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Jim Himes: “American conservatism is not so much about ideas, it is, 'a series of irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble…”

On the recordApril 17, 2023
American conservatism is not so much about ideas, it is, 'a series of irritable mental gestures which seek to resemble ideas.'
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Jim Himes
Democratic · Connecticut

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Himes critiques American conservatism as lacking substantive ideas.

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