July 17, 2024 Print Edition
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Grand old populism: Trump transformed Republicans from white bread to blue collar
Of the conventional wisdom, this much is true: When Donald Trump took over the Republican Party in 2016, it was the most momentous political revolution in at least a generation. What’s not true is that Trump completely transformed the party or reversed its direction. He was not the first to try melding populism with conservatism within the GOP. Attendees a rally with President Donald Trump in Grand Rapids, Michigan, March 28, 2019. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Tension was building for decades between the working class and the Democratic Party. Potential energy also steadily increased across the aisle as the Republican leadership tried desperately to resist the Right’s natural drift toward populism. Then Trump arrived and broke the dam. After him came the deluge. Prophets of populism Trump is unparalleled and unmatched in many ways, but he...
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