Carried it alive and we are pleased to be joined by former radio host and msnbc contributor Charles Sykes whose new book is called how the rights lost its mind is this a book about donald trump . Guest now, obviously he plays a major role but its really about the conservative movement, what happened to the conservative movement and how it enabled him, capitulated to him and how where did you go wrong . How do they conservative movement go from being run by William F Buckley to sean hannity . digital from Ronald Reagan to donald trump . How do we go from edmund burke to and culture . What happened to us that led up to that and this is the big question i had after the election. What just happened . What did we miss . The things going on that i thought i understood that maybe i didnt. Host was there a seminal moment . Was it years in the making . With the 2016 . Guest i started off with a thesis that donald trump was a black swan. He came in and took over sort of as a fluke, took over thi
Provider. Coming up on the tvs after words former radio host and msnbc contributor Charles Sykes with the conservative movement on america. Hes interviewed by tammy ruth, Fox News Contributor and host of the tammy bruce show. Charlie sykes, how are you . It is a pleasure and especially with the last year. If this kind of opportunity that perhaps you and i would never have and im looking forward to it. This is the book and im sure everyone watching his already seen it but what was interesting and asked to do this i was not on the opposite side of you when it comes to President Trump but the person is in your book this is not a book about donald trump. How the right lost its mind is the title and immediately youre taking a stand with the title but what i like to do is make sure everyone is watching what your background is and what youve done. Youve written a number of other books. The conservative who has supported trump and his super trump would find probably a great deal in common that
And culture . What happened to us that led up tole that . This of course is a big question i had after the election. Look about and go what just happened . What did we miss . What were the things going on that i thought i understood that maybe i i didnt . . With the 2016 . Guest i started off with a thesis that donald trump was a black swan. He came in and took over sort of as a fluke, took over this otherwise healthy movement, but ultimately thats not a sustainable thesis. This was a dysfunction in the conservative movement and the Republican Party with preexisting condition. Hes a symptom and its been a Long Time Coming and i tried to go back and what were those moments, what were the signposts . Was it when the republicans adopted as the seven strategy or Newt Gingrich weapon eyes politics . The moment that they thought sarah palin should be the Vice President ial nominee . Was a weird the conservative media became the gatekeepers when we outsourced our thought leadership to the ang
Nation in seventy three years. And those are the headlines stay with us im going to have more news for you in half an hour coming up next though its up front thanks for watching. His has been a year of couldnt travel see him crises of breaking rules and telling lies so how do you cover how do you hold to account a president as unique as donald trump and from special. Promoting us near nazis retreating british neo fascists peddling conspiracy theories and brazen lies defending alleged child sex abuse and threatening a nuclear war with north korea there has never been a president of the United States quite like donald trump so how do you cover President Trump and how is he survived his first year in office against all odds in this up from special im joined from chicago by gwenda blair a longtime trump biographer from milwaukee by Charles Sykes a former conservative radio talk show host and author of how the right lost its mind and here in the studio by jane coast and senior politics repo
A fraud conviction he says is politically motivated hes now calling for his supporters to boycott the vote those were the headlines here on their next its up front to stay with us. Aljazeera where ever you. His has been a year of couldnt travel see him crises of breaking rules and telling lies so how do you cover how do you hold to account a president as unique as donald trump and from special. Promoting us neo nazis retreating british new fascists peddling conspiracy theories and brazen lies defending alleged child sex abuse and threatening a nuclear war with north korea there has never been a president of the United States quite like donald trump so how do you cover President Trump and how is he survived his first year in office against all odds in this up from special im joined from chicago by gwenda blair a longtime trump biographer from milwaukee by Charles Sykes a former conservative radio talk show host and author of how the right lost its mind and here in the studio by jane coa