Conservative thinkers come together to pen anti-Trump essays

Donald Trump.
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National Review editor Rich Lowry has persuaded several conservative thinkers to pen essays for a special issue panning Donald Trump.

William Kristol, Erick Erickson, and Yuval Levin are among the essayists, The New York Times reports. A scathing editorial that will anchor the issue, out Friday, pulls no punches: "Donald Trump is a menace to American conservatism who would take the work of generations and trample it underfoot on behalf of a populism as heedless and crude as The Donald himself." A source told CNN that 22 prominent conservatives contributed to the issue.

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.