Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party by Jonathan Karl

Tired of Winning: Donald Trump and the End of the Grand Old Party

by Jonathan Karl

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Politics & Power

Trump's Republican rivals had an obvious case to make: two lost midterms and a lost presidential race. That said, making it was politically fatal, as Liz Cheney found, and Karl follows a Trump who grew more extreme and vindictive after 2020 while his grip on the party tightened.

Core ideas
  • Kept by money: When Trump threatened to quit the GOP after 2020, RNC chair Ronna McDaniel kept him with promises of financial support, not loyalty.
  • Fringe and retribution: He embraced theories that he'd be reinstated, recast January 6 rioters as heroes and promised retribution against opponents.
  • Two faces: Republicans say one thing about Trump privately and another publicly, and the book closes on Reagan's 1964 A Time for Choosing speech.
Published2023
Pages335
ISBN9780593473993
ReadNov 2023

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