In my National Review debut, I argue that Ronald Reagan was not afraid to directly challenge left-wing insanity on college campuses and that conservatives today need to follow his lead. Give it a read:
Ron DeSantis agreeing to debate Gavin Newsom is a genius political move because almost the entire GOP base is rooting for Newsom to get obliterated. It will be one of the biggest television events of the year, and thus, incredibly embarrassing to Donald Trump.
Today was a turning point in the Republican primary. Ron DeSantis proved that he was an effective campaigner who is in this race to win, while Donald Trump embarrassed himself on a grand scale. In less than two weeks, the entire country will see that DeSantis is leader we need.
TPUSA is to conservative politics what megachurches are to Christianity. Behind all the grand showmanship is a prevailing sense of emptiness, and in the same way that megachurches undermine true worship, TPUSA undermines the real work that needs to be done to save the GOP.
Alpha Richard Nixon:
“I would rather give my chance to be Vice President than give up my dog.”
Beta Kristi Noem:
“That dog is mildly inconvenient. LET’S KILL IT!”
One of these people won a gubernatorial election in a landslide. The other one lost to a houseplant. Ron DeSantis provided a blueprint for how to effectively turn a purple state red, while Kari Lake is a cautionary tale about how embracing the underbelly of MAGA isolates voters.
Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas are both in their mid-70s. It is unlikely that they will be able to stay on the Supreme Court through another Biden term. If Republicans lose in 2024, the conservative majority on the Supreme Court will be wiped out. The GOP has to win in 2024.
It's kind of crazy that Paul Ryan served in Congress for 20 years, was Speaker of the House, and ran for Vice President considering the fact that he's still younger than most current U.S. Representatives.
This clip from a 2011 interview with George W. Bush shows how much the Right has changed since his presidency. Bush observed that the United States was entering a period of "isolationism, protectionism, and nativism," but also expressed his hope that these "-isms" would pass.
So, leftists are occupying Columbia University, the DNC will be in Chicago, a Republican presidential candidate is trying for a political comeback, and a Robert F. Kennedy is running for president. Welcome back, 1968.
The opportunity cost for the GOP in 2024 is probably the strongest case against Trump. Why would we run a term-limited former president who has a track record of failure when there's a whole slate of younger, more effective, more electable candidates?
Donald Trump doesn't have a day job. There is no excuse for him not being on the campaign trail every single day. He simply isn't trying to win. He's burning all of his campaign cash on lawyers, and after the debate, GOP voters will see that they truly have better options.
“IT MATTERS!”: Gov.
@KimReynoldsIA
praises
@RonDeSantis
for visiting all 99 counties in Iowa — a ‘Full Grassley.’
“He’s showing up in rural Iowa. He’s talking to voters. He’s listening to voters. He’s talking about his vision and that’s a really good thing to do.”
Two years ago, I drove three hours to see Ron DeSantis speak in-person, and it was an incredible experience. He had my support in this primary from day one, and I was extremely disappointed to see him drop out today. But we can’t waste time.
#Haley2024
It frustrates me so much that Trump says something stupid like proposing a 100% tariff on cars, then the media runs with a completely false narrative about “calling for a bloodbath,” so everyone talks about that instead of engaging with the the actual dumb part.
It would be quite symbolic of the current state of the GOP if one of the most effective legislators in Congress is replaced with a hooligan whose only qualification is being a troll on Twitter.
Wow what an honor! Thank you Wisconsin! Taking a strong look!
“TRUMP-ALLY ALEX BRUESEWITZ SURGES TO 20-POINT LEAD IN RACE TO REPLACE MIKE GALLAGHER IN
#WI08
POLL CONDUCTED BY A-RATED POLLSTER
@CYGNAL
”
Excerpt from a 2018 Thomas Sowell interview with Reason Magazine:
Thoughts on the Trump trade war?
"Oh my gosh, an utter disaster. I happen to believe that the Smoot-Hawley tariffs had more to do with setting off the Great Depression of the 1930s than the stock market crash.…
The people Donald Trump has surrounded himself with since 2020 - Laura Loomer, Roger Stone, Jason Miller, Sidney Powell, Rudy Giuliani, Kari Lake, Steve Bannon, etc. - are worse than most Democrats. If this is the best the GOP has to offer, we deserve to lose.
College Republicans will continue to be a joke if this is the kind of event they host. In just the past two days, Jackson Hinkle has praised Qasem Soleimani, Vladimir Putin, and Joseph Stalin.
Call me crazy, but I think that someone who was vice chair of the Democratic National Committee less than a decade ago would not exactly be a very conservative choice for Vice President.
