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August 27, 2023 • By Zach Messitte, Charles J. Holden, Jerald Podair

Zach Messitte

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Charles J. Holden

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Jerald Podair

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Zach Messitte is the former president of Ripon College, where he was also a professor of politics and government.Charles J. Holden is a professor of history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Together with Jerald Podair and Zach Messitte, he is the co-author of Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America (University of Virginia Press, 2019).Jerald Podair is a professor of history and Robert S. French Professor of American Studies Emeritus at Lawrence University, and the author of City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles (Princeton University Press, 2017). He also co-authored Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump's America (University of Virginia Press, 2019) with Charles J. Holden and Zach Messitte.

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