“Many Democrats took all this at face value and congratulated themselves for being smarter than the benighted Republicans. Here’s the thing, though: The Republican embrace of anti-intellectualism was, to a large extent, a put-on. At least until now.”

—  Max Boot

How the ‘Stupid Party’ Created Trump (August 2, 2016)

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