No, a campaign that advocates for:
-Abortion until birth
-Open borders
-Experimental transgender procedures on children
-Forgiving student loans
-Continuing disastrous Bidenomics
Does not want the vote of Nikki Haley supporters.
Conservatives need to start countering Turning Point directly. We can’t ignore the fact that they have largely filled the void left by the collapse of the College Republican National Committee. TPUSA is poisoning hearts and minds, but the damage isn’t yet irreversible.
We’ll have 15,000 top activists from across the country at
#AMFEST2023
this weekend.
This is significantly larger than any CPAC I’ve ever attended and more than 3 times the activists that will attend the RNC convention.
We have a big announcement about this summer coming…
While Donald Trump is cowering away from the primary debate, Ron DeSantis is agreeing to extra debates. DeSantis has consistently proven that he is willing to fight for the conservative movement, while Donald Trump only fights for himself.
"He's a Hitler lover. I guess he's an anti-Semite. He doesn't like the blacks. He doesn't like the gays. It's just incredible that anybody could embrace this guy."
Donald Trump on Pat Buchanan, 1999
President Trump in Cedar Rapids yesterday:
“You know there was a man, Pat Buchanan, a good guy, a conservative guy….”
“Wow! Young people, they know him.”
"We must insist on the restoration of time-tested constitutional principles so that government of, by, and for the people shall not perish from the Earth."
-Ron DeSantis
🚨Just in: 25 Republican Governors have signed a letter in full support of Texas Governor
@GregAbbott_TX
in the Texas border dispute with Biden administration.
New names added👇
Dunleavy (AK)
Holcomb (IN)
Reeves (MS)
Parson (MO)
Lombardo (NV)
Sununu (NH)
DeWine (OH)
McMaster (SC)
Turning Point continues to showcase the worst of what the Right has to offer. Losers like Matt Gaetz and Jack Posobiec do more to harm to the conservative movement than radical leftists could dream of. The fact that TPUSA promotes them shows that they don’t care about winning.
🚨SPEAKER DROP🚨
Turning Point Action is thrilled to announce our first round of confirmed speakers for The Peoples Convention in Detroit, MI June 14-16.
Join us for the THE can't-miss event of the summer in the critical battleground state of Michigan. This even will be all…
I've been trying to understand why MAGA has been fawning over RFK Jr. for the past few weeks. He doesn't really have any meaningfully conservative positions. All he does is spout conspiracy theories-- and then it dawned on me: that's all that MAGA is anymore.
The conservative movement must stop defending free markets (though it is a good) and start defending the American family for which the free market was created to serve.
The facts are quite simple: the 2020 election was not stolen, so if Mike Pence had attempted to overturn it (which he had no constitutional authority to do), he would have been a traitor to his country. Mike Pence stood up for what is right.
The crazy thing about Donald Trump is that he has been disloyal to everyone in his life (just ask any of his wives) but he expects everyone else to worship him.
It seems like the primary objective of the people at Turning Point is to subvert the American right as much as possible until we finally wake up and cut the cord on them.
I love Ron DeSantis and still believe he deserves this nomination. But what possible path does he have to the White House in 2024? He’s in single digits in New Hampshire, going up against a favorite daughter in South Carolina, and only narrowly bested Nikki Haley in Iowa.
Gatekeeping is not just necessary in a healthy conservative movement, it is actively good. The conservative coalition cannot include apologists for the some of the most evil regimes on the planet.
@MuggedReality
What are you interested in conserving? Last I checked Putin and Xi are some of the only leaders interested in preserving their nation’s historic national identity
Average College Democrats post: “Hey, everyone! We have a meeting next Tuesday to discuss our plans for voter outreach.”
Average College Republicans post:
🚨 JOIN US FOR OUR 5TH MEETING OF THE SPRING SEMESTER TOMORROW🚨 We will be covering the recent shakeup at the RNC in addition to Governor Youngkin's signing of a bill that forces clerks to issue marriage licenses to same sex couples.
154 members of the American Political Science Association release their latest Presidential Rankings. Ratings for the living Presidents:
Carter 22nd
Clinton 12th
Bush 32nd
Obama 7th
Trump 45th
Biden 14th
📢 Exciting News! We're thrilled to announce that Nick Fuentes will be joining us at the College Republicans United State/National Convention in Prescott Arizona July 30th! Reserve your tickets today.
The UCLA College Republicans are a cautious tale of fully realized national populism. By rejecting many of the core principles of conservatism, their "red-pilled" approach to politics makes them sound like die-hard leftists.