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Abe, Shinzo, 252

abortion, 66, 73, 105, 137, 140, 235–36, 248

Adelson, Sheldon, 206

Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 2, 77, 123, 126–27, 134, 136, 140, 144, 148, 161, 200, 257–60. See also health care

Agnew, Spiro, 24

Akin, Todd, 137

Alexander, Lamar, 260

Alinsky, Saul, 120

Allen, Richard, 39

“alt-right” movement, 221

Amanpour, Christiane, 224

America First agenda, 8, 10, 59–60, 65, 69–70, 78, 80, 169, 198, 246–47, 250, 252, 260, 273–74, 278

American Action Network, 149

American Crossroads, 149

American Health Care Act (AHCA). See health care

American Principles Project, 143

Amoore, Renee, 220

Anderson, John, 16, 32

Anderson, Martin, 16

anti-capitalism, 7

anticommunism, 21, 23, 44

anti-Establishment movement, 10, 17, 25–26, 73, 160, 169, 172, 174, 181, 214

anti-populism, 19, 123, 140, 158

Armey, Dick, 87

Armistead, Bill, 43

Arroyo, Raymond, 200–201, 237

Assad, Bashar al-, 261–62

Atwater, Lee, 49–50

autopsy report of 2012 election (GOP), 145

Axelrod, David, 121

Ayers, Bill, 120, 122

Ayers, Nick, 201

Bachmann, Michele, 133

Baier, Bret, 241

Baker, Howard, 32

Baker, James, 52, 55, 90

Bandow, Doug, 91

Bannon, Steve, 217–19, 221, 231, 238, 242, 252, 267–68, 271

Barbour, Haley, 149

Bash, Dana, 233

Bastian, Ed, 249

Bauer, Gary, 43, 45

Beck, Glenn, 4, 178

Becker, George, 90–91

Becker, Jo, 212

Benghazi attack (2012), 134, 156, 213, 223, 232

Bennet, Michael, 146

Bennett, Bob, 73

Bennett, William, 43, 73, 86, 165

Bergdahl, Bowe, 150

Berlin Wall, 39

Bernstein, Carl, 224

Bernstein, Jonathan, 172–73

Biden, Joe, 275

Big Labor, 27, 90–91

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 142

Bin Laden, Osama, 102

Bishop, Tim, 127

Black, Conrad, 163

Blackmun, Harry, 71–72

Blitzer, Wolf, 115

Blow, Charles, 131

Boehner, John, 5, 148, 151, 164, 172, 199

Bonior, David, 79

Boot, Max, 187

Border Patrol. See U.S. Border Patrol

border wall, 61, 146, 205, 219, 253–56. See also immigration

Bork, Robert, 43, 86, 105, 106

Bossie, Dave, 236

Boys, James, 240

Bozell, Brent, 178

Brady Bill, 78

Branson, Richard, 253

Brat, Dave, 1–7, 10, 149–51

Breen, Jon, 33

Breitbart.com, 4, 135, 217

Bremmer, Ian 194

Brennan, John, 270

Brexit, 142, 194–95, 231, 239, 242–43, 276

Breyer, Stephen, 78

Broaddrick, Juanita, 231

Brock, David, 85

Broder, David, 42

Brooks, David, 209

Brown, Lara M., 175

Brown, Pat, Sr., 22

Buchanan, Bay, 61

Buchanan, Patrick J., 70, 178, 261, 276

1992 presidential campaign, 57–62

1992 RNC Convention speech, 61–62

on Goldwater, 21

on Iraq War, 102

on NAFTA, 66–67, 80–81

as Nixon speechwriter, 24, 58

and populism, 8, 10, 21, 58–62, 197, 239, 274

Buchanan, Shelley, 58, 60

