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The Sunday Read: How the Claremont Institute Became a Nerve Center of the American Right

Published: Sept. 11, 2022, 10 a.m.

b'The Claremont Institute, a right-wing think tank in California, has in recent years become increasingly influential in Republican circles. In 2016, its goal was to turn Donald J. Trump into a legitimate candidate \\u2014 and then it did .\\n\\nThe journalist Elisabeth Zerofsky traces the origins of the divisive organization, explaining how it made the intellectual case for Trumpism but also how, with ties to Ron DeSantis and John Eastman, the think tank has become a home for \\u201ccounterrevolutionary\\u201d politics that go far beyond the former president.'