Does the projection from a compact Lie group to its component group split?

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This is an elementary question that probably admits an elementary counterexample, but ...

Let $G$ be a compact Lie group and $G_0$ its identity component. One then has a short exact sequence $$ 1 \to G_0 \to G \to \pi_0(G) \to 1; $$ the last object is the component group.

Does the component group embed as a subgroup?