Few political strategists in South Carolina have been more central to the Republican Party’s rise than Chip Felkel. A key player in the Carroll Campbell, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush campaigns, his office is a museum of conservative victories—framed headlines, campaign posters, and memories of a lifetime in GOP politics.

And yet today, by his own admission, he’s a man without a party.

In this episode of The Official Unofficial, we sit down with Chip to discuss his break with the Republican Party over Trumpism, how both parties paved the way for our current dysfunction, and what a path back to sanity might look like.

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