As much as I agree with S.E. Cupp’s commentary on the current Republican meltdown in Washington (“Kevin McCarthy’s reign as House speaker ended like it started - under Matt Gaetz’s thumb”), she is trying to gaslight us on the intellectual roots of the party. The GOP was not founded on the libertarianism of F.A. Hayek but rather quite the opposite.
The Republican Party was launched to use the power of the federal government to end slavery and expand opportunities for the less privileged, including free land for struggling farmers through the Homestead Act and access to higher education through land-grant colleges.
