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Thank you for your servitude : Donald Trump's Washington and the price of submission / Mark Leibovich.
TITLE:
Thank you for your servitude : Donald Trump's Washington and the price of submission / Mark Leibovich.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press,
Physical Description:
339 p.
Bibliography Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-322) and index.
Summary:
Thank You for Your Servitude is Mark Leibovich's unflinching account of the moral rout of a major American political party, tracking the transformation of Rubio, Cruz, Graham, and their ilk into the administration's chief enablers, and the swamp's lesser lights into frantic chasers of the grift. What would these politicos do to preserve their place in the sun, or at least the orbit of the spray tan? What would they do to preserve their "relevance"? Almost anything, it turns out. Trump's savage bullying of everyone in his circle, along with his singular command of his political base, created a dangerous culture of submission in the Republican Party. Meanwhile, many of the most alpha of the lapdogs happily conceded to Mark Leibovich that they were "in on the joke." As Lindsey Graham told the author, his supporters in South Carolina generally don't read The New York Times, and they won't read this book, either. All that cynicism, shading into nihilism, led to a country truly unhinged from reality, and to the events of January 6, 2021. It's a vista that makes the Washington of This Town seem like a comedy of manners in comparison.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780593296318