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"This is not a book about how Donald J. Trump hijacked the Republican Party and changed it into something else. Stevens shows how Trump is in fact the natural outcome of five decades of hypocrisy and self-delusion, dating all the way back to the civil rights legislation of the early 1960s. Stevens shows how racism has always lurked in the modern GOP's DNA, from Goldwater's opposition to desegration to Ronald Reagan's welfare queens and states' rights rhetoric. He gives an insider's account of the rank hypocrisy of the party's claims to embody 'family values, ' and shows how the party's vaunted commitment to fiscal responsibility has been a charade since the 1980s. When a party stands for nothing, he arugues, it is only natural that is will be taken over by the loudest and angriest voices in the room."--Web page
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It Was All a Lie, Stuart Stevens
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- 2021
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- Title
- It Was All a Lie
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Stuart Stevens
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Released
- 2021
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 256
- ISBN10
- 0593080971
- ISBN13
- 9780593080979
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, True Stories, Biographies, Political Science & Politics, Politics, Autobiographies & Memoirs, American History
- Rating
- 4.05 out of 5
- Description
- "This is not a book about how Donald J. Trump hijacked the Republican Party and changed it into something else. Stevens shows how Trump is in fact the natural outcome of five decades of hypocrisy and self-delusion, dating all the way back to the civil rights legislation of the early 1960s. Stevens shows how racism has always lurked in the modern GOP's DNA, from Goldwater's opposition to desegration to Ronald Reagan's welfare queens and states' rights rhetoric. He gives an insider's account of the rank hypocrisy of the party's claims to embody 'family values, ' and shows how the party's vaunted commitment to fiscal responsibility has been a charade since the 1980s. When a party stands for nothing, he arugues, it is only natural that is will be taken over by the loudest and angriest voices in the room."--Web page