by Tim Alberta
zero-tolerance policy, 507
Export-Import Bank, 210, 227
Exxon-Mobil, 410
Facebook, viii, 25, 121, 147, 188, 219, 221, 307, 370, 381, 478
Face the Nation (TV show), 269
Fagen, Sara, 24, 611
Faith and Freedom Coalition, 383, 455–56
Falwell, Jerry, 121, 226, 456
Falwell, Jerry, Jr., 326, 327, 331, 381, 456–57, 580–81
Family Leader, 267, 282
Family Research Council, 40, 59, 81, 209, 243, 328, 409, 456, 598
family-separation (zero-tolerance) policy, 506–7, 418, 520, 532, 603
family values, 571, 581
Fannie Mae, 26
Farenthold, David, 366
Farm Bill (2013), 165, 416
Farr, Thomas, 565
Favre, Brett, 198–99
fear, 531–32, 585
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 340, 358, 363, 388, 390, 589. See also Mueller report
Cohen raid and, 487–88
Collins insider trading case and, 521
Comey firing and, 445–46
Flynn case and, 431, 473
Russia investigation and, 443–46, 509
federal deficits, 15, 51, 71, 87–89, 111, 126, 182–84, 476, 499, 504, 527
federal employees, shutdown and, 583, 585, 589–90
federal health insurance exchanges, 69, 167, 173, 176
Federalist Society, 117, 328, 521
Federal Reserve, 26–27
federal spending reductions, 19
Feingold, Russ, 10, 15, 77–78
feminists, 404
Ferguson, Missouri, 207–8
Feulner, Ed, 165–66
Fey, Tina, 25
Fields, James Alex, 466
Fifth Avenue Republicans, 521
Fifty Shades of Grey (James), 121
filibuster, 67, 179, 435, 573–74
nuclear option and, 183
financial crisis of 2008–9 (Great Recession), 2–5, 26–35, 49, 108, 257, 424
Financial Times, 424
Fincher, Stephen, 147–52
Fiorina, Carly, 247, 275, 306, 313–14
Fire and Fury (Wolff), 481–82
First Step Act (2018), 564–66
fiscal cliff, 144–46
fiscal responsibility, 19, 38, 48, 51, 59, 71, 88, 88–89, 99–106, 143, 182, 415–16, 497–500, 504, 511, 571
Fisher, Ada, 53–54
Fitch credit rating agency, 179
FiveThirtyEight, 505
Flake, Jeff, 17, 33–34, 118, 137, 155, 159, 178, 217, 343–45, 386, 474–75, 493, 500, 505, 547, 552–53
Fleming, John, 349, 417
Flint, Michigan, water crisis, 216
Flores, Bill, 221, 416
Florida, vii–viii, 13, 64–67, 223, 115, 134, 138, 223–24, 293, 300–302, 323, 357, 364, 391–92, 491, 503, 515, 542, 544, 550
Flynn, Michael, 339, 354, 411
guilty plea, 473
Mueller and, 458
resignation of, 431, 446
Trump request to Comey on, 446
Focus on the Family, 267
food stamps, 112, 165
ForAmerica, 552
Forbes, 486
Ford, Christine Blasey, 526
Ford, Gerald, 303
Ford Motor Company, 559
foreign policy, 19, 20, 60, 128, 133, 225, 270, 334, 339, 425, 557, 599
Fourteenth Amendment, 537
Fourth Amendment, 191
Fox and Friends (TV show), 116, 262, 275, 444
Fox News, 5, 15, 73, 84, 95, 97, 107, 110, 112, 116, 143, 147, 154, 156, 161, 188–90, 235–38, 250, 263, 278–80, 296, 308–12, 316–17, 341, 356, 362, 380, 389, 443–44, 447, 488, 510, 513–15, 530, 568, 580
elections of 2008 and, 23–25, 35
Election Night (2018), 539–42
Fox News Sunday, 21
France, 229
Francis, Pope, 172, 240–42
Franken, Al, 57, 67, 473
Franklin, Quinton, 559
Franks, Trent, 345
Frazier, Catherine, 308
Freddie Mac, 26
Freedom Partners Chamber of Commerce, 170, 288–89
FreedomWorks, 76, 81, 107, 173, 184–85, 194
free markets, 9, 33, 419, 496, 595
free trade, 4, 127, 232, 299, 332, 511, 553, 595
French, David, 516, 607
Fuller, Matt, 513
Fusion GPS, 420–21
Gadsden “Don’t Tread on Me” flags, 55
Gaetz, Matt, 515–16
Gang of Eight, 154–56, 178, 189, 201–2, 217–18, 277, 298
Gang of Seven, 58
Gang of Six, 104–5
Gardner, Cory, 196
