A GOP insider on why the party went Trump
October 3, 2022
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A GOP insider on why the party went Trump
Summary
Sean Illing talks with former Republican strategist Tim Miller about his new book Why We Did It, which offers an inside look at Donald Trump's total capture of the Republican Party. Now a staff writer at The Bulwark, Miller shares detailed conversations he had with other party operators — who he criticizes as power- and fame-hungry enablers. He pulls back the curtain on a DC culture of identity and status, talks about the media's role in this transformation, and opens up honestly about the ways in which he and others like him are culpable.
Host: Sean Illing (@seanilling), Interviews Writer, Vox
Guest: Tim Miller (@Timodc), author; writer, The Bulwark
References:
Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell by Tim Miller (Harper; 2022)
"Unlocking the Conservative Closet" by Kerry Eleveld (The Advocate; Oct. 12, 2010)
Losers: The Road to Everyplace but the White House by Michael Lewis (Vintage; 1998)
"Elise Stefanik said she was one of the 'most bipartisan' members of Congress. Then she went all-in on Trump's false election claims" by Michael Kranish (Washington Post; May 12, 2021)
"The Republican Triangle of Doom" by Sarah Longwell (The Bulwark; Sept. 27, 2021)
"Breakfast with J.D. Vance, Anti-Trump Author Turned Pro-Trump Candidate" by Molly Ball (Time; July 7, 2021)
"Social decay: what the conversation about Trump and the white working class misses" by Sean Illing (Vox; Nov. 1, 2016)
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