The Cruelty Is the Point
President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.
Adam Serwer, The Atlantic - October 2018
Read...In 2019, principled Americans who were concerned about the health of conservatism organized a series of meet-ups around the country during Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). They believed that CPAC - once the intellectual home of the conservative movement - had become a grift, and set out to start a conversation about the future of the center-right in America. Those initial gatherings led to over a hundred grassroots meetings around the country, half a dozen open letters to Congress, and three national Summits that have brought thousands of grassroots activists to Washington, D.C.
President Trump and his supporters find community by rejoicing in the suffering of those they hate and fear.
Adam Serwer, The Atlantic - October 2018
Read...If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy.
David Frum, The Atlantic - January 2018
Read...The GOP believed it could appeal to its extremist fringe, without succumbing to it.
Claire Potter, The New Republic - October 2022
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