25 November 2020
The complicity of conservative elites
Bill Kristol says a major source of Trumpism's power has been overlooked.
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In this video:
- How Bill became a NeverTrumper
- Bob worries that neoconservatives have exploited the Resistance
- Bill has some regrets about supporting Tom Cotton
- Bob accuses Bill of countenancing guilt-by-association tactics
- Charges of anti-Semitism and dual loyalty in the Israel debate
- Bill: The cartoonish caricature of the GOP turned out to be correct
- The psychology of GOP elites who still support Trump
- Bill’s hopes for the Biden administration
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