Washington Post explanation (1/15/21): The John Birch Society, founded in 1958, was fiercely anti-communist--and fond of crackpot theories. Its founder had accused most of the US government--including former Republican President Eisenhower--of being under secret communist control. By 1962, influential conservatives met to talk about a growing threat: the rise of paranoid conspiracy theories on the right--much like Republican leaders today [when] many Republican voters embrace QAnon conspiracy theories and President Trump's false claims of a stolen election. In 1965, Reagan declared, "I am not a member; I am not going to solicit their support." Reagan added that a "lunatic fringe" had infiltrated the society.
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The above quotations are from NewsNation 2023 Republican primary debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
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