Buckley, William F., 178

Burns, Alexander, 162

Bush, Billy, 228

Bush, Columba, 156, 182

Bush, George H. W., 90, 104, 196

1980 presidential campaign, 32–34

1992 presidential campaign, 59–73, 76

Bushies, 53, 60

inauguration, 49–50

and Persian Gulf War, 56–57

and purge of Reaganites, 50–52

tax promise, 51–57, 68–69, 254

Bush, George W., 47, 130, 131, 140, 177, 181–83, 196, 247, 250

2000 presidential campaign, 98, 101, 103, 110, 138

2004 presidential campaign, 97–99

and Afghanistan, 100, 102

and financial crisis, 113–14

foreign policy, 100–103, 109–10, 114–15, 200, 261, 262

and globalism, 113–15

immigration policy, 106–12, 114, 119

and Iraq, 100–103, 109, 114–15

and Miers Supreme Court nomination, 103–6

and 9/11, 100–102

and populism, 98–112, 140

second inaugural address, 102

and TARP, 113, 123, 127

tax policy, 99–100

trade policy, 95

Bush, Jeb, 86, 204

2016 presidential campaign, 155–60, 162–64, 166–70, 172–76, 181–83, 196, 199

and CPAC (2015), 155–56, 158

donor network, 159

and education policy, 142, 144

and immigration policy, 112

“JebState,” 168, 182, 184

“low-energy,” 60, 173

“Bush Republicans,” 47, 196

Bushism, 107–8, 112, 119, 179, 181

Business Insider, 252

BuzzFeed, 82

Cabrera, Chris, 256

Cannon, Lou, 85

Cantor, Eric, 1–6, 149–52, 170

Capito, Shelley Moore, 260

Capretta, James, 54

Carafano, James, 42

Carender, Keli (aka Liberty Belle), 124

Carrier, 249

Carson, Ben, 160, 163, 167, 169, 172, 175, 186, 220, 229

Carson, Candy, 229

Carter, James, IV, 139

Carter, Jimmy

1976 presidential campaign, 210

1980 presidential campaign, 16, 32–36

and Iranian hostage crisis, 32, 35–36

“Malaise” speech, 31–32

and NAFTA, 79, 82, 90

Carville, James, 56, 57

Cato Institute, 18, 91, 171

Cave, Julie, 43

Cavuto, Neil, 103

Chen, Lanhee J., 218

Cheney, Dick, 108–9

China, 23, 89–95, 117, 156, 239, 250–52, 261–62, 278

and currency markets, 18–19

“One Belt, One Road” (OBOR), 252

and outsourcing, 226

and World Trade Organization, 89, 91–92, 93, 184

Christie, Chris, 140, 165, 175–76, 180–81, 198

Clifford, Clark, 19

climate change, 225, 251–53, 273

Clinton, Bill

1992 presidential campaign, 62, 64–65, 71–72, 75

and 1994 midterm elections, 84–87

1996 presidential campaign, 87–88

criminal justice policy, 74–76

and globalism, 73, 78–85

health care, 76–78, 84, 257

immigration policy, 88–89

impeachment, 72, 88, 232

Lewinsky scandal, 88

and NAFTA, 66–69, 78–84, 89–90, 93–94, 116, 226, 251–52

New Democrat philosophy, 73, 74

and populism, 7, 64–65, 71–78, 88–89

trade policy, 89–95

welfare policy, 75–76, 84, 86–88

Clinton, Chelsea, 224

Clinton, Hillary

2016 presidential campaign, 8, 10, 166–67, 169, 177, 186–87, 194–95, 197–98, 200, 202–3, 206, 208–16, 220–44, 250

