The Civil War of Wishful Thinking

What does it say about America that the dominant political fantasy of our time is one of violent conflict between our two partisan tribes?

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An American flag and a flag reading WWG1WGA, a reference to the QAnon slogan, on a truck that participated in a caravan convoy in Adairsville, Ga., September 5, 2020.

Elijah Nouvelage/Reuters

The revolution came. The revolution went.

The QAnon nut-cutlets whom good Republican loyalists expect the rest of us to pretend don’t exist were anticipating a very big day on March 4, when, according to their dotty prophecy, Donald Trump was supposed to sweep back into power, revealing that he had secretly remained president all along.

Kevin D. Williamson

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Kevin D. Williamson

Kevin D. Williamson is a former fellow at National Review Institute and a former roving correspondent for National Review.

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