American to become a participant in activities that add fullness, expression, challenge and joy to our daily lives. We Republicans consider the preservation of the rich cultural heritages of our various ethnic groups as a priority goal.”
— Republican Party Platform of 1976 (18 August 1976), Kansas City, Missouri.

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