“basket of deplorables” comment, 220–24

and Benghazi attack, 134, 156, 213, 223, 232

and DNC convention, 213–14

Election Day, 239–44

and globalism, 210–14

and health care, 76–78, 84, 257

presidential debates, 224–36

and “Russian Reset,” 211

as secretary of state, 198, 210–11

“Stronger Together” slogan, 214, 220, 222

Clinton Foundation, 211–14, 227

Cold War, 9, 31, 38–40, 42–43, 46, 55, 58–59, 61, 93, 262

Collins, Susan, 260

Comey, James, 9, 197–98, 223, 266

Common Core, 142–44, 156, 160

communism, 9, 21, 23, 38–40, 42–44, 46, 59, 94, 263

Connally, John, 32

Conradi, Jon, 272

Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC), 117–18, 155–60, 267–68

conservative populism, 6–11

and Cantor’s defeat, 1, 6

and Clinton, 74–76, 87

and economic policy, 8, 10, 18, 36–37, 114, 200, 217–18, 247, 250, 253, 271

and education policy, 142–44

and foreign policy, 8–9

and Goldwater, 21–22, 27–28, 30, 142, 274

and GOP Establishment, 1, 6, 27, 29–30, 34, 40, 124, 152, 160

and immigration policy, 114, 256

and Reagan, 7–10, 16–20, 22–32, 34, 36, 38–39, 45–46, 52, 54–55, 70, 72–73

and the Supreme Court, 105

and the Tea Party, 127

and Trump, 7–11, 230, 247, 256, 272–79

See also populism

Constitution. See U.S. Constitution

Consultant Class, 134, 170, 230

consumer confidence, 249

Contract with America, 85

Conway, Kellyanne, 218

Cooper, Anderson, 127, 230–31

Coulter, Ann, 119, 141, 169, 186

Crane, Phil, 32

Cribb, John, 43

Crist, Charlie, 146

Cronkite, Walter, 13

Crossroads GPS, 149

Crowley, Monica, 225–28, 230, 233, 235

Cruz, Heidi, 204, 206

Cruz, Ted, 29, 160, 169, 172, 175–77, 179–84, 186–91, 204–6, 255, 275

Cuccinelli, Ken, 191, 206

Cutter, Stephanie, 222

Dark Ages Weekend, 86

Darman, Richard, 53–56, 285n9

Dartmouth Review, 17, 43, 44, 57

Davis, Fred, 122

Davos, 178

Deal, Nathan, 143

death penalty, 74–76

debt, national, 8, 59, 63–64, 92, 130, 134, 140, 179, 185, 207, 255

Deep State, 269

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), 211

DeFrank, Thomas, 60

DeMint, Jim, 42

détente, 26, 40, 44

Devine, Donald, 30

Dickman, Murray, 51

Dobbs, Lou, 215

Dohrn, Bernardine, 120

Dole, Bob, 32, 87, 197

Donnelly, Joe, 137

Donor Class, 34–35, 68, 157, 182

Douthat, Ross, 186–87

DREAM Act, 4, 150

D’Souza, Dinesh, 43–44, 57

Duggan, Juanita, 249

Dukakis, Michael, 74

Duncan, Arne, 144

Durbin, Richard, 145, 147

economic nationalism, 8, 10, 200, 217–18, 247, 250, 271

Economic Policy Institute (EPI), 83, 91

economic populism, 18, 36–37, 253

Economic Recovery Tax Act (1981), 37

education policy

Common Core, 142–44, 156, 160

No Child Left Behind, 199

Race to the Top, 142–43

Edwards, John, 98

Ekdahl, John (aka Ace of Spades), 135

Erickson, Erick, 168, 178, 182–83, 187, 215

Estrich, Susan, 98

European Union (EU), 142, 193–94, 276

Exxon Mobil, 249

fake news, 65, 128, 271

Falwell, Jerry, Jr., 238

far-left, 69, 78, 114, 212, 277

Farage, Nigel, 152–53, 194, 231, 233, 261

Fehrnstrom, Eric, 138

financial crisis of 2008, 113–14, 127, 174, 227

Fiorina, Carly, 160–61, 169, 172, 175, 189–90

Flake, Jeff, 146

Fluke, Sandra, 136

Fonalledas, Zoraida, 145

Ford, Gerald, 14–15, 25–26, 28–30, 82, 90, 103, 178

Fossedal, Greg, 44

Founding Fathers, 126, 128

Fox, Vicente, 111

Fox & Friends, 3, 147, 227–28, 240

Fox News, 5, 106, 129–30, 161, 167, 183, 186, 203, 215, 225, 230, 234, 237, 240–43

Foxconn Technology Group, 249

Francis, Pope, 253, 263

Fraser, Steve, 131

FreedomWorks, 143

Freeman, Joshua, 131

Frum, David, 250

Gang of Eight, 145–48, 174–75, 183

Garrett, Judd, 162

Garza, Deb, 50–51

Gates, Bill, 142–44

Gates, Melinda, 142

Geist, Willie, 209

Gerasimov, Gennady, 42

Gerson, Michael, 166, 177

Gibbs, Robert, 125

Giffords, Gabby, 129

Gingrich, Newt, 76–77, 84–86, 132–34, 157

Ginsburg, Ruth Bader, 78

globalism, 217, 268, 271

and 2016 presidential campaign, 169, 174, 183, 193, 200, 205, 211–12, 242, 246, 250

