1 00:00:04,480 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Well, this episode of news World, we're in a war 2 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:11,200 Speaker 1: for the soul of our nation. America's under siege. But 3 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 1: what you're seeing now didn't happen overnight. The Left started 4 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:19,280 Speaker 1: its takeover of our colleges and culture over a half 5 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 1: century ago. That's why my guest today, Governor Scott Walker, 6 00:00:24,400 --> 00:00:28,120 Speaker 1: was launching a new campaign called The Long Game, a 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,639 Speaker 1: bold plan to bring the very principles of America's founding 8 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:35,480 Speaker 1: back into education and culture. Instead of teaching young people 9 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 1: to hate America, the Long Game will instill a new 10 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,920 Speaker 1: sentiment in the hearts of young Americans based on freedom 11 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 1: and the values that made America great in the first place. 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: My guest today a good personal friend for both close 13 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 1: to me, the former governor Wisconsin, Scott Walker, who is 14 00:00:54,200 --> 00:01:07,319 Speaker 1: now president of Young America's Foundation. Scott, thank you for 15 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: joining me, and I'd like to start at the beginning. 16 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:12,479 Speaker 1: Can you tell us a little bit about your life's 17 00:01:12,560 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: journey into politics. Yeah. I came of age under Ronald Reagan, So, 18 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 1: like a lot of other people in my generation, I 19 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,600 Speaker 1: only became a conservative because of him. Many ways became 20 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: an optimist when it comes to politics and public service 21 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: because of Ronald Reagan. My parents. My dad was a 22 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:32,759 Speaker 1: minister or my mom worked part time as a secretary 23 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: and bookkeeper, and I grew up in a small town Delavan, 24 00:01:36,319 --> 00:01:38,960 Speaker 1: wiscons effect one side of me was Paul Ryan. On 25 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:41,520 Speaker 1: the other side of me, I was Ryan's previous. People 26 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 1: used to ask what was in the water. I said, 27 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,280 Speaker 1: it's Wisconsin. It wasn't water, it was beer. But I 28 00:01:46,360 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 1: really came of age not only under Reagan, but I 29 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:51,680 Speaker 1: loved history like I know you do newt and I 30 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:53,640 Speaker 1: excelled at it. But I always thought i'd goneto business. 31 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,280 Speaker 1: But when my senior year, the American Legion has this 32 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: wonderful program across the nation called Boys State. I went 33 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: to Boys State and then I had the honor of 34 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:04,920 Speaker 1: going to Boys Nation and that really inspired me to 35 00:02:05,000 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: realize that with the veterans and the educators are part 36 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: of that program. That I felt like I had a 37 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:12,480 Speaker 1: call some day to run for office. And I didn't 38 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 1: do it right away, but a few years later I 39 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,760 Speaker 1: started serving in the State Assembly. I listened to those 40 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: great white cassette tapes that you had new go pack tapes, 41 00:02:22,160 --> 00:02:23,960 Speaker 1: and that was a great way to get me thinking 42 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:26,799 Speaker 1: about big ideas. Back in the day when you could 43 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:29,680 Speaker 1: put a cassette tape into your car, learned about that 44 00:02:29,760 --> 00:02:31,760 Speaker 1: and then later went on to beat the county executive 45 00:02:31,760 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 1: and then Crazy as it was, took on the challenge 46 00:02:34,760 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: of being governor back in twenty ten. Well, you were 47 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:40,960 Speaker 1: a tremendous reform governor and I remember the campaign very 48 00:02:41,040 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: very well in terms of the turmoil we have today. 49 00:02:44,919 --> 00:02:46,600 Speaker 1: Could you talk a little bit about the turmoil in 50 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:50,280 Speaker 1: your administration, the left trying to go after you. It 51 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,320 Speaker 1: was amazing, Yeah, it was amazing. In fact, the occupied 52 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: movement didn't start on Wall Street. It started on my street, Madison, Wisconsin. 53 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:02,400 Speaker 1: You know, they sent in over one hundred thousand protesters 54 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,320 Speaker 1: to occupy our state capitol for a good chunk of 55 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,000 Speaker 1: the time. They did so illegally, despite the orders from 56 00:03:09,040 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: the capitol police. They set up in the capitol, they 57 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 1: broke through the doors, they broke in the windows. Eventually, 58 00:03:15,320 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: we prevailed not only in regaining the Capitol, but in 59 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:22,240 Speaker 1: passing our reforms and in the long haul, even against 60 00:03:22,240 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: the recall. Became the first governor in American history to 61 00:03:24,560 --> 00:03:26,880 Speaker 1: do that. But it wasn't easy. They were trying to 62 00:03:26,880 --> 00:03:30,160 Speaker 1: intimidate us with that value of protest. They issued death 63 00:03:30,160 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: threats against me, against my family. One of them was 64 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 1: so horrid it actually said they'd got my wife like 65 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: a deer if I didn't back off. We had it 66 00:03:37,400 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: against my kids, against my administration, even against our state lawmakers. 