Even more, in their outrage: Trump was a menace and an affront to our democracy. In the early months of Trump’s candidacy, the Republican Party’s most important figures, people such as Marco Rubio, Ted Cruz, and Lindsey Graham, were united-and loud-in their scorn and contempt. He previously worked at The Washington Post and the San Jose Mercury News. He lives with his family in Washington, D.C.įrom the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller This Town, the eyewitness account of how the GOP collaborated with Donald Trump to transform Washington’s “swamp” into a gold-plated hot tub-and a onetime party of rugged individualists into a sycophantic personality cult. Before arriving at the magazine in 2012, Leibovich covered national politics in the Times’ Washington Bureau.

He recently joined The Atlantic, after a ten-year stint as chief national correspondent for The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of four books, including the number one New York Times bestseller This Town, about the political culture of twenty-first-century Washington, D.C. Mark Leibovich is a recipient of the National Magazine Award for profile writing. The party elders were now rallying to Rubio as their preferred Trump alternative.Join acclaimed journalist MARK LEIBOVICH-author of the New York Times bestseller This Town-for a discussion of his new book “Thank You for Your Servitude: Donald Trump’s Washington and the Price of Submission.”

The Republicans who kept voting for him by large margins were not who we are, as Rubio declared. Trump was always going to win, and he did. This was evident at Trump’s first rally, when I tried to interview a Trump supporter but was unable to because of the crowd’s intense dislike of political correctness. In 2016, the gap between Twitter and real life was much greater than it was in 2012.

Trump was irredeemable with women voters, according to Barbara Bush. He was happy to play the turd in the Republican punch bowl. Trump’s popularity with the public proved to be an asset for him in the swamp, as it gave him credibility as an irritant. Chris Christie believed that voters tend to favor presidential candidates who represent the biggest departure from the incumbent. Insights from Chapter 23 Insights from Chapter 1Įveryone had a theory as to why it was their turn. Insights on Mark Leibovich's Thank You for Your Servitude Contents

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