and Bush (George H. W.), 59, 69–70, 73

and Bush (George W.), 107, 114

and climate policy, 253

and Clinton (Bill), 7–8, 78, 88–95, 212

and Clinton (Hillary), 211–12

and “Davos conservatives,” 178

and education policy, 142

and environmental policy, 253

and Europe, 193–94, 276

and immigration, 205

liberal globalism, 56

and McCain, 117

and Nixon, 23, 25

and Obama, 120, 210–11, 245

and populism, 7–8

Goggins, Daphne, 220

Gold Star families, 214–15

Goldberg, Jonah, 215

Goldman, Peter, 60

Goldwater, Barry, 14, 21–22, 27, 30, 121, 142, 222, 274

Gonzales, Nathan, 162

Gonzalez, Alberto, 104

Gorbachev, Mikhail, 39, 41, 54, 74

Gore, Al, 76, 81–82, 103

Gorsuch, Neil, 264–65

Graham, Lindsey, 6, 112, 145, 164–65, 181

Great Depression, 15, 19, 201

Gregory, David, 6, 98

Griffin, Kathy, 277

Guantánamo Bay, 29

Guzmán, Joaquín (“El Chapo”), 255

Haberman, Maggie, 162

Hagel, Chuck, 108

Hagel-Martinez immigration bill, 108–9

Hahn, Julia, 2–3

Haley, Nikki, 204

Halperin, Mark, 131

Hamilton, Alexander, 264, 276

Hannity, Sean, 98, 119, 158, 186, 230, 233, 235–36, 240

health care, 65, 67, 123, 134, 139

Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), 2, 77, 123, 126–27, 134, 136, 140, 144, 148, 161, 200, 257–60

Hillarycare, 76–78, 84, 257

Medicaid, 257–58

Medicare, 199, 257–58

prescription drugs, 257, 259

repeal and replace efforts, 123, 260

Heilemann, John, 131

Heller, Dean, 260

Heritage Foundation, 42, 77, 143

Hessan, Diane, 223

Hightower, Shalga, 219–20

Hodgkinson, James, 277

Holt, Lester, 224–25, 226–27

Hoover, Herbert, 19

Huckabee, Mike, 119, 132, 160, 163, 167, 175, 178–79, 197, 237–38

Huffington, Arianna, 86

Huffington Post, 86, 209

Hume, Brit, 5

Hussein, Saddam, 56–57, 100

ICE. See U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

identity politics, 121, 136

immigration

amnesty, 3, 6, 35, 45, 106–12, 114, 117, 119, 127, 145–50, 156–57, 174–75, 183, 199, 255

border wall, 61, 146, 205, 219, 253–56

and Bush (George W.), 106–12, 114, 119

and Clinton, 88–89

and conservative populism, 114, 256

DREAM Act, 4, 150

Hagel-Martinez bill, 108–9

Kennedy-McCain bill, 111–12, 146

reform, 3, 5, 109–12, 145–47, 157, 160, 166

Schumer-Rubio bill (S.B. 744), 145–48, 174–75, 183

and Trump, 254–57

Ingraham, Anne, 14–15

Ingraham, James, 14–15

Ingraham, Laura

and 1976 RNC Convention, 13–16

and 1980 presidential election, 16–17

and 2004 presidential election, 97–99

2008 CPAC introduction of Romney, 117–119

2015 CPAC speech, 155–58

and 2016 DNC Convention, 215–16

2016 RNC Convention speech, 196–205

breakfast with Nixon, 44–45

as CBS political analyst, 88

Code Red Rally speech, 126

columns and articles, 73–74, 166, 179, 216, 272

Ingraham, Laura (cont’d)

first meeting with Trump, 163–64

formative years, 13–16, 35–36

Fox News appearances, 3, 5, 130–31, 147, 227–28, 235, 240–41

and inauguration of Bush (George H. W.), 49–52

and inauguration of Trump, 245–48

in Iraq, 102

LifeZette, 166, 272

as litigation associate, 73

New York Times Magazine cover, 85

and Nightline, 35–36

Power to the People, 2, 124

and presidential debates, 168, 224–36

and primary debates, 168

radio interviews, 1, 4, 104–5, 133, 141, 146–47, 152–53, 160–61, 164, 169–70, 199

