How Donald Trump incited a political revolution

This wasn't a mix-up. This wasn't a hijacking. This is who Republican voters preferred.

It's over.
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Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Let that sink in for a minute.

It's even semi-official: When Trump knocked rival Ted Cruz out of the race with a decisive victory in Tuesday's Indiana primary, Republican Party Chairman Reince Priebus tweeted his anointment of the billionaire.

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Damon Linker

Damon Linker is a senior correspondent at TheWeek.com. He is also a former contributing editor at The New Republic and the author of The Theocons and The Religious Test.