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1New York Timesbestselling author and investigative reporter David Corn tells the wild and harrowing story of the Republican Partys decadeslong relationship with farright extremism bigotry and paranoia

A fastpaced rollicking behindthescenes account of how the GOP since the 1950s has encouraged and exploited extremism bigotry and paranoia to gain powerAmerican Psychosisoffers readers a brisk canyoubelieveit journey through the netherworld of farright irrationality and the Republican Partys interactions with the darkest forces in America In a compelling and thoroughlyresearched narrative Corn reveals the hidden history of how the Party of Lincoln forged alliances with extremists kooks racists and conspiracymongers and fostered fear anger and resentment to win electionsand how this led to Donald Trumps triumph and the transformation of the GOP into a Trump personality cult that foments and bolsters the crazy and dangerous excesses of the right

The Trumpincited insurrectionist attack on the US Capitol on January 6 2021 was no aberrationAmerican Psychosisshows it was a continuation of the long and deeprooted Republican practice of boosting and weaponizing the rage and derangement of the right

The gripping tale inAmerican Psychosiscovers the last seven decades From McCarthyism to the John Birch Society to segregationists to the New Right to the religious right to Rush Limbaugh to Newt Gingrich to the militia movement to Fox News to Sarah Palin to the Tea Party to Trumpism the Republican Party has deliberately nurtured and exploited rightwing fear and loathing fueled by paranoia grievance and tribalism This powerful and important account explains how one political party has harnessed the worst elements in politics topoison the nations discourse and threaten American democracy

Corn is a great journalist I love the way he thinks I love the way he writes Im so glad hes done a superreadable modern history of the rightWe just need smart digestible history about this stuff right nowAmerican Psychosis is perfectly timedRelevant history for where we are right nowRachel Maddow hostThe Rachel Maddow Show

WithAmerican Psychosis David Corn did the full homework to take us all the way back to where it really begins Lawrence ODonnell hostThe Last Word