as Reagan administration speechwriter, 43–45

support of Brat against Cantor, 2–6, 149–51

Supreme Court clerkship, 71–73

at Tea Party events, 126–27

Today Show appearance, 128–30

at Trump rally (Leesburg), 236–39

Innis, Niger, 146

intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), 40

International Court of Justice, 32

Iowa caucuses, 33, 118–19, 133, 165, 173, 175, 178–80

Iran-Contra affair, 43, 45

Iranian hostage crisis, 32, 35–36, 47

Iraq, 56, 207, 257

Iraq War, 100–103, 109, 114–15, 118, 182, 184, 214, 227, 262

ISIS, 102, 161, 207, 233, 261–63, 277

isolationism, 8–9, 19, 38, 69, 262

Jackson, Andrew, 20

Jacobson, Jay, 75

job creation, 249–50

John Paul II, Pope, 42–43, 263

Johns, Michael, 148

Johnson, Gary, 134

Johnson, Lyndon, 19, 22

Jones, Keeney, 57

Jones, Paula, 231, 232

Jones, Van, 209, 234

Kaine, Tim, 228

Kasich, John, 144, 167, 169–70, 173, 175, 181–82, 186–87, 188–90, 204, 275

Kelly, Megyn, 5, 167, 241, 243

Kemp, Jack, 53

Kennedy, Anthony, 103–4

Kennedy, John F., 36, 99–100

Kennedy, Ted, 39, 111–12, 146

Kerry, John, 97–99, 162

Keystone Pipeline, 211, 248

Khan, Ghazala, 214

Khan, Humayun, 214

Khan, Khizr, 214–16

Khomeini, Ruhollah, 36

King, Colbert, 127

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 13

Kissinger, Henry, 19, 28, 40, 90

Klein, Ezra, 178

Koch, David, 125

Koch brothers, 35, 125, 128

Koppel, Ted, 36

Krauthammer, Charles, 105, 243

Kristol, Bill, 26, 53, 158, 178, 187, 234, 246

Kucinich, Dennis, 269

Kudlow, Larry, 37

Kushner, Jared, 219, 238

Kuwait, 56–57, 212

Kyl, Jon, 111

Laffer, Art, 37–38

Larry King Live, 81–82

Lauer, Matt, 128–30

Le Pen, Marine, 276

leaks, information, 248, 268–70

Lee, Mike, 229

Lefkowitz, Jay, 86

Lehrer, Jim, 103

Lemon, Don, 167

Lenin, Vladimir, 40

Levin, Mark, 4

Lewandowski, Corey, 218

Lewinsky, Monica, 88

Lewis, George, 129

Lewis, John, 194

libertarianism, 16–19, 91, 132, 134, 142, 146, 171, 250, 253

LifeZette, 166, 272

Lighthizer, Robert, 84, 251, 273

Limbaugh, Rush, 98, 108–9, 119, 136

Little Sisters of the Poor, 140

Loesch, Dana, 178

Lowry, Rich, 178

Lucey, David, 32

Lucey, Pat, 32

Luntz, Frank, 165, 241

Lynch, Loretta, 223

Machado, Alicia, 225

Macron, Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric, 276

Maddow, Rachel, 79, 242

Manafort, Paul, 218

Manhattan Project, 44

Mar-a-Lago, 252, 261

Martinez, Mel, 108–9

Marx, Karl, 39

Matthews, Chris, 246

Maxwell, Ron, 1, 6

McCain, John

2008 presidential campaign, 117–23, 125, 137, 196, 197

and Gang of Eight, 145, 146

and health care, 260

and immigration reform, 109, 111, 146

and Trump, 165, 184, 216

McConnell, Mitch, 164, 216

McGarvey, Sean, 251

McGovern, George, 24

McGroarty, Emmett, 143

McMullin, Evan, 234

Media Matters, 85, 136

Medicaid, 257–58

Medicare, 199, 257–58

Medved, Michael, 178

Menendez, Robert, 145, 147

Mexico, 226, 249

and immigration, 88, 111–12, 161, 185, 205, 253, 255

and NAFTA, 66–67, 69, 79–84, 93–94, 107

Trump’s visit to, 219

midterm elections

1994, 84–87

2006, 109, 199

2010, 2, 128–29, 146

2014, 1–6, 151

2018, 248, 254, 266, 276

Miers, Harriet, 103–6

military, 8–9, 28, 39, 42, 44, 75, 101–2, 228, 246, 254, 262–63

Miller, Stephen, 212

Mitchell, George, 54

Mondale, Walter, 17, 210

Moran, Terry, 98

Mourdock, Richard, 137

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 87

Murkowski, Lisa, 260

Musk, Elon, 253

9/11. See September 11, 2001

Napolitano, Janet, 146

nation-building, 9, 102, 110, 262

National Review, 178–79, 184, 209, 215

National Security Council (NSC), 269, 270

nationalism, 58–59, 216, 268

economic nationalism, 8, 10, 200, 217–18, 247, 250, 271

in Europe, 276

Navarro, Ana, 156

Needham, Michael, 165

neoconservatives, 16, 253

NeverTrump movement, 182, 216, 239, 250, 255, 264

on Bannon, 218

Conservatives Against Trump, 187

on DNC Convention, 215

Erickson, 168, 178, 182–83, 187, 21

Frum, 250

Gerson, 166, 177

Kristol, 26, 53, 158, 178, 187, 234, 246

McMullin, 234–36

Navarro, 156

on presidential debates, 227, 234–36

on RNC Convention, 190–91, 209

Sasse, 228–29

on Trump’s inaugural address, 246

New Deal, 20–21, 28

New World Order, 58–59, 68, 73, 80, 90, 93–94, 253, 276

New York Times, The, 5, 16, 40, 56, 73, 85, 91, 127, 145, 162, 168, 186–88, 195, 209, 212, 216, 218, 234

Nieto, Enrique Peña, 219

Nightline, 35

Nixon, Richard, 19, 58, 90

1968 presidential campaign, 23–24

1972 presidential campaign, 24–25

Ford’s pardon of, 25

and globalism, 23, 25

pardon of, 26

and populism, 23–26, 75, 131, 209

on Reagan, 26, 44–45

realist foreign policy approach (détente), 40, 44

resignation, 13, 24–25

Watergate, 14, 24–25, 44–45, 79, 224

Nocera, Joe, 127

nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), 69

Noonan, Peggy, 20, 31, 53, 98

North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), 66–69, 78–84, 89–90, 93–94, 116, 226, 251–52

