With Irwin Morris, I am the author of Reactionary Republicanism: How the Tea Party in the House Paved the Way for Trump's Victory (Oxford University Press). Contrary to conventional wisdom, we find that Republican members of the House of Representatives associated with the Tea Party movement were neither a small minority of the Republican conference nor intransigent backbenchers. Most importantly, the invigoration of racial hostility and social conservatism among Tea Party supporters fostered the growth of reactionary Republicanism. Tea Party legislators, in turn, endeavored to aggravate these feelings of resentment via digital home styles that incorporated uncivil and aversion-inducing rhetoric. Trump fed off of this during his run, and his symbiotic relationship with Tea Party regulars has guided-and seems destined to-the trajectory of his administration.

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