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Stuart Stevens is an American political consultant, author, and television writer. He has worked on numerous Republican campaigns, including those of George W.
Known for: It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
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It Was All a Lie: How the Republican Party Became Donald Trump
In this candid political memoir, longtime Republican strategist Stuart Stevens reflects on his decades within the party and argues that the rise of Donald Trump was not an aberration but the culmination of a long moral and ideological decline. Stevens examines how the GOP abandoned its principles of character, fiscal responsibility, and truth, replacing them with cynicism and tribal loyalty. The book offers both a personal reckoning and a critique of the modern conservative movement in the United States.
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Origins of Republican Ideals
When I first came of age politically, the Republican Party was not just a brand—it was a moral identity. We prided ourselves on personal responsibility, on the quiet dignity of hard work, on living within one’s means both individually and as a nation. We believed that character mattered, that leader...
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The Southern Strategy and Moral Compromise
Every political movement has a choice to make between principle and expedience. For the modern Republican Party, that choice became clear in the wake of the civil rights movement. The so-called Southern Strategy turned resentment—anger at change, fear of social loss—into an electoral weapon. For tho...
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About Stuart Stevens
Stuart Stevens is an American political consultant, author, and television writer. He has worked on numerous Republican campaigns, including those of George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, and Bob Dole. A graduate of the University of Oxford and UCLA Film School, Stevens has also written for television and pu...
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Stuart Stevens is an American political consultant, author, and television writer. He has worked on numerous Republican campaigns, including those of George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, and Bob Dole. A graduate of the University of Oxford and UCLA Film School, Stevens has also written for television and pu...
Stuart Stevens is an American political consultant, author, and television writer. He has worked on numerous Republican campaigns, including those of George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, and Bob Dole. A graduate of the University of Oxford and UCLA Film School, Stevens has also written for television and published several books on politics and travel.
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