What Next: It’s the Alt-Right’s GOP Now

About this episode

The episode explores how the alt-right's immigration rhetoric became mainstream in the GOP under President Trump.

Ten years ago, the alt-right’s talking points about immigration used to be too toxic to even post on the internet under your own name. So how did they turn into something President Trump regularly fires off on social media? Guest: Zack Beauchamp, senior correspondent for Vox. Want more What Next? Subscribe to Slate Plus to access ad-free listening to the whole What Next family and across all your favorite Slate podcasts. Subscribe today on Apple Podcasts by clicking “Try Free” at the top of our show page. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to get access wherever you listen. Podcast production by Elena Schwartz, Paige Osburn, Anna Phillips, Madeline Ducharme, and Rob Gunther. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Guest: Zack Beauchamp

Topics covered

• alt-right
• immigration
• Trump
• politics

Keywords

• GOP
• social media
• toxic rhetoric

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