Members of the new right wing of the Republican Party have proclaimed themselves the champions of the working class. I am sure they mean it, despite many of them being among the elite of the elite. And because so many are lawyers — including those like vice presidential nominee JD Vance who come from elite Ivy League schools — we can forgive them for failing to understand that their economic policies would hurt, not help, the working class.
Part of the shift is because Republicans don’t believe they should continue as the so-called party of big business. They are correct. It’s a sad fact that traditional Republican politicians have often confused being for free markets with propping up and protecting big banks and other companies with subsidies and other handouts. The fact that Democrats do the same doesn’t excuse Republicans’ behavior.
A first essential step to earning the moniker of the party of the…