67 00:03:41,680 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: But in the end, we stood together and we got 68 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,480 Speaker 1: the job done, and we realized that people in and 69 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:48,880 Speaker 1: around the capitol weren't the voices we were working for. 70 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,200 Speaker 1: It was the millions of men and women and children 71 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,360 Speaker 1: across the state that were making a difference, and for them, 72 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:58,040 Speaker 1: we stood our ground, and our reforms are still working 73 00:03:58,040 --> 00:04:00,360 Speaker 1: for him today. And that's why when I look at 74 00:04:00,400 --> 00:04:03,040 Speaker 1: what these students are facing on many campuses, it may 75 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: be different in scale, but it's the same concept. They 76 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 1: try to intimidate, they try to marginalize, they try to minimize, 77 00:04:09,720 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: they try to make conservatives feel like they're out there 78 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:14,280 Speaker 1: in a limb all by themselves. And the work we're 79 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: doing is so important. Let them know that they're not alone. 80 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 1: That you can win, but we've got to stand shoulder 81 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,039 Speaker 1: of the shoulder and stand up to the bullies and 82 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:24,080 Speaker 1: the radicals and the left. You know, I've worked for 83 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,479 Speaker 1: years with Young Americans Foundation which does a great job. 84 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: In fact, we shot a movie about Ronald Reagan at 85 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: the Reagan Ranch with them. I think it's great that 86 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:37,599 Speaker 1: you're there. But from your perspective, what drew you to 87 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,599 Speaker 1: become president of Young Americans Foundation. Well, our love affair 88 00:04:41,600 --> 00:04:43,520 Speaker 1: and I say that because it includes Tunette and I. 89 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: Our love affair with the Reagan Ranch and with the 90 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,839 Speaker 1: Young America's Foundation and the work of YF really started 91 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,720 Speaker 1: about a decade ago. Ron Robinson, who was my predecessor, 92 00:04:53,760 --> 00:04:57,480 Speaker 1: who just a fabulish job building a world class nationwide 93 00:04:57,600 --> 00:05:01,560 Speaker 1: organization helping reach young people. He invited Tounette and I 94 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 1: to the Reagan Ranch in the midst of all the 95 00:05:03,640 --> 00:05:07,159 Speaker 1: craziness that was happening for me, in between the protests 96 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: and the riots and the eventual recall campaign. We went 97 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 1: out to the ranch and just fell in love with it. 98 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:14,640 Speaker 1: We saw the work that they were doing, We saw 99 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,960 Speaker 1: the impact. You might remember in the Reagan Ranch center itself, 100 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:21,400 Speaker 1: there's besides the cool displays where they showed the jeep 101 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 1: that President Reagan took garbag Scheff round in and the 102 00:05:24,160 --> 00:05:27,760 Speaker 1: actual table where forty years ago, come this August, President 103 00:05:27,760 --> 00:05:32,480 Speaker 1: Reagan signed then the largest tax cut in American history. Well, 104 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:35,240 Speaker 1: we were there in twenty eleven and one of the 105 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:38,320 Speaker 1: newest displays was one that talked about how the media 106 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:41,600 Speaker 1: and many of the left attacked our beloved President Reagan. 107 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,880 Speaker 1: And so for me to see just how brutal Sam Donaldson, 108 00:05:46,000 --> 00:05:50,040 Speaker 1: Peter Jennings, Tom Brokoff, Dan Rather, politicians of the past, 109 00:05:50,320 --> 00:05:54,120 Speaker 1: including people like Joe Biden and John Carey, how brutal 110 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:55,960 Speaker 1: they were to Reagan, and yet he was able to 111 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:58,599 Speaker 1: get through it all and succeed for this country was 112 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: just such a great reminder. And then we started looking 113 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: at the work that they were doing on college campuses 114 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 1: and with high school students as well, and we really 115 00:06:07,000 --> 00:06:09,440 Speaker 1: knew this was an organization we wanted to support. But 116 00:06:09,480 --> 00:06:11,960 Speaker 1: it wasn't until after the end of my two terms 117 00:06:12,000 --> 00:06:15,400 Speaker 1: that Ron Robinson came to me and said, Hey, I'm 118 00:06:15,400 --> 00:06:17,680 Speaker 1: going to retire. My goal is to do it right 119 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,760 Speaker 1: after the next inauguration early on in twenty twenty one. 120 00:06:21,880 --> 00:06:26,000 Speaker 1: Would you consider taking this role, passing the baton onto you? 121 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:29,040 Speaker 1: And I