Garner, Eric, 207–8
Garrett, Scott, 417
gas prices, 123, 196
Gates, Rick, 519
Gates, Robert, 584
General Motors (GM), 12, 51, 56, 124, 558–59
“Generic Republican,” 551
Georgia, 542, 547
Gephardt, Richard, 66
Gephardt Rule, 102
Germany, 510
gerrymandering, 84, 129
Gingrich, Newt, 3, 45, 58, 95, 110–15, 117, 124–25, 140–41, 147, 204–5, 208, 336, 339–40, 510, 529–31, 561
Girls (TV show), 404
Giuliani, Rudy, 11, 13, 15, 338, 373, 375, 488
globalization, 4–5, 18–19, 30, 257–58, 260, 457, 531, 609–10
Godfather’s Pizza, 111
Gohmert, Louie, 93, 129, 189, 220, 222
Goldmacher, Shane, 168
Goldman Sachs, 281, 410
Goldwater, Barry, 76, 113, 129, 386
Goodell, Roger, 249
Good Morning America (TV show), 96
Gore, Al, 323, 392
Gorsuch, Neil, 432, 447, 454, 514
government agencies, 19
government regulation, 431
government shutdown
(2013), ACA funding and, 173–80, 182–87, 255, 572, 573, 574
(2019), border wall funding and, 6, 560–74, 582–85, 588–91
Gowdy, Trey, 73, 143, 251, 277, 292
GQ, 307
Graham, Billy, 381
Graham, Franklin, 327, 381
Graham, Lindsey, 155, 335, 355, 430, 555
Gramm, Phil, 19–20
Grassley, Chuck, 563, 566
Graves, Tom, 141–42, 169, 206
Gray, Freddie, 229
Great Recession. See financial crisis of 2008–9
Green, Joshua, 464
Green Eggs and Ham (Seuss), 174
green energy, 47
Greenspan, Alan, 30
Greenwook, Lee, 538
Gregg, John, 312
Griffin, Kathy, 586
Griner, Crystal, 460
“GROUP, The,” 209
Growth and Opportunity Project (RNC autopsy; 2012), 139, 154–57, 227–28, 260, 292, 544–45
Guantanamo Bay, 10
Guatemalan refugees, 530
gun rights, 145, 158, 172, 382, 461, 527, 575, 600
Gutierrez, Luis, 17, 201
Haberman, Maggie, 352
Hagan, Kay, 195
Haiti, 484
Haley, Nikki, 83, 229, 277, 292, 335, 396–97, 402, 408
appoints Scott to Senate, 142–44
Confederate flag and, 465
future of GOP and, 611
resigns from UN post, 553
Halperin, Mark, 472
“Hands up, don’t shoot,” 208
Hannity, Sean, 9, 15, 18, 35, 40, 82, 84, 87, 124, 138, 156–57, 188–89, 308–9, 311, 356, 435, 488, 526, 529, 541
Hanson, Victor Davis, 271
Happy Days (TV show), 279
Harley-Davidson, 559
Harris, Andy, 512
Harris, Kamala, 597
Harris County, Texas, 534, 545–46
Harvard University, arrest of black professor and, 128
Hastert, D
enny, 16, 21, 58
Hastert rule, 153–54
Hatch, Orrin, 467
Hawley, Josh, 540
Hawthorne, Roy, 249
Hayes, Rutherford B., 531
Health and Human Services Department, 406, 555
health care, 54, 59, 61–63, 67, 110, 118, 127, 128, 132, 207, 244, 258, 431–43, 447–54, 459, 471, 503, 517, 543, 597, 599. See also Affordable Care Act; American Health Care Act
health insurance, 9, 69, 121
Heitkamp, Heidi, 542
Heller decision, 382
Helsinki summit (2018), 509–13, 518
Hemmer, Bill, 311, 541
Hensarling, Jeb, 33, 88–89, 141, 152, 173, 386
Heritage Action, 72, 107, 142, 164–65, 170, 173, 180, 184–85, 231, 502–4
Heritage Foundation, 62, 72, 89, 108, 140, 142, 164–66, 169, 190, 218, 403, 410, 457, 501, 511
Heritage scorecard, 231
Hewitt, Hugh, 41, 238, 267–69, 382
Heyer, Heather, 466
Hicks, Hope, 365, 373–74, 463, 487
Hill, The, 53
hillarycare, 61
Hillbilly Elegy (Vance), 397
Hilton, Paris, 24
Hispanics, 17, 37, 79, 137–38, 162–64, 203, 227–28, 291, 334–36, 345, 494, 534, 537, 545–46, 549, 579. See also Cuban Americans; Mexican Americans
Hitler, Adolf, 467
Hodgkinson, James, 459–60
Hogan, Larry, 542–43
Holder, Eric, 532
Holocaust deniers, 515
Holt, Lester, 446
Homeland Security Department, 430, 463, 532, 560, 589, 603
