Rarely will I post this much on my Substack, but the Chris Rufo interview in the New York Times had to be addressed. Rufo’s disinformation, conspiracy theories, racism, and lies were not addressed at all by Ezra Klien.
Rufo reminded me of Paul Weyrich, who was a John Bircher, co-founder of the Moral Majority, The Council on National Policy, and the Heritage Foundation. Rufo is benefiting from those who came before him in the far-right political movement of the GOP, and using their lessons to shape an America led by the wealthy, Christian nationalism, and where those not in the 1% are controlled by conspiracy theories, fearmongering, hate, and lies.