The Destructionists The Twenty-Five Year Crack-Up of the Republican Party

Dana Milbank

eAudio - 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • A scalding history of twenty-five years of Republican attempts to hold on to political power by any means necessary, by a hugely popular Washington Post political columnist"A thorough and scathing account of how the Republican Party fell prey to Trumpism."—The New York Times Book ReviewIn 1994, more than 300 Republicans under the command of obstructionist and rabble-rouser Congressman Newt Gingrich stood outside the U.S. Capitol to sign the Contract with America and put bipartisanship on notice. Twenty-five years later, on January 6, 2021, a bloodthirsty mob incited by President Trump invaded the Capitol. Dana Milbank sees a clear line from the Contract with America to the coup attempt. In the quar...ter century in between, Americans have witnessed the crackup of the party of Lincoln and Reagan, to its current iteration as a haven for white supremacists, political violence, conspiracy...

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Language
English
Main Author
Dana Milbank
Online Access
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MP3 audiobook, OverDrive Listen audiobook
MP3 audiobook
File Size345 GB
Parts12
ISBN9780593589427
Release Date8/9/2022
OverDrive Listen audiobook
File Size345 GB
ISBN9780593589427
Release Date8/9/2022