BY JOE CONASON The revulsion evoked by Donald Trump as he accepted the Republican presidential nomination in Cleveland goes far beyond his speech, which was memorable only for its angry mood, not its vapid content. What repelled so many Americans in that moment was the realization – or simply the intuition – that the candidate of the Grand Old Party in 2016 is a living repudiation of every hope, every principle and nearly every word […]

Why America Recoils From Trump
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