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Book SynopsisDonald Trump has faced unprecedented opposition from members of his own party to his candidacy, election, and presidency. This opposition, known collectively as #NeverTrump Republicans, opposes Trump for a variety of reasons, but is united in its assessment that he is temperamentally unfit to be president. The contributors in The Republican Resistance: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Future of the GOP detail the origins of this movement, with particular focus on the 2016 election cycle, and explore how #NeverTrump opponents have continued their resistance through the Trump presidency. The contributors argue that the Trump presidency and the #NeverTrump opposition represent a key feature of modern American politics in which both major American political parties must contend: the rise of a populist insurgency intent on overtaking the party from within. The Republican Resistance examines the implications of this populist revolt on the GOP and the challenges of embracing demographic and structural realities on the one hand while catering to a political base built to oppose those trends on the other.
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Resisting Trump: Origins of #NeverTrump and the Battle for the Soul of the GOP, Andrew L. Pieper and Jeff DeWitt
Part I: Where #NeverTrump?
Chapter 2: A Dying Breed: “#NeverTrumpism in Congress, Jeffrey Lazarus
Chapter 3: Laboratories of Resistance? #NeverTrumpers and the Opportunities and Limits of State and Local Autonomy in a Polarized Era, Anthony Sparacino
Chapter 4: #NeverTrump and the Fourth Estate, April A. Johnson and Karyn A. Amira
Chapter 5: #NeverTrumpers and the Think Tank Resistance, Heather E. Yates
Chapter 6: Elephants Grumble: The Republican Establishment’s Rejection of Donald Trump, Jason S. Byers
Part II: Why #NeverTrump?
Chapter 7: The Art of the Deal? #NeverTrumpers and the Struggle for GOP Foreign Policy, Wesley B. Renfro
Chapter 8: Whose Conservatism? Domestic Policy and #NeverTrump Opposition, Robert (Bo) Wood
Chapter 9: Never One of Us: The Battle for Conservative Purity in Trump’s America, Christopher Paskewich
Chapter 10: Conservative Character? Donald Trump and the Corrosive Presidency, Martin Cohen
Chapter 11: #NeverTrump Conservatives and the Corruption of Donald Trump, Beth Rosenson
Part III: Conclusion
Chapter 12: #NeverTrumpism and American Politics: Past, Present, and Looking Ahead, Jeff DeWitt and Andrew L. Pieper
