Benjamin Wallace-Wells
The New Yorker
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Past articles by Ben:
The Futility of the Never Trump Billionaires
Every party, at every time, has some tension between its élites and its base. But it’s hard to think of a more spectacular divide than the one currently defining the G.O.P. → Read More
A Chaotic Display of Conservatism at the First Republican Debate
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on the first Republican Presidential debate for the 2024 election, which highlighted the fissures Donald Trump has opened in the G.O.P. → Read More
Tucker Carlson and the Right
The big question for the G.O.P. during the Biden era is whether the legacy of Carlson’s culture wars adds up to a viable platform for a major political party. → Read More
Ro Khanna’s Progressive Case for Saving Silicon Valley Bank
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Ro Khanna, the Democratic congressman from Silicon Valley, and his role in protecting deposits at the failed Silicon Valley Bank. → Read More
The Trump Show Moves to a Courtroom
The former President’s campaigns against officials investigating him have supplied Joe Biden with a favored theme: the need to fortify democratic institutions. → Read More
What Is Ron DeSantis Doing to Florida’s Public Liberal-Arts College?
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, appointments he has made to New College of Florida, and issues of education policy in Florida. → Read More
Kevin McCarthy and the Republicans’ Rocky Road Ahead
With members of the House G.O.P. caucus still pulling in all directions, does anyone know where the Party is headed? → Read More
Herschel Walker and the Fate of the Right-Wing Celebrity Populist
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Herschel Walker’s campaign for the U.S. Senate and the lesson it may hold for other right-wing celebrity populists in the mold of Donald Trump. → Read More
Is the Nancy Pelosi Era Really Ending?
The Speaker of the House is stepping aside, but her school of politics isn’t going anywhere. → Read More
The Republicans’ Post-Midterm Reckoning with Donald Trump
Will the era of Stop the Steal—and the G.O.P.’s overt challenges to democracy—finally start to recede? → Read More
Why Republican Insiders Think the G.O.P. Is Poised for a Blowout
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on Republican predictions for midterm-election victories in the House and Senate, including Herschel Walker in Georgia and Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania. → Read More
How Republicans Claimed COVID as a Winning Campaign Issue
Benjamin Wallace-Wells on how, in the 2022 midterm season, the backlash against COVID-19 restrictions has become a more potent talking point than the pandemic. → Read More
Is Tim Ryan the Last of the Midwestern Union Democrats?
In the race for Senate in Ohio, the Democratic congressman has countered the right-wing populist appeals of his opponent, J. D. Vance, with hawkish positions on trade, immigration, and China. → Read More
What to Make of John Fetterman’s Struggles at the Pennsylvania Senate Debate
The cognitive effects of the Democratic candidate’s recent stroke were evident as he faced off against Mehmet Oz. Will his performance imperil his party’s chances? → Read More
Kari Lake and the Power of a Polished MAGA Message
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about Kari Lake, a former television-news anchor turned Arizona’s Republican candidate for governor, who has been campaigning on crime and immigration, and been billed as a possible Vice-Presidential nominee for Donald Trump. → Read More
The Political Gospel of Raphael Warnock
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the Senate reëlection campaign of the Reverend Raphael Warnock, ahead of the midterm election, in Georgia, against his Republican opponent, Herschel Walker. → Read More
The Curious Case of Donald Bolduc
Benjamin Wallace-Wells reports from the campaign trail of Donald Bolduc, New Hamsphire’s Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, and examines the trend of politicians flip-flopping on important issues. → Read More
Liz Cheney’s Kamikaze Campaign
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about Liz Cheney’s work on the January 6th select committee investigating the Capitol attack, and about how her highly visible role is hurting her chances of rëelection in the upcoming midterm elections. → Read More
The Political Strategy of Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” Bill
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about Governor Ron DeSantis and other G.O.P. politicians who are building a new brand of social conservatism, one that has risen from the ashes of, and materially departed from, the religious themes of a generation ago. → Read More
Who Was Willing to Stand with Donald Trump?
Benjamin Wallace-Wells writes about the January 6th committee exposing how unflinching loyalty to Trump remains the great schism in the Republican Party, during the Capitol Riot hearings. → Read More