North Korea, 252

Novak, Robert, 102, 178

Obama, Barack, 206, 207, 227, 240, 253, 270, 277

2008 presidential campaign, 119–23

and 2010 midterm elections, 123–28, 131–32

2012 presidential campaign, 132, 134–35, 136–41, 185

and 2014 midterm elections, 2, 148, 157

administration holdovers, 269

and DREAM Act, 4, 150

economic policy, 38, 124, 127, 134, 142, 151, 255

education policy, 142–44

and globalism, 210–11, 245

“hope and change” slogan, 8

and immigration, 145, 148, 156, 164, 183, 256

and media, 128, 131, 272

and NAFTA, 84

and populism, 8

and stimulus, 124, 127, 134, 142, 151

and TARP, 123, 127

and Tea Party, 2, 123–28, 131–32

and TPP, 211, 248

See also Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

Obama, Michelle, 247

Occupy Wall Street (OWS), 114

O’Connor, Sandra Day, 104

O’Donnell, Lawrence, 242

O’Donnell, Rosie, 167

Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 37, 53–54

O’Hehir, Andrew, 210

Olbermann, Keith, 127

Old Guard (Republican Party), 5, 10, 22, 61, 109, 176–77, 182, 185, 247

Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 44

O’Reilly, Bill, 186, 241

Palin, Sarah, 122, 129–30

Panama Canal, 29, 178

Paris Climate Accords, 82, 253, 273

Pataki, George, 176

Paul, Rand, 147, 175

Paul, Ron, 132, 134

Pavlich, Katie, 178

Pelosi, Nancy, 109, 125, 132, 136, 254

Pence, Mike, 198–99, 201, 210, 228, 234, 248

Percy, Chuck, 26

Perot, Ross, 65–68, 70, 72, 81–82

Perry, Rick, 133, 165, 172

Persian Gulf War, 56–57

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (1996), 87

Phillips, Howard, 32

Phillips, Judson, 148

Planned Parenthood, 169

Plouffe, David, 122

Podesta, John, 243

Podhoretz, John, 178

political correctness, 10, 121, 158, 162, 167, 171, 200

Pollak, Joel, 135

populism

anti-populism, 19, 123, 140, 158

and Bush (George W.), 98–112, 140

and Clinton (Bill), 7, 64–65, 71–78, 88–89

economic populism, 18, 36–37, 253

and Nixon, 23–26, 75, 131, 209

and progressivism, 7–8

and Reagan, 7–10, 16–20, 22–32, 34, 36, 38–39, 45–46, 52, 54–55, 70, 72–73

See also conservative populism

Portman, Rob, 260

Powell, Colin, 73

Power, Samantha, 270

Priebus, Reince, 145

Project Narwhal, 135

Project ORCA, 134–35

protectionism, 19, 69, 253, 273

Prouty, Scott, 139

Quayle, Dan, 53

Race to the Top, 142–43

Raddatz, Martha, 230, 231

Rall, Ted, 47

Ramos, Jorge, 204–5

Rather, Dan, 47, 88

Reagan, Nancy, 31

Reagan, Ronald

1976 presidential campaign, 25–30

1976 RNC Convention speech, 15–16, 30

1980 presidential campaign, 16–17, 30–35

1980 RNC Convention acceptance speech, 34

1984 presidential campaign, 17

announcement of candidacy speech (1975), 26–27

death of, 47

decision to become a Republican, 20–22

economic policy, 36–38

and Goldwater, 21–22

as governor of California, 21–23, 31, 35

Hollywood career, 20, 30, 39

and Iranian hostage crisis, 32, 35–36, 47

legacy of, 45–47

and Pope John Paul II, 42, 263