said I'd be interested, but only if Ron 122 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 1: and the board wanted to do more than just keep 123 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: it the way it was. It's a fabulous organization Nude. 124 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,800 Speaker 1: As you mentioned you've been a long time speaker and 125 00:06:37,120 --> 00:06:40,080 Speaker 1: involved with the organization. It's a great group, does great 126 00:06:40,160 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: things with the students that reaches. But I said, if 127 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 1: I'm going to take this position, I went the confidence 128 00:06:45,720 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: that the board and supporters wanted dramatically not change what 129 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,840 Speaker 1: we do, but rather how many people we reach. And 130 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: they said enthusiastically yes. That was part of the appeal 131 00:06:56,880 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 1: for me and for them to me as well. And 132 00:06:59,160 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: so that's part of the and why we're launching this 133 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,240 Speaker 1: Long Game. As we knew we had to take what 134 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 1: we do and reach literally tens of thousands of more 135 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: students if we were going to make an impact for 136 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: the long game going forward. When you think about making 137 00:07:12,040 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 1: an impact how do you see this kind of rolling 138 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: out and how do you think will operate well. The 139 00:07:18,280 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 1: kicker for us with the long game plan itself is 140 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,960 Speaker 1: it's not going to happen in one news cycle. It 141 00:07:22,960 --> 00:07:26,480 Speaker 1: probably doesn't happen in just one presidential cycle. The left 142 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:28,760 Speaker 1: has been at this since well, the height of it 143 00:07:28,800 --> 00:07:31,360 Speaker 1: really goes back to Saul Lensky in the nineteen sixties 144 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: and all the efforts you've warned about it, Bill Bennett. 145 00:07:34,960 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: I remember years ago telling me, boy, the left is 146 00:07:37,280 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: going to try and take over education, higher ed, communications, 147 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:44,560 Speaker 1: and mass media. And that's exactly where we see much 148 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 1: of it today. So this is not going to change overnight, 149 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: although we have to be involved in the battles of 150 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: the day for sure, But our focus is expanding our 151 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: reach to every campus, finding a way to touch every 152 00:07:56,320 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: student and find a way to start out earlier, not 153 00:07:59,360 --> 00:08:02,560 Speaker 1: just in college or even high school, but get more 154 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: students involved in junior high and where it need be 155 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:08,320 Speaker 1: not just with elementary school students, but particut with their parents, 156 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 1: give them the tools to counter so much of the 157 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: curriculum these days, it's teaching our children to hate America. 158 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,160 Speaker 1: And on top of all this, overlaid to everything is 159 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:22,280 Speaker 1: be far more aggressive in our efforts to promote free speech. 160 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: That has become one of the biggest challenges for students today. 161 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:30,680 Speaker 1: There has been a liberal bias for decades in higher education, 162 00:08:31,040 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: and it's increasingly grown into K through twelve education. But 163 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: we went from just having biased to being politically correct 164 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,840 Speaker 1: to now on most colleges and universities, it's almost impossible 165 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:46,440 Speaker 1: to bring in a conservative speaker without a major major 166 00:08:46,520 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: battle and in many cases without invoking legal action. Constitution 167 00:08:51,400 --> 00:08:54,720 Speaker 1: guarantees free speech, but it should be most revered on 168 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,079 Speaker 1: our college campuses. Yet that's where it's most under assault today, 169 00:08:58,120 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: and so our Long Game plan big piece of that 170 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 1: is being aggressive winning in the court of public opinion, 171 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 1: but we're needed winning in the court of law, as 172 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: we did just recently at the University of California, Berkeley. 173 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 1: If we can win where, we can win anywhere. When 174 00:09:29,160 --> 00:09:32,000 Speaker 1: you think about it, will you be offering courses, will 175 00:09:32,040 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 1: you be networking with students or defending their right to 176 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:42,160 Speaker 1: speak through legal interventions? How will you actually make this real? Yeah, 177 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:43,920 Speaker 1: it's all the above. I think we've got to be 178 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 1: engaged in battle at every different level possible. So, for example, 179 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: if I'll send out anybody listening today, we'll send you 180 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 1: an absolutely free copy of our twelve point action plan 181 00:09:53,000 --> 00:09:56,240 Speaker 1: called the Long Game. If you go to YAF dot 182 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:59,720 Speaker 1: org slash Long Game and what we talk about for 183 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:02,560 Speaker 1: exam ample our presence on campus right now, we're on 184 00:10:02,640 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 1: over two thousand campuses across America where we support conservative students. 