Hard Right: The GOP's Drift Toward Extremism:

by Mona Charen

Overview

As a Republican, Mona Charen hardly recognizes her own party anymore. The party's focus has shifted from policy to provocation.

Over time, many mainstream Republicans have embraced extremist views that were once reserved for the fringes-challenging free and fair elections, praising demagogues, encouraging conspiracies, and abandoning basic respect and decency.

The Republican Party crashed through the floor of decency when Donald J. Trump was nominated as the party's candidate in the 2016 presidential election. Since then, it has continued to find new lows in conspiracism, cynicism, stoked outrage, falsehoods, and finally, insurrection.

In this collection of syndicated columns since 2016, Ms. Charen, a long-time political analyst, calls out the Republican Party for drifting far from its principles, offering sharp criticism and level-headed advice. Charen's journey has taken her to distrust of excessive partisanship on all sides and a renewed urgency about confirming the values and traditions of small-l liberal democracy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781949673944
Publisher:	Creators Publishing
Publication date:	06/27/2023
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.55(d)

About the Author

Mona Charen is a syndicated columnist and political analyst. In 1984, Ms. Charen joined the White House staff, serving first as Nancy Reagan's speechwriter, later as associate director of the Office of Public Liaison and then in the Public Affairs office. She then spent six years as a commentator on CNN and has served as a judge of the Pulitzer Prizes. Since her syndicated column launched in 1987, it has become one of the most widely read columns in the industry, having been featured in more than 150 newspapers and websites. Ms. Charen is policy editor of The Bulwark and host of the “Beg to Differ” podcast. She lives in the Washington, D.C., area with her husband and three sons.