Republicans

Republicans (Finally) Rally Around McCarthy as Speaker

Kevin McCarthy has secured the speakership through apparent deals allowing a group of right-wing hardliners to have greater influence over legislation and more investigative power. Historians followed the voting and discuss what comes next. 

An Extinct Species: The Liberal Republican

by Donne Levy

As both parties have unified, those whose views are not considered mainstream enough have been sidelined or eliminated. This shift has meant the extinction of the liberal or moderate Republican.

‘I’m Not a Traitor, You Are!’ Political Argument from the Founding Fathers to Today’s Partisans

American history is filled with examples where one partisan side alleges that some idea embraced by the other side threatens to compromise American national strength or sovereignty.

How Trump finally turned Republicans against McCarthyism

by Jonathan Zimmerman

After nearly 70 years, Republicans have stopped defending Joe McCarthy.

The Cult of Trump

by Michael A. Genovese

Come home Republicans.  We need you.

How the Republican Response to the Mueller Investigation Breaks With History

Historians say this marks a new era of hyperpartisanship that will likely erode trust in traditionally independent law enforcement agencies.  

Texas Republicans criticized for their Holocaust Remembrance Day message: ‘Leftism kills’

The Anti-Defamation League criticized the Facebook post on Sunday and countered more vehemently on Monday the local GOP’s attempts to tie the Holocaust to leftism.

What’s Happened to the Big Wage Increases Promised by Republicans?

by Lawrence Wittner

The rich made off with the money the GOP predicted would be shared with workers.

Republicans Don’t Own Patriotism Anymore

by Heather Cox Richardson

The Democrats are reclaiming language they ceded to the GOP decades ago—and putting a liberal spin on it.

Dinesh D’Souza Is Q but for Book-Reading Republicans

by Ronald Radosh

His crackpottery is being applauded in conservative outlets that seem to have been infected by a strain of whataboutism that one could call Trump Derangement Derangement Syndrome.

How Republicans became anti-democratic

by Damon Linker

Republicans are proving themselves to be enemies of democratic governance.

Where is Republican courage?

by Richard Moe

That’s the question the country has been hearing, and asking, during the first 15 months of the Trump presidency.

Do a Majority of Republicans Really Distrust Higher Education?

by John Willingham

That’s the gist of a recent Pew poll, but the poll was taken on the heels of a string of campus protests that shaped the response.

The Alarming Parallels this Historian Sees Between What’s Going on in Congress Today and the Antebellum Congresses He Studies

by Michael Todd Landis

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Why Indiana Republicans Blundered so Badly on Gay Rights

by Victoria Saker Woeste

They relied on analysis by a dozen law school professors that ignored the historical progression towards including gay rights among civil rights.

For G.O.P., Support for Israel Becomes New Litmus Test

In the past the GOP was more willing to criticize Israel.

What Happened the Last Time Republicans Had a Majority This Huge?

In 1928, Republicans won 270 seats in the House. They were on top of the world.

TN ban on renaming Civil War parks passes over Dems' objections

Legislation that would prevent the renaming or moving of war-related monuments in Tennessee passed the state House last night. The bill comes as city officials in Memphis have renamed three Confederate-themed parks.Democrats tried to get the bill’s sponsor – Republican Steve McDaniel – to admit he was responding to the name changes in Memphis, which he denied.Rep. Johnnie Turner asked what if Jews hadn’t been allowed to tear down Nazi statues....