McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticTrump Secretly Mocks His Christian SupportersFormer aides say that in private, the president has spoken with cynicism and contempt about believers.Sep 29, 202018Sep 29, 202018
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticI Just Flew. It Was Worse Than I Thought It Would Be.The surreal experience of flying during a pandemic, and the false promise of a return to normalMay 8, 2020109May 8, 2020109
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticTrump’s Orwellian Campaign of Revisionist HistoryMedia-bashing robocalls, chloroquine Twitter trolls, briefing-room propaganda — how the president and his allies are trying to convince…Apr 16, 20201Apr 16, 20201
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticJeff Flake Explains HimselfThe Arizona Republican’s dramatic call for further FBI review came because he felt the Senate was “coming apart at the seams.”Sep 29, 201812Sep 29, 201812
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticThe Outrage Over Family Separation Is Exactly What Stephen Miller WantsFor President Trump’s senior adviser, the public outrage and anger elicited by policies like forced family separation are a feature, not a…Jun 19, 20181Jun 19, 20181
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticHow the Swamp Drained TrumpA year after arriving in Washington promising to hand power back to the people, the president has instead given the city’s insiders…Jan 30, 20181Jan 30, 20181
McKay CoppinsinThe Atlantic‘You Need to Think About It Like a War’For decades, conservative Christian voters insisted that character counts. In 2017? Values voters are hard to find.Dec 12, 20177Dec 12, 20177
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticGod’s Plan for Mike PenceWill the vice president — and the religious right — be rewarded for their embrace of Donald Trump?Dec 5, 20175Dec 5, 20175
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticThe Tragedy of Jeff FlakeThe Arizona senator gambled that voters would choose civility and responsible governance over Trump. On Tuesday, he folded.Oct 25, 2017Oct 25, 2017
McKay CoppinsinThe AtlanticHow Republicans Got Trump Catastrophically WrongGOP leaders assumed the president’s campaign-trail rhetoric would give way to Washington realities — the trajectory they’d followed…Oct 11, 20171Oct 11, 20171
