Perhaps the best way to think about Trump’s nativism and isolationism is to see them as recessive genes in conservatism that had been kept in check for generations. That also suggests another tradition exists, even if it is now in eclipse.https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jul/22/conservative-despair-republicans-trump?CMP=share_btn_tw …
Replying to @SykesCharlie @MaxBoot
They weren't recessive. They were always there to see if you bothered to take a look. It's more like they grew to the point where "respectable" Republicans couldn't house or deny them effectively any more.
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