It Didn't Begin with Donald Trump: The Republican Party and the Rise of Authoritarianism

• In Event: Democratic Attitudes and the American Parties

Brief Overview

The Republican Party's predisposition to embrace conspiracy theories did not begin with Donald Trump. This paper traces the origins of these behaviors back several decades to the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s when the antecedents of Trumpism began.

Author

• John Kenneth White, Catholic University of America