How a 'bizarre' assortment of 'weirdos' has 'dramatically reoriented the GOP': book

How a 'bizarre' assortment of 'weirdos' has 'dramatically reoriented the GOP': book

Back in the early 1980s, left-wing R&B singer Gil Scott-Heron (remembered for his incendiary "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised") was fond of saying that "the New Right is the same old wrong." The term "New Right," in those days, referred to President Ronald Reagan's fragile coalition — a mixture of neocon defense hawks, evangelical Christian fundamentalists, libertarian budget hawks and moderate Reagan Democrats. But in 2025, "New Right" has…