‘America First’ Anti-Interventionists Suffer a Big Defeat in the House

You might have heard that a grand political realignment is upon us. The coalitions that make up the Democratic and Republican bases are shifting, as are their political priorities.

When it comes to the conduct of American affairs abroad, the political dynamic is most unsettled. Once skeptical of foreign entanglements, Democrats and their elected representatives are now increasingly inclined toward a more extroverted American presence on the world stage. The opposite is said to be true of Republicans: Not only has the GOP abandoned doctrinal commitments to preemption and proactivity in foreign affairs, but the party’s loudest champions also promise to hunt down and excommunicate any remaining dissenters from their new orthodoxy.