
Populism and The State of the GOP with National Review’s Charles C.W. Cooke
Politics + Media 101
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Is the Populism in the Republican Party Changing the Fundamental Offering?
There's undoubtedly a strong populous movement. I think that it really can be traced coherently back to 20 ten and the first tea party wave. But in this populous wing, in the newsmakers that are driving the energy of a lot of these grass roots voters. You have people like steve bannon arguing that doctor fouche should be beheaded. And there are plenty of other examples where grass roots members of this populas g o p are energizing their base with fantasies of using the government to make their opponents feel pain. Are you worried about a future g o p that wins power off of these fantasies and then gets into power and tries to use their government to make the opponents feel
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