Tuesday, October 24, 2017

"I Don’t Think Trump Is a Conservative"

"I could attempt an answer, but I suspect it would stretch my actual knowledge beyond acceptable limits. Yes, other conservative parties are more flexible, but as you acknowledged in your piece, I can't imagine even a moderate conservative movement in this country that would embrace single payer.  But, yes, there is a unique radicalism of the GOP.  And Trump is just one indication of that."

Jonathan Chait at New York interviews Charlie Sykes, author of How the Right Lost Its Mind.

As does Isaac Chotiner at Slate.

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