Busting the Barricades
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Busting the Barricades

What I Saw at the Populist Revolt

  1. 320 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Busting the Barricades

What I Saw at the Populist Revolt

About this book

Previously published as Billionaire at the Barricades.

Americans didn't just go to the polls in 2016. They joined a movement that swept the unlikeliest of candidates, Donald Trump, into the Oval Office. Can he complete his agenda? Or will his opponents in the media, protestor class, and political establishment block his efforts and choke off the movement he represents?
In Busting the Barricades, Laura Ingraham gives readers a front row seat to the populist revolution as she witnessed it. She reveals the origins of this movement and its connection to the Trump presidency. She unmasks the opposition, forecasts the future of the Make America Great Again agenda and offers her own prescriptions for bringing real change to the swamp of Washington.
Unlike most of her media colleagues, Ingraham understood Trump's appeal and defied those who wrote his political obituary. Now she confronts the president's critics and responds to those who deny the importance of his America First agenda. With sharp humor and insight she traces the DNA of the populist movement: from Goldwater's 1964 campaign, to Nixon's Silent Majority, to Reagan's smashing electoral victories.
Populism fueled the insurgency campaigns of Buchanan and Perot, the election of George W. Bush, and the Tea Party rallies of the Obama presidency. But a political noviceā€”a Manhattan billionaireā€”proved to be the movement's most vocal champion. This is the inside story of his victory and the fitful struggle to enact his agenda.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Notice
  4. Dedication
  5. Introduction: An Early Warning Sign
  6. 1: Rebel with a Cause: Ronald Reagan and the Populist Wave
  7. 2: King Georgeā€™s New World Order: The GOP Establishment Strikes Back
  8. 3: Clintonā€™s Perverse Populism: From Bubba to Barbra Streisand
  9. 4: Endless War & Shamnesty: ā€œWā€ Is for Waste
  10. 5: The Great GOP Unifier: Barack Obama Unites Conservatives, Inspires the Tea Party
  11. 6: The Rise of Trump: The Republican Presidential Primary
  12. 7: The Peopleā€™s Victory: Donald Trumpā€™s Unconventional Convention
  13. 8: Populismā€™s Last Stand: The Movementā€™s Revolutionary Win
  14. 9: Where Does It Go from Here?: President Trump & the Populist Movement
  15. Acknowledgments
  16. Notes
  17. Index
  18. About the Author
  19. Also by Laura Ingraham
  20. Newsletter Sign-Up
  21. Contents
  22. Copyright