185 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 1: I want to be on all four thousand. I don't 186 00:10:08,960 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: want to just be with undergraduates. I want to be 187 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 1: with people going to two year associate degree programs. Those 188 00:10:14,120 --> 00:10:17,079 Speaker 1: folks are practical, they're smart. We need to engage them 189 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 1: and not just say we're only going down undergraduate campuses. 190 00:10:20,440 --> 00:10:22,760 Speaker 1: We need to be involved not only with students, but 191 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: with professors and teachers and other educators who, in many cases, 192 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:30,000 Speaker 1: not only the conservative ones but even just ones that 193 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,080 Speaker 1: want to be objective, feel marginalized just like our students do. 194 00:10:33,600 --> 00:10:36,640 Speaker 1: We want to create a network to support professors and 195 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: teachers and other educators. We know we need to start sooner. 196 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 1: So part of this is going into middle school and 197 00:10:43,400 --> 00:10:47,720 Speaker 1: junior high and as I've mentioned, giving materials, for example, 198 00:10:47,760 --> 00:10:51,360 Speaker 1: on our founders, our founding principles, our Judeo Christian values, 199 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,439 Speaker 1: to elementary school parents to counter the sixteen nineteen projects 200 00:10:55,440 --> 00:10:57,679 Speaker 1: and some of the other nonsense that's going on. And 201 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: then in this digital world that we live in, survey 202 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 1: after survey, pull after pull we've done shows that the 203 00:11:03,520 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: number one way that young people get their information today 204 00:11:07,559 --> 00:11:09,720 Speaker 1: isn't the way the media thinks. It isn't in Twitter, 205 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 1: but it's on YouTube, and so we've created a YouTube channel. 206 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 1: We saw a burst of about a half a million 207 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:19,040 Speaker 1: folks we've added during this pandemic. I want to get 208 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 1: to a billion views, a billion with a b views 209 00:11:22,160 --> 00:11:26,840 Speaker 1: on our YAFTV channel and five million subscribers because I 210 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:30,560 Speaker 1: know we've got to find new ways to get particularly 211 00:11:30,600 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 1: the younger students along the way. And while we're at it, 212 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 1: we'd like to figure out our own way like others 213 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: are doing, to create an additional digital platform to add 214 00:11:38,679 --> 00:11:41,600 Speaker 1: our information. So the bottom line is we're not picking 215 00:11:41,679 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 1: just one approach. We're going to fight this battle to 216 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: win the war for the heart and soul of our 217 00:11:46,640 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: republic on every possible platform. We are really undertaking the 218 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:57,760 Speaker 1: nationwide project to reverse what's been at least a half century. 219 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: On the other side being on offense, which having already 220 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:03,120 Speaker 1: been through this as governor, this is probably on leading 221 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,280 Speaker 1: some pretty aggressive responses as you go around the country. 222 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:10,360 Speaker 1: Oh there's no doubt about it. I see with our 223 00:12:10,360 --> 00:12:13,200 Speaker 1: current speakers, and we're going to go to historic levels 224 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 1: with speakers, both for those on campus but then for 225 00:12:16,040 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 1: taping them putting up as I just was talking about 226 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,560 Speaker 1: on our YouTube content. But we know the response, we 227 00:12:21,600 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: know the pushback. I mean one of the schools where 228 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,959 Speaker 1: we had some of our yf speakers not only to 229 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:29,840 Speaker 1: the administration fight it, but then when our students, with 230 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,960 Speaker 1: our support, said they were still going to go forward 231 00:12:31,960 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: with the speech, you had faculty and staff literally get 232 00:12:35,320 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: out and surround the entrance to the auditorium and try 233 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,600 Speaker 1: and create a human chain to block us from students 234 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: coming in. We are just not going to be deterred 235 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: in this. That something is you know, I know a 236 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: lot about We didn't back down with the riots and 237 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,199 Speaker 1: the protests, we didn't back down with the recall. We're 238 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:54,440 Speaker 1: certainly not going to back down here because I believe 239 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,520 Speaker 1: the vast majority of Americans are with us. The left 240 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,600 Speaker 1: only succeeds if they succeed in intimidating us and scaring 241 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: us and making us somehow back away from this challenge. 