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The Coming Struggle for the Soul of the Democratic Party

Within both parties, a new ambition — to make America normal again — is emerging.

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Senator Manchin at the Capitol on March 1, 2022. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, pool
F.H. BUCKLEY
F.H. BUCKLEY

Beneath the folds of each of our two political parties, a hidden party struggles to emerge. It’s not the woke Democratic Party of open borders and Saint Jussie Smollett, and it’s not the Make America Great Again GOP of the January 6 rioters and Matt Gaetz. It’s the Make America Normal Again party. MANA.

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F.H. BUCKLEY
F.H. BUCKLEY

Mr. Buckley is a Foundation professor at George Mason University's Scalia Law School and the author of ‘The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught us about Civic Virtue,’ published in 2024.

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