Richard Beck: Reactionaries not populists

Addressing the National Rifle Association (“NRA crowd shares opinions of GOP hopefuls on Clinton,” April 12 news article), Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal declared, “The reality is the 2016 campaign is going to be between elitism and populism. Hillary Clinton has already made it clear she’ll be on the side of elitism.”

The implication that men like himself, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are populists would only be true in the 18th century. In this day and age we call them reactionaries.

This story was originally published April 19, 2015 at 4:00 PM with the headline "Richard Beck: Reactionaries not populists."