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20. Walter Huss and the History of Republican Radicalization, From the 1950s to Today – with Seth Cotlar

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How to Meet Walter Hust

Walter Hust was one of Oregon's leading right-wing activists from the late fifties to the early 2000s. He took over as the head of the Oregon GOP in 1978, although not for very long,. And again, he remained a leading far-right activist into the 2000s. John Sutter: How did you come to write about this guy?Sutter: I wanted to teach a course on the history of the far-right that would be kind of a research-based course.

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