What Next | Daily News and Analysis It’s the Alt-Right’s GOP Now
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Dec 8, 2025 Zack Beauchamp, a senior correspondent at Vox with expertise in American politics and the alt-right, discusses the alarming normalization of extreme anti-immigrant rhetoric in recent years. He explains how once-taboo phrases have become commonplace in political discourse, particularly under Trump’s administration. Beauchamp explores the alt-right's influence on GOP immigration policies and its ties to figures like Stephen Miller. The conversation also addresses the future of the Republican Party post-Trump and the electoral risks of hardline immigration stances.
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Alt-Right Immigration Ideas Went Mainstream
- The alt-right's immigration ideas have migrated from fringe forums into mainstream GOP policy and rhetoric.
- Zack Beauchamp argues this shift happened over roughly a decade and now structures Republican discourse on migration.
Infighting Shapes Extremist Boundaries
- Within the right, there's now a fight between strands of extremism over targets like Jews versus immigrants.
- Beauchamp highlights tension between racist demographics-focused types and neo-Nazi anti-Semitic factions.
Trump Echoes Explicit Alt-Right Demands
- Trump’s call for a "complete ban on third world migration" mirrors Richard Spencer’s 2016 demands for a long immigration break.
- Beauchamp highlights this parallel to show alt-right vocabulary now shapes presidential rhetoric.
