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Political Scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on ‘How the Right Rules’

Political Scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson on ‘How the Right Rules’

KQED's Forum vor 6 Jahren

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The Republican party has increasingly relied on incendiary appeals
from the social right to win over voters, while advancing policies
that cater less to the average voter and more to wealthy donors.
That’s according to political scientists Jacob Hacker and Paul
Pierson. In their fourth book together, "Let Them Eat Tweets: How
the Right Rules in an Age of Extreme Inequality," they break down
the GOP’s strategy of acquiring populist voters through
fear-mongering and race-baiting. And now, during the Trump
administration, the authors write that “the ‘dog whistle’ invoking
racialized themes has given way to the bullhorn.” Hacker and
Pierson join us to discuss their latest book and why the GOP
continues to advance unpopular policies -- and stall popular ones
in the Senate -- even in an election year.