Politics & Government
A scathing 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 columnistIn 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 quarter 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 theories and
authoritarianism.Following the questionable careers of party heavyweights
Newt Gingrich, Karl Rove, Mitch McConnell, and Rudy Giuliani, and those of
many lesser known lowlights, Millbank recounts the shocking lengths the
Republican Party has gone to to maintain its grip on the American people. Read more

 

Genre Politics & Social Sciences