242 00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:08,560 Speaker 1: And what we know with a poll we've just put out, 243 00:13:09,120 --> 00:13:10,920 Speaker 1: you know, there's good and bad. The bad news and 244 00:13:10,960 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: the polls shows that students you might expect increasingly align 245 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:19,200 Speaker 1: themselves with so called progressive issues. The good news is 246 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 1: what we found is on those issues, if we follow 247 00:13:21,960 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 1: up and give them the details. For example, overwhelming support 248 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 1: for a fifteen dollars an hour minimum wage, amongst high 249 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:31,680 Speaker 1: school and college aide students. If you tell them about 250 00:13:31,679 --> 00:13:34,720 Speaker 1: the Congressional Budget Office report about how many jobs would 251 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 1: be lost, the support for that plan that concept drops 252 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 1: by about twenty points. So we know if we can 253 00:13:41,320 --> 00:13:43,440 Speaker 1: get the facts out, did we get the truth out 254 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,120 Speaker 1: that our point of view wins. We just got to 255 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 1: find new and aggressive ways to do that. And we've 256 00:13:48,120 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: got to be committed to following through because they're going 257 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 1: to brand us sexist and racist and homo fall of 258 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:55,959 Speaker 1: the neanderthal and you name it. But they're going to 259 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: call us that no matter what. So we might as 260 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: well at least break through and get the fact out, 261 00:14:00,559 --> 00:14:03,440 Speaker 1: particularly to young people, and make a difference. What kind 262 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:07,320 Speaker 1: of receptions are you getting on college campuses to this 263 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:11,000 Speaker 1: kind of aggressive approach. Well, people are excited. They finally 264 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: want to know that people are willing to stand with them. 265 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,080 Speaker 1: One of the biggest things we hear from students are, 266 00:14:16,120 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 1: finally I can see that other people think, like I think, 267 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:21,720 Speaker 1: I'm not alone out there, and they're excited that people 268 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 1: are engaged in focus, that they're not writing off this 269 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: younger generation that we're willing to fight. And the data 270 00:14:27,960 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 1: shows not just only from a philosophical standpoint, but certainly 271 00:14:31,760 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: politically if we don't start making greater inroads, particularly with 272 00:14:35,760 --> 00:14:38,400 Speaker 1: Generation Z. You know, as you know, I come from 273 00:14:38,400 --> 00:14:41,560 Speaker 1: a state that's historically been one of those battleground states. 274 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 1: I think if we don't turn things around with young people, 275 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,520 Speaker 1: it's not an overstatement to suggest that it might be 276 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 1: decades before Conservative carries that state statewide, be it in 277 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: a race for governor, US Senate, or particularly in the 278 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:59,000 Speaker 1: presidential election. This is not only about preserving our next generation. 279 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:02,120 Speaker 1: This is really about reserving the future of our republic. 280 00:15:02,160 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 1: So there's huge enthusiasm and nude I want to give 281 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: you one story that particularly I think we should give 282 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 1: everyone listening some hope. My last speech that I gave 283 00:15:11,280 --> 00:15:13,840 Speaker 1: not as the new president, but I was helping why 284 00:15:14,320 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: before the pandemic, before I was taking on this new 285 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: role officially, but I was like, you have been for 286 00:15:20,320 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: year as a speaker. So I got asked to go 287 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 1: to Stanford University. It was February of last year, a 288 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: couple of days before SEEPACK, a couple of weeks before 289 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:33,840 Speaker 1: the nationwide shutdown. So I went there and three of 290 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 1: the students who asked me to come, I set aside, 291 00:15:37,120 --> 00:15:38,520 Speaker 1: you might do this as well. I said, well, I 292 00:15:38,520 --> 00:15:39,880 Speaker 1: want to talk to him for a little bit. Thanked 293 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:42,880 Speaker 1: them for putting this together. And I'm always curious as 294 00:15:42,920 --> 00:15:46,680 Speaker 1: to how they came to being a conservative. Two of 295 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,400 Speaker 1: the three kind of gave his traditional stories, but one 296 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,480 Speaker 1: talked about being from a family that's very heavily Democrat. 297 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: And he said he was in his dad's car once 298 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 1: he listened to the radio. He's flipping around. He came 299 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: across the guy that sounded pretty interesting. It was Rush Limball. 