and populism, 7–10, 16–20, 22–32, 34, 36, 38–39, 45–46, 52, 54–55, 70, 72–73

Reagan Doctrine (“peace through strength”), 9, 33, 38–43, 262

Reagan Revolution, 43, 45–47, 70, 134, 142

Reaganism, 17–18, 34, 53, 59, 70

Reykjavík summit, 41, 54

and Strategic Defense Initiative (“Star Wars”), 40–42, 54

as ultimate outsider, 18–19

Rector, Ricky Ray, 74–75

RedState, 168

refugees, 151, 207, 248, 257, 276. See also immigration

Reid, Harry, 105–6, 109, 112

Reines, Philippe, 225

Renaissance Weekend, 86

Reno, Janet, 88

Rhodes, Ben, 270

Rice, Susan, 270

Richardson, H. L., 30

Roberts, John, 246

Rockefeller, Nelson, 14, 25

Rockefeller Republicans, 14, 21, 25, 52

Rollins, Ed, 52, 66, 70

Romney, Mitt, 196, 218, 250, 253

“47 percent” comment, 16, 139, 158, 185, 221

2012 presidential campaign, 132–42, 145, 158, 197, 209, 241, 250

on Cantor defeat, 5–6

and CPAC (2008), 117–119

speech on Trump, 184–86

Roosevelt, Franklin, 20, 53, 77

Rosen, Hilary, 240

Ross, Wilbur, 251

Rostenkowski, Dan, 37

Rove, Karl, 149, 177, 241

Rubin, Jennifer, 156

Rubio, Marco

2016 presidential campaign, 160, 169, 174–75, 180–84, 186–87

and immigration bill, 144–47, 149

Russia, 94, 161, 211–12, 267, 269, 271, 274. See also Soviet Union

Rutenberg, Jim, 216

Ryan, Paul, 164, 216, 256

Sabato, Larry, 240

Sanders, Bernie, 8, 114, 212–13, 275, 277

Santelli, Rick, 124–25

Santorum, Rick, 132–34, 160, 197

Sasse, Ben, 228–29

Savage, Michael, 186

Scalia, Antonin, 78, 103, 263–64

Scalia, Gene, 43

Scalise, Steve, 277

Scaramucci, Anthony, 270

Schlafly, Phyllis, 178

Schmidt, Steve, 242

Schultz, George, 41

Schumer, Chuck, 145–47, 174–75

Schweizer, Peter, 211

Scott, Robert E., 83

September 11, 2001, 100, 102, 182

Sessions, Jeff, 108, 168–69, 256, 266, 270

Shirley, Craig, 19, 25, 30

Silver, Nate, 169

Simpson, Carole, 63

Simpson–Mazzoli Act, 45

Smith, Hayden K., 143

Smith, Hedrick, 16

Snow, Tony, 104

Son, Masayoshi, 249

Soros, George, 34, 218

Souter, David, 72, 104, 168

Soviet Union, 9, 15, 18, 21, 25, 32, 38–42, 94, 157. See also Russia

Sowell, Thomas, 178

Spellings, Margaret, 144

Spicer, Sean, 248, 272

Stalin, Joseph, 39, 187, 233

Stelter, Brian, 224

Stephanopoulos, George, 85–86, 215

Stevens, John Paul, 72, 103

Stevens, Stuart, 138, 170–71

Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI; “Star Wars”), 40–42, 54

Streisand, Barbra, 220

Sullivan, Terry, 218

Super Tuesday, 118, 183–87

Supreme Court, 71–72, 78, 140, 168, 188, 195, 233

Miers nomination, 103–6

and Trump, 263–65

See also individual justices

Syria, 94, 169, 207, 232, 248, 261–62

Taibbi, Matt, 209

Taliban, 102

Tapper, Jake, 183

Taylor, Koko, 49–50

Tea Party, 2, 6, 123–32, 138, 141, 143–48

Tea Party Nation, 148

Tea Party Patriots, 147–48

Teller, Edward, 43–44

terrorism, 100, 120, 182, 207–9, 263

Thatcher, Margaret, 43

Thomas, Cal, 178

Thomas, Clarence, 72, 103–4, 264

Thornburg, Richard, 51

