"But the conservative movement's willingness to embrace Trump is not an accident. The traits that endeared him to the movement have clear historical antecedents. He follows in the path of other right-wing heroes in American history: Charles Coughlin, Joseph McCarthy, Rush Limbaugh. The founding texts of the conservative movement, None Dare Call It Treason and A Choice, Not an Echo, are conspiracy theories."
Jonathan Chait at New York argues that "Trump's racism, paranoia, and authoritarianism are all deeply rooted in the American conservative tradition."
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