Triumph of the Cynics
Is it possible to resensitize an electorate to scandal and cruelty?
McKay Coppins
McKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic. In 2019, he received the Aldo Beckman Award from the White House Correspondents’ Association for his coverage of the Trump presidency; in 2021, he received a Wilbur Award for religion journalism. He is the author of The Wilderness, a book about the battle over the future of the Republican Party, and Romney: A Reckoning, a biography of Mitt Romney.
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