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The neocons and the MAGA faction are dire enemies, with each viewing the other as a traducer of noble Republican traditions.
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
A number of neocons such as William Kristol or Liz Cheney have now become the most vigorous and effective opponents of Trump and his America First credo.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
In February, a video teaser for Haley’s campaign had opened with a grainy clip of Jeane Kirkpatrick—the Democrat turned neocon foreign-policy adviser to Ronald Reagan—addressing the 1984 Republican National Convention.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
Nationalists and populists have blackened the neocons’ name.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
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Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
A number of neocons such as William Kristol or Liz Cheney have now become the most vigorous and effective opponents of Trump and his America First credo.
—Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
In February, a video teaser for Haley’s campaign had opened with a grainy clip of Jeane Kirkpatrick—the Democrat turned neocon foreign-policy adviser to Ronald Reagan—addressing the 1984 Republican National Convention.
—Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
Nationalists and populists have blackened the neocons’ name.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
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“Neocon.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/neocon. Accessed 16 Nov. 2024.
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