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Showing Original Post only (View all)Heritage Foundation president celebrates immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution" [View all]
https://www.mediamatters