Todd, Chuck, 97

town halls, 125–26

Trade Promotion Authority (“Fast Track”), 119, 164

Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), 93, 174, 211–13, 226, 248, 251–52, 268

Trippi, Joe, 241

Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), 113, 123, 127

Truman, Harry, 44

Trump, Donald J.

Access Hollywood tape, 228, 231, 234

America First agenda, 8, 10, 59–60, 65, 69–70, 78, 80, 169, 198, 246–47, 250, 252, 260, 273–74, 278

announcement of presidential bid, 161–63

climate policy, 253

Election Day, 239–44

executive orders, 248–49, 256–57

foreign policy, 261–63

G20, 273

health care policy, 257–60

immigration policy, 253–57

inaugural address, 246–47

inauguration, 245–48

Iowa caucus, 175, 178–79

job creation, 249–50

Leesburg, Virginia, rally, 236–39, 276

lessons for, 265–73

on McCain, 165

and NAFTA, 82–84

New Hampshire primary, 180–81

presidential debates, 224–36

primary debates, 167–74, 180–81, 243

RNC Convention, 196–210

RNC Convention speech, 206–10

South Carolina primary, 172, 181–82

Super Tuesday, 183–87

and Supreme Court, 263–65

trade policy, 251–53

and Twitter, 54, 164, 167, 171, 188–89, 200, 221–22, 248, 252, 265–66, 270

Trump, Donald, Jr., 161, 196

Trump, Ivanka, 161

Trump, Melania, 161

Tutwiler, Margaret, 52

United Kingdom (UK), 193–95, 257

United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP), 152–53, 194

United Nations, 32, 53, 69, 93

U.S. Border Patrol, 88, 256

U.S. Constitution, 66, 128, 202–3, 206

and Khizr Khan, 215

and “nuclear option,” 264–65

and presidential powers, 256–57

Second Amendment, 77

and Supreme Court, 72, 78, 103–6

and term limits, 85

and textualism, 264

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 273

Valliere, Greg, 174

Values Voters Summit, 172

Van Buren, Martin, 46

Vaughn, Stephen, 73, 84, 251

Videgaray Caso, Luis, 219

Vietnam War, 22, 29, 47

Viguerie, Richard, 51

von Mises, Ludwig, 250

Walesa, Lech, 42

Walker, Joe Louis, 49–50

Walker, Scott, 165, 172, 249

wall. See border wall

Wall Street Journal, The, 6, 32, 44, 67, 73, 98, 138, 172, 174, 177, 218

Wallace, Chris, 234

Wang, Sam, 240

Warren, Elizabeth, 275

Warren, Rick, 123

Washington Post, The, 5, 33, 42, 73, 80, 104, 127, 131, 145, 156, 159, 162, 166, 177, 209, 228, 261, 269

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, 213

Watergate, 14, 24–25, 44–45, 79, 224

wave elections, 84, 128

Weekly Standard, The, 26, 158, 187

Wehner, Peter, 43, 165

Weicker, Lowell, 14

Weinberger, Caspar, 22–23

White, Ben, 228

White, Byron, 78

WikiLeaks, 213

Wiley, Kathleen, 231

Williams, Armstrong, 86

Williams, Johnny, 87–88

Wilson, Pete, 88–89

Winner, Reality, 270

Winter, Ralph K., Jr., 58, 104

Wirthlin, Dick, 28, 218

Woodward, Bob, 79

World Trade Organization (WTO), 8, 89, 91–94, 130, 184, 195

Wright, Jeremiah, 120–22

Wright, Mark Antonio, 209

Xi Jinping, 252, 261

Yates, Sally, 269

Zuckerberg, Mark, 149