 Views & Opinions |
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Outrage politics has taken over the Republican Party, writes John Kenneth White, who teaches politics at The Catholic University of America. It was "perfected by Donald Trump" and is being taken to a new level by many "Trump imitators." |
Many Republican members of Congress routinely make "outrageous statements to generate social media clicks and campaign donations from aggrieved base voters." But White believes the childishness of many House Republicans is only part of the problem. "Handing control of the party to Donald Trump, and all of the hucksterism and showmanship that came with that decision, has created its own ideological incoherence," he writes. "Instead of making any pretense at ideological coherence, the governing philosophy of the Republican Party seems to be whatever is good for Donald Trump." The result, says White, is that "at a time when the world is in crisis and challenges are mounting at home, House Republicans cannot even perform the mandated tasks of governing." "This is what happens when a major party becomes dysfunctional and cannot govern." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, Oct. 17. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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By Gordon Chang, author of "The Coming Collapse of China" |
Obstinate State Department lawyers are doing their best to hand over to China one of America's most important allies in the increasingly strategic Pacific Ocean — the Marshall Islands. |
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By Glenn Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Professor of American Studies at Cornell University |
Trump has engaged in an extraordinarily well-documented pattern of cavalier, reckless and probably criminal conduct, at odds with Trump's own statements about threats to national security posed by anyone who mishandles classified material and the penalties leakers should receive. It's time to hold him accountable. |
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By Juan Williams, Fox News political analyst |
When a former president implied that an American military leader should be executed, it did not make front page news because top editors dismissed it as more bombastic, empty rhetoric from Donald Trump. But now there is no ignoring it: Trump's Republican Party is a genuine threat to U.S. national security, and at the moment, specifically a threat to Israel. |
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By Austin Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science at Amherst College |
In their statements, college presidents use the political as an avenue to get to the pastoral. Their post-Oct. 7 statements are a reminder that American universities focus not just on "the discovery, improvement, and dissemination of knowledge." They strive to offer education in a community of care. |
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