President Abraham Lincoln said in his first inaugural address: “We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature.”

The 16th president, the first Republican president, serves as a foundation for the GOP despite the many reincarnations the party has gone through since 1861. Today, Lincoln’s name and visage make up the logo for a new super PAC called the Lincoln Project. Created by a group of anti-Trump Republicans (and former Republicans), it launched with a New York Times op-ed titled “We are Republicans, and we want Trump defeated.” The piece says, “Over these next 11 months, our efforts will be dedicated to defeating President Trump and Trumpism at the ballot box and to electing those patriots who will hold the line.”