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A review by adamrbrooks
Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever by Rick Wilson
4.0
Having heard Rick Wilson on a few podcasts (including multiple appearances on "Friends Like These), I had a pretty good idea what to expect from this book -- intelligent, powerful critiques of Trump, Trumpism and his/its enablers in Congress. And the book hits on all the great points that make me fear for the future of the Republic.
I hadn't heard him as often speak about his advice for Democrats, which was interesting.
His solution for today's GOP is correct, but bleak. He wants a return to Reagan's positivity and hope; an exile of the racists, bigots and the alt-right; a respect for the rule of law and the co-equal branches of government. As an independent, that's the GOP I'd love to see, too. There are absolutely no indications today's party leaders have any intention of returning to those ideals. Though Wilson points out the long-term disaster of the current path, it's clear the people he used to work for and with have decided they'll take what they can get now, and worry about the future later. Minority rule is working for them -- since most people don't vote -- and they don't want to change it.
In fact, since this book went to press, GOP has gotten even more aggressive about its vote-suppression and disenfranchisement efforts.
I'm not sure how anyone can expect the party to come back from that.
I hadn't heard him as often speak about his advice for Democrats, which was interesting.
His solution for today's GOP is correct, but bleak. He wants a return to Reagan's positivity and hope; an exile of the racists, bigots and the alt-right; a respect for the rule of law and the co-equal branches of government. As an independent, that's the GOP I'd love to see, too. There are absolutely no indications today's party leaders have any intention of returning to those ideals. Though Wilson points out the long-term disaster of the current path, it's clear the people he used to work for and with have decided they'll take what they can get now, and worry about the future later. Minority rule is working for them -- since most people don't vote -- and they don't want to change it.
In fact, since this book went to press, GOP has gotten even more aggressive about its vote-suppression and disenfranchisement efforts.
I'm not sure how anyone can expect the party to come back from that.