Robert Draper’s “Weapons of Mass Delusion: When the Republican Celebration Misplaced Its Thoughts” focuses completely on the GOP throughout the essential 18-month interval after January 6 and vastly provides to our understanding of the Trump period. Far-right representatives Paul Gosar, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Matt Gaetz are a part of a brand new breed of Republican celebration combating with their GOP elders. The subtitle of Draper’s guide — emphasizing when, not how — Trump-inspired elected officers helped the previous president solidify his grip over the Republican celebration is as necessary as understanding what has occurred to the celebration.
On this week’s Playbook Deep Dive, Playbook co-author Ryan Lizza unwinds Draper’s chronicle of what has occurred to the Republican celebration, and America, by his character-driven account of the individuals and occasions shaping the extremes of American politics at this time.