The Origins of the New Right - And its Future
The conservative movement has reached a definitive turning point in 2022. We can clearly see the emergence of a new right forming before our very eyes. The political process which ignited anew with onset of the Trump era is maturing... The old Republican Party, which despite winning some electoral victories, has been on life support for years now....
To understand the evolution of the grassroots conservative movement of today, it’s informative to go back to the 1990s. At the time, America felt wholly triumphant....
Then September 11th, 2001 happened.... Unfortunately, we learned all the wrong lessons from it. Instead of responding to the attacks by restricting immigration and second-guessing unchecked globalism, we created a massive domestic surveillance state, commissioned more federal bloat with the establishment of the DHS, and employed tens of thousands of unionized TSA agents. Instead of realizing that there are fundamental cultural differences with the Muslim world, we tried to turn Iraq into a western style democracy...
The Trump presidency came and went with a series of great accomplishments. Let nobody downplay the successes of those four years–there were tremendous victories both at home and abroad....
Allow me to articulate what should be, the new right’s bedrock non-negotiables.
It starts with establishing an immigration system that ensures our country is no longer taken advantage of. No issue is more important in determining the future of our country. We need an immigration policy that prioritizes American workers, not foreign nationals. We need to build the wall and end illegal immigration completely....
Second, we must reorient American foreign policy in a realistic, America First direction....
We also need to take a good look at our membership in organizations like the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the World Health Organization (WHO). Our membership in organizations with defensive treaties must be examined carefully to determine what is truly in our interest....
Third, there needs to be a total and complete war on wokeness....
Fourth, our unconditional love for the corporation is over. The new right must focus on economic patriotism....
Fifth, we must become the most pro-family, pro-parents party the country has ever known....