On a damp Thursday evening in early May, under the red lights of a bar in Manhattan’s East Village, around 50 young men and women knocked back drinks and shouted over loud music. Black tables displayed white hats reading “MAKE AMERICA HOT AGAIN” and pink stickers that said “Where Reaganomics meets retinol.” The Village People’s “YMCA” and Usher’s “DJ Got Us Fallin’ in Love” blasted over the speakers.
The scene was familiar—a room full of young people hoping to find a date, or maybe just a new friend. But this was not any random mixer: Everyone present was conservative, or at the very least receptive to the idea of partnering up with a conservative.
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