Homeland Security Department (DHS), 231
Honduran refugees, 530
Hoosiers (film), 314
Hoover, Herbert, 574
Horton, Willie, 564
House Democrats
ACA and, 68–69
Boehner and, 153, 241–42
elections of 2018 and, 483, 527, 532–34
House control won by (2018), 6–7, 540–46, 560–51, 574, 575–78
immigration reform bill and, 163
Pelosi as Speaker and, 561, 577–78
primaries of 2018 and, 493–94
Ryan on new majority, 595
shutdown of 2019, 560–61
TPA vote and, 232
Trump rise and, 347–49
women serving in, 579
House Freedom Caucus, 142, 221–22, 230–35, 241–43, 251, 253–55, 345–49, 379, 398, 401–3, 492–93, 502–3, 554, 578
AHCA and, 432–43, 448–49, 517
budget omnibus of 2018 and, 498
elections of 2018 and, 543
ideological purity and, 416–17
impact of, on GOP, 457
internal strains, under Trump, 513–18
Meadows heads, 416–18
Mulvaney at OMB and, 415
primary challenges and, 417
Ryan coup plotted by, 477
Sanford and, 434, 517–18
shutdown of 2018–19 and, 567–69, 584
Trump and, 414, 416, 418, 436–42
Trump takeover of, 511–18
House Freedom Fund, 417
House Liberty Caucus, 191, 221
House of Cards (Netflix series), 171
House Republicans
ACA and, 63
ACA defund demand and, 170, 172–80
ACA repeal and, 70, 167, 432–35, 447
AHCA and, 432–42, 447–49, 450
baseball field shootings of, 459–61
Benghazi and, 190, 250, 330
Better Way and, 335, 434
birtherism and, 93–94
Boehner as Speaker and, 83, 86–87, 93–95, 100–107
Boehner as Speaker and, coup attempts vs., 147–53, 219–22, 230–35, 241–42
Boehner as Speaker and, retirement, 241–43, 250–55
Boehner’s rise in, 57–58
Bowles-Simpson and, 88–89
budget bill of 2018 and, 497–98
budget fight of 2011 and, 101–6
Cantor as minority whip, 45
Cantor defeat and, 205–7, 219
control of House lost by (2018), 540–46, 560
control of House won by (1994), 140
debt-ceiling fights, 102–3, 153–54, 176–80
diversity and, 157–58
dysfunction within, 476–77
elections of 2016 and, 377–79, 389, 390, 392
elections of 2018 and, 482–83, 490–91, 518, 527–30, 533, 537, 539–40, 549–52, 560
Farm Bill and, 165
fiscal cliff and, 144–47
Freedom Caucus formed in, 221–22
Freedom Caucus vs. Ryan and Trump and, 414–15
Grand Bargain and, 104–6
immigration reform bill and, 156–64, 425
insurgents of 2014 and, 190–93
Jedi Council and, 153–54
Obama and, 89–90, 93–94
Pledge to America and, 101
primaries of 2018 and, 490–43
professional right and, 106–7
retreat of 2009 and, 50–52
retreat of 2013 and, Williamsburg deal, 152–54
retreat of 2015, 222
RSC vs., 140–42
Ryan as Speaker and, 250–55, 256–58, 263–65, 377–79, 388–90, 399–402, 434, 432–42
Ryan vs. Trump and, 476–77
Ryan as Speaker and, retirement, 490, 527–28
Ryan-Murray budget deal and, 181–86
scandals and, 520–21
shutdown of 2013 and, 170, 172–80
shutdown of 2018–19 and, 567–69, 571–74
Steve King rebuke and, 581–82
stimulus and, 48, 49
Syrian refugees and, 229
tariffs and trade and, 496
tax reform of 2017 and, 476–77, 482–83
Texas race of 2018 and, 546
TPA and, 232
Trump campaign and, 343–49, 378–79
Trump demand for loyalty and, 511–18, 520–21
women serving in, 579–80
Housing and Urban Development Department (HUD), 408–10
Houston, Senate race of 2018 and, 536, 545–46
Houston Chronicle, 364
Hoyer, Steny, 493
Huckabee, Mike, 11, 12–14, 19–20, 30, 110, 208–10, 281, 284, 294, 608
Huelskamp, Tim, 147–48, 150–51, 153, 165, 179, 416
Huffington Post, 132, 134, 479, 513
Hughley, D. L., 53
human rights, 557
Hume, Brit, 510
Humphrey, Hubert, 21
Humphries, Kris, 97
Hunter, Duncan, 520–21
Huntsman, Jon, 111
Hurd, Will, 430, 510, 546, 582, 584–85
hurricanes
Gustav, 24
Katrina, 3, 18, 24, 195
Maria, 472
Superstorm Sandy, 133–34, 153, 285
Hutchison, Kay Bailey, 74–75
Idaho
First District, 74
governor’s race (2018), 492
Medicaid expansion and, 62
Idaho Statesman, 74
identity politics, 128, 320, 594
ideological purity, 46, 74, 100, 107, 254–55, 346, 416–17, 503, 552, 574, 578, 595, 598, 604
illegal immigrants. See also Deferred Action on Childhood Arrivals
immigration reform bill of 2013 and, 154–56
path to citizenship, 10, 12, 154
DACA and, 128, 475
Illinois, 544
immigrants, illegal, 5, 10, 12, 38, 62–63, 71–72, 111, 128, 138, 154–56, 158–63, 190, 201–2, 204–6, 212–13, 217, 231, 260–61, 293, 298, 332, 353–54, 405, 423–25, 475, 506–7, 520, 537–38, 603. See also Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA); deportations; DREAM Act
amnesty and, 138, 160, 162, 201–2
path to citizenship and, 138, 154, 154, 159–62, 217, 298, 331
immigration, 5,
10–12, 15–19, 35–36, 38, 56, 76, 79, 98, 111, 121, 127, 137–38, 200–205, 207, 212, 223, 228, 236, 247, 249, 257–60, 279–80, 298, 331, 387, 425, 474, 504, 506–7, 518, 529–31, 532–33, 536, 553, 582–83, 599–600, 603, 611
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), 575
immigration reform bill (proposed, 2013), 154–64, 170, 177, 189, 205, 217–18, 291, 425
impeachment
Clinton and, 3, 187
IRS commissioner and, 414
Trump and, 6–7, 290, 512, 535, 575, 607–8
imperial presidency, 416, 496
income inequality, 5, 56, 107–8
income levels, GOP vs. Democratic electorate, 578
Indiana, 133, 217–19, 311–17, 322, 328, 332, 397, 418, 458, 539, 542, 559
Indiana Colts, 501
individualism, 132, 248, 553
individual mandate, 62, 142, 170
InfoWars, 262–63
infrastructure, 46, 48, 51, 419, 435
Inglis, Bob, 73
Ingraham, Laura, 9, 13–15, 81, 97, 119, 202–4, 311, 435, 530, 541, 568
insider trading, 521
institutional breakdown, vi, 1–2, 5, 34, 95, 107, 123, 257, 298, 442, 477, 489, 511, 577–78, 594, 599
intelligence community
Khashoggi killing and, 556–57
Russia’s election meddling and, 509–12
Steele dossier and, 421
Interior Department, 553, 555
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 163, 414
international nongovernmental organizations, 431
Internet, 66, 188
In Touch, 485
Investing in Opportunity Act (2017), 479
Iowa, 10, 12–13, 59, 112, 117, 135, 212, 214–17, 225–26, 236, 261, 267, 273–76, 278, 280–84, 296, 318, 323–25, 357, 534, 581–82
Iowa Freedom Summit, 212, 214–17
Iran, 267, 429
nuclear deal, 354, 511, 521, 610
Iraq, 429, 588
Iraq War, vii, 3, 4, 10, 15, 19, 38, 187, 225, 290, 355, 357, 595
Islam, 143, 159–60, 261–62. See also Muslim travel ban
Islamic radicals, 159–60
Islamic State (ISIS), 225, 262, 339, 357, 445, 459, 484, 555
Islamic terrorism, 212, 229, 261–62
Islamophobia, 362
isolationism, 18, 425, 580, 610
Israel, 475, 575
Israel-Palestinian conflict, 563
Istanbul, Khashoggi killing and, 556–57
Jackson, Barry, 105
James, Kay Coles, 501–2
James, Melinda, 454
Janesville Gazette, 326
Japan, 271
Jefferson, Thomas, 465
Jeffress, Robert, 120–21, 580
Jenner, Caitlyn, 214, 248
Jerusalem, U.S. embassy moved to, 475, 511, 521
Jews, 45, 121
Jihadi John, 225–26
Jindal, Bobby, 52, 125, 154, 235
jobs, 11–12, 30, 33, 40, 56, 62, 111, 128, 298, 299, 423–24, 503, 558–59
John Birch Society, 5, 57
Johnson, Alice, 563–64
Johnson, Charles, 515
