What in the all that is unholy f#*k?

[Abolishinist]

52. But one thing we DO know is that Guelzo is an member of the extreme right,

so of course he believes this. Guelzo is a senior fellow of the conservative think-tank, the Claremont Institute.

The institute was an early defender of Donald Trump. After Joe Biden won the 2020 United States presidential election and Trump refused to concede, Claremont Institute senior fellow John Eastman aided Trump in his failed attempts to overturn the election results. The institute publications in recent years have frequently published alt-right and far-right opinion pieces.

According to a 4 November 2021 Vice article, the actions of pro-Trump Claremont Institute leaders—senior fellows John Eastman, Brian Kennedy, Angelo Codevilla, and Michael Anton, as well as Ryan P. Williams (the institute's president), and Thomas D. Klingenstein (chairman of the board)—culminated in the January 6 attack on the Capitol. Williams has stated that the institute's mission "is to save western civilization."

The above from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claremont_Institute

Also interesting: https://paw.princeton.edu/article/politics-history