300 00:16:00,680 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: So he listened to Rush. He listened some more, He 301 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 1: started reading, He started looking around. He went to college. 302 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: He got involved with college Republicans and with why F 303 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 1: and other things, and that's what brought him to this place. 304 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:14,320 Speaker 1: He was a junior at Stanford University. Why I tell 305 00:16:14,360 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 1: you that so optimistic is for anyone they've come from 306 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 1: a Democrat or even just a neutral family and become 307 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:22,760 Speaker 1: a conservative is great. But this young man's mother is 308 00:16:22,760 --> 00:16:25,440 Speaker 1: Susan Rice. So I look at that and I say, 309 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 1: if you needed any hope to know, why does the 310 00:16:28,240 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: left want to cancel conservative views out? Because even John 311 00:16:31,640 --> 00:16:36,119 Speaker 1: Rice Cameron, a great bright finance major from Stanford University 312 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: was able to figure out the conservative point of view 313 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:41,720 Speaker 1: is a better point of view if given the chance. 314 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,640 Speaker 1: If we can do that with him, we can do 315 00:16:43,680 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 1: that with anyone. That's a great story. You now have 316 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 1: at the Young Americans Foundation website a campus bias tipline. 317 00:17:07,359 --> 00:17:10,119 Speaker 1: I mean, how does that work? Oh, it's amazing and 318 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:13,520 Speaker 1: we could spend one hundred hours on the crazy wild things. 319 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:17,120 Speaker 1: So if people go to YAF dot org slash tips 320 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 1: and we've started this, but we really supercharged it. Just recently, 321 00:17:21,960 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: we've been getting tips in all fifty states, all over 322 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: the country, even from campuses, colleges, and universities you'd think 323 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 1: would be private, sometimes even faith based, but we typically 324 00:17:33,680 --> 00:17:37,040 Speaker 1: get everything from left wing professors who say, if you 325 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,479 Speaker 1: said you voted for Trump, if your pro life, if 326 00:17:39,480 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 1: you're pro gun, you can't be in my class. I'm 327 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,520 Speaker 1: going to flunk you out to hearing radical things like 328 00:17:46,400 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: saying that they're going to train resident advisors in the dorms, 329 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: but they're going to train them segregate them between black 330 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 1: and white ras, they're going to have a black or 331 00:17:56,400 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 1: a white graduation, or based on income and other factors. 332 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:01,919 Speaker 1: All these radical ideas out there, But I think the 333 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 1: one that took the prize for the most radical came 334 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:07,920 Speaker 1: from Iowa State a few months ago. It was right 335 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,240 Speaker 1: before Black History Month in February. Students there gave us 336 00:18:11,240 --> 00:18:14,000 Speaker 1: a tip not about their campus, but about their local 337 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:17,720 Speaker 1: school district. This was a kid through twelve government run 338 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,639 Speaker 1: school district. Well that district and Ames Iowa partnered with 339 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,000 Speaker 1: BOM the organization to create a week of action that 340 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,800 Speaker 1: had nothing to do with Black History. And for the 341 00:18:28,040 --> 00:18:31,879 Speaker 1: kindergarten and preschool kids, they actually gave them coloring pages 342 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:35,440 Speaker 1: of transgender characters and said they could pick whether they 343 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:37,399 Speaker 1: wanted to be a boy or girl somewhere in between. 344 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:40,959 Speaker 1: This is just how radical they are and how early 345 00:18:41,040 --> 00:18:44,000 Speaker 1: on they're trying to push the indoctrination of our children. 346 00:18:44,440 --> 00:18:48,360 Speaker 1: This is precisely why we can't wait till college. We've 347 00:18:48,359 --> 00:18:50,679 Speaker 1: got to start younger and younger, and we've got to 348 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:55,600 Speaker 1: engage parents and teachers who I think very quietly feel 349 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 1: like this is nonsense, the radical stuff the left is pushing, 350 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,400 Speaker 1: but all too often, like our students, feel alone. We're 351 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,679 Speaker 1: gonna push back, We're gonna expose this, and we're going 352 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,000 Speaker 1: to get action to undo much of what we're seeing 353 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,199 Speaker 1: in America today. Well, I noticed that you had an 354 00:19:09,240 --> 00:19:14,320 Speaker 1: important addition to your foundation when former Vice President Mike 355 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,520 Speaker 1: Pence joined you, and I both know and admire him 356 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: a great deal. What convinced Mike to do this, Well, 357 00:19:20,600 --> 00:19:23,720 Speaker 1: it's a perfect fit. He's a Ronald Reagan presidential scholar. 358 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,719 Speaker 1: He and Karen took their kids back when they were 359 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: kids sixteen years ago to the Reagan ranch for the 360 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,639 Speaker 1: first time, which I get a kick out because I 361 00:19:31,680 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 1: helped Mike with his debate prep in sixteen and again 362 00:19:34,760 --> 00:19:37,439 Speaker 1: this time, and both of his daughters joined me and 363 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: that then they're a young woman. In fact, their youngest 364 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:43,280 Speaker 1: daughter just finished law school and so she's now an 365 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 1: attorney herself. But this whole family fell in love with 366 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 1: the Reagan Ranch, just like Toinette and I did. Certainly, 367 00:19:50,760 --> 00:19:53,720 Speaker 1: Mike Pence as a member of Congress, as a governor 368 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,200 Speaker 1: and now as Vice President has been a stalworth, full 369 00:19:56,240 --> 00:19:59,199 Speaker 1: spectrum conservative. That was a great fit. Like you and 370 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,159 Speaker 1: I a great admirer of our fortieth President, Ronald Reagan. 371 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:04,800 Speaker 1: And part of our deal here's not only to have 372 00:20:04,880 --> 00:20:07,359 Speaker 1: him speak on campuses, which you'll be doing this fall, 373 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,679 Speaker 1: but even as a scholar to engage each month with 374 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:12,920 Speaker 1: a monthly column. And then this is fun like we're 375 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:16,080 Speaker 1: doing right now. He's going to be doing a podcast 376 00:20:16,119 --> 00:20:18,800 Speaker 1: with us starting in a month or two. And the 377 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:22,399 Speaker 1: neat thing about that is, before Mike Pence was in Congress, 378 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 1: he was himself a talk radio host for about seven 379 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:28,840 Speaker 1: eight years in Indiana. Had a great show. I remember 380 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:31,360 Speaker 1: him telling me the tips he got from Russia Limball. 381 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:34,280 Speaker 1: So his first column was paying homage to the great 382 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:37,320 Speaker 1: Russia Limball as well. And it's a perfect fit because 383 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,280 Speaker 1: between the time Ronald Reagan was governor and President yaf 384 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,960 Speaker 1: was involved in sponsoring his radio addresses. So it's just 385 00:20:44,000 --> 00:20:46,960 Speaker 1: a lot of great synergy there. And Mike Pence is 386 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,639 Speaker 1: just a common sense conservative icon. He's done that in 387 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:52,199 Speaker 1: the past as a governor where I got to know 388 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:54,120 Speaker 1: him real well, and I think it was a great 389 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,679 Speaker 1: vice president and has a great future no matter what 390 00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,360 Speaker 1: he chooses to do of having an influence on all 391 00:20:59,400 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 1: of us sickly young people. Your instinct is right there 392 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:07,639 Speaker 1: because he's a great storyteller. He loves America, he loves 393 00:21:07,680 --> 00:21:12,520 Speaker 1: the concept of the founders and what we've done the Constitution, 394 00:21:13,080 --> 00:21:15,199 Speaker 1: and he really cares about people. I mean, he's one 395 00:21:15,200 --> 00:21:19,359 Speaker 1: of those folks who has a genuine heart that reaches 396 00:21:19,359 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: out almost everybody. So I think with the two of 397 00:21:21,920 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: you now keep sort of giving a rocket assisted to 398 00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:29,160 Speaker 1: take off to the Young America's Foundation that I fully 399 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 1: expect you all we're going to have a big, big 400 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:34,720 Speaker 1: impact over the next few years at every level of education. 401 00:21:35,600 --> 00:21:37,920 Speaker 1: Well that's our goal. Again, this is one of those 402 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,640 Speaker 1: where I wasn't looking for a spot just to sit 403 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:43,280 Speaker 1: for a while. I'm not somebody who sits. My wife says, 404 00:21:43,560 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: I have two speeds. It's either full throat or asleep. 405 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,080 Speaker 1: There's nowhere in between. And I know you're the same 406 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:51,240 Speaker 1: way to me. If we're going to do something, you 407 00:21:51,280 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 1: want to do it one hundred and ten percent. And 408 00:21:54,040 --> 00:21:56,560 Speaker 1: I just see the demand now is as great as 409 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:59,240 Speaker 1: I've ever seen it. You know, we've had liberal battles 410 00:21:59,240 --> 00:22:02,800 Speaker 1: and campuses, we've had pushback and pressure, but we've never 411 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 1: had like what we've had the last few years. The 412 00:22:05,040 --> 00:22:08,920 Speaker 1: outright cancel culture, the outright denial of any good debate 413 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 1: or discussion. I gotta believe not only did you have this, 414 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,040 Speaker 1: but I have to believe you as a professor yourself 415 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,000 Speaker 1: embraced this idea that some of the greatest educators are 416 00:22:17,040 --> 00:22:19,200 Speaker 1: the people who make us think, who challenge us, who 417 00:22:19,240 --> 00:22:22,440 Speaker 1: make us think critically. And I still believe that most 418 00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: people who want to go into education today, whether it's 419 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:28,440 Speaker 1: a teacher from kindergarten to twelfth grade or a college professor, 420 00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: go in for that same noble purpose. But whether it's 421 00:22:31,880 --> 00:22:34,640 Speaker 1: in the schools it's the teachers union, or whether it's 422 00:22:34,680 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: in colleges and university it's the left wing intelligencia that's 423 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: out there. In either case, they kind of sap out 424 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:44,160 Speaker 1: that sense of fairness and duty when it comes to education. 425 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 1: We got to push back against that, not only to 426 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 1: protect our students, but to protect those educators and the 427 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: parents who want the best for our kids going forward, 428 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,720 Speaker 1: and we believe firmly give us a level playing field. 429 00:22:55,840 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: Our ideas make sense. They're compelling, particularly if we go 430 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 1: forward telling it not just from the head but from 431 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,960 Speaker 1: the heart, if we share stories with emotion. As part 432 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: of the reason why. One of our conferences just a 433 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:10,440 Speaker 1: few months ago in person the first of the year, 434 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,840 Speaker 1: was in Miami, Florida and Florida in part because thanks 435 00:23:13,840 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 1: to run to Santis, it's open. God bless him for that. 436 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,359 Speaker 1: But also in Miami, because we were able to share 437 00:23:19,440 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: stories from Cuba and Venezuela about the failures of socialism 438 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 1: and why people who come here legally love America as 439 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,280 Speaker 1: much as anyone else. We need to tell us more 440 00:23:30,280 --> 00:23:33,879 Speaker 1: stories from the heart that match facts the feelings instead 441 00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,600 Speaker 1: of Left, which just avoids all facts and bases its 442 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:39,480 Speaker 1: solely on feelings. Post and I did a movie a 443 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 1: few years back called Ronald Reagan Roundezvous of Destiny, and 444 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 1: one of his comments was that freedom is never more 445 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:51,600 Speaker 1: than one generation away from extinction. And it seems to 446 00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: me that you've caught exactly the threat. If the Left could, 447 00:23:56,160 --> 00:23:58,800 Speaker 1: in a sense give all of us at Lobotomy, take 448 00:23:58,840 --> 00:24:01,440 Speaker 1: away all of our understanding of the real America, and 449 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,639 Speaker 1: then pour into that a fantasy world version of socialism, 450 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,040 Speaker 1: they would be happy and America would be dead. So 451 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:12,840 Speaker 1: what you're doing, and I say this in part because 452 00:24:12,880 --> 00:24:16,000 Speaker 1: the number of folks who listener may want to volunteer 453 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:18,240 Speaker 1: to be part of this project that's going to take 454 00:24:18,280 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 1: both money and a lot of different people. If we're 455 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,160 Speaker 1: going to really be competitive across the entire spectrum and 456 00:24:25,280 --> 00:24:28,359 Speaker 1: We're going to put at our show page various ways 457 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:31,320 Speaker 1: that people can get directly in touch with you and 458 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:35,399 Speaker 1: with Young America's Foundation, and also link back so that 459 00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:38,840 Speaker 1: they can read about the Long Game at YF dot 460 00:24:38,920 --> 00:24:42,560 Speaker 1: org slash long Game. And I want to thank you. 461 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:43,920 Speaker 1: You know, it would have been easy for you to 462 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 1: have gone off into corporate boards or slowed down or whatever, 463 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: but I'm really really delighted that you are diving in 464 00:24:52,400 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 1: once more, rolling up your sleeves and prepared to fight 465 00:24:55,320 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: for America. So I appreciate your coming chatting with me today, 466 00:24:59,520 --> 00:25:02,040 Speaker 1: and I wish you well, and I'll do everything I 467 00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 1: can to help with the long Game and to make 468 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,840 Speaker 1: sure that together we defeat the forces of the left 469 00:25:09,320 --> 00:25:12,560 Speaker 1: from K through twelve and on up through Redual School. Well, 470 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:14,800 Speaker 1: I appreciate that having me on today, but I more 471 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:18,639 Speaker 1: importantly appreciate your mentorship in that regard, You've set the 472 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: standard for those of us who want to continue to 473 00:25:21,040 --> 00:25:23,640 Speaker 1: stay engaged in this movement and everything that we love 474 00:25:23,640 --> 00:25:26,920 Speaker 1: about America long after we've left elected office. So thank 475 00:25:26,920 --> 00:25:30,880 Speaker 1: you for your leadership and thanks for having me on today. 476 00:25:32,160 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 1: Thank you to my guest Governor Scott Walker. You can 477 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,920 Speaker 1: read more about the Long Game at YAF dot org 478 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: slash long Game, and you can also find a link 479 00:25:42,320 --> 00:25:46,040 Speaker 1: on our show page at newsworld dot com. 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