After Donald Trump was convicted final week in his hush-money trial, Republican leaders wasted no time in rallying behind him. There was no probability the Republican Social gathering was going to interchange Trump as their nominee at this level. Trump has basically taken over the G.O.P.; his daughter-in-law is even co-chair of the Republican Nationwide Committee.
How did the Republican Social gathering get so weak that it may fall sufferer to a hostile takeover?
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Daniel Schlozman and Sam Rosenfeld are the authors of “The Hollow Parties: The Many Pasts and Disordered Present of American Party Politics,” which traces how each main political events have been “hollowed out” over the many years, reworking once-powerful gatekeeping establishments into mere vessels for the ideologies of particular candidates. They usually argue that this transformation has been perilous for our democracy.
On this dialog, we talk about how the facility of the events has been regularly chipped away; why the Republican Social gathering turned much less ideological and extra geared round battle; the deserves of a stronger celebration system; and extra.
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