Yes, Sometimes Politics Is Personal

If you are a conservative who grew up with supportive conservative parents, went to a conservative college such as Hillsdale, and after graduation entered a workplace in which politics never comes up or, better still, found work with a conservative politician, periodical, or think tank, the chances are good that Donald Trump’s pugilistic style bothers you. You like his judicial appointments and religious liberty and old-fashioned patriotism, but the tweets, the nicknames, the tiffs with aging Hollywood stars . . . you think they will damage conservatism in the long run.

But if you’ve had an experience like the one I describe below, you might see President Trump’s fighting ways in a different light.

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