The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

The Longest Con: How Grifters, Swindlers, and Frauds Hijacked American Conservatism

A sardonic chronicle of how conservatism turned into a racketeering enterprise – and why Donald Trump became the living emblem of the American right’s moral decay.The Longest Con tells the fascinating…

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