"[F]or decades, beginning with the John Birch Society, conservatives have been reading people out of the conservative movement.
And now, they have read so many people out of conservatism that the movement is no longer, in any practical sense of the term, a popular movement ... I'm an alt right figurehead, but I'm no conservative. Jerry is an old school Cold Warrior, but he's no conservative. From Ann Coulter to John Derbyshire to Mark Steyn to Paul Craig Roberts, the best intellects of the right are all ex-conservatives.
And now the Republican base, has realized that they, too, have been effectively read out. Just as the Democratic Party left Ronald Reagan, conservatism has left the Republican grass roots behind."
Spot on.
