With Stephen Miller and Jim Jordan, the G.O.P. Doubles Down on Ideology

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The Washington Roundtable is joined by the New Yorker employees author Jonathan Blitzer to debate the Republican Occasion’s response to its historic midterm drubbing. With Stephen Miller’s promotion to White Home chief of employees and Jim Jordan’s election as Home Minority Chief, the Occasion appears to be doubling down on far-right ideology. Blitzer, who has reported deeply on each Miller and Jordan, explains how these two figures, as soon as dismissed as fringe extremists, have risen to energy, and why neither is prone to reasonable their views now. The panel additionally considers what their elevation means for the Occasion’s future—in 2028 and past.

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“Jim Jordan’s Conspiratorial Quest for Energy,” by Jonathan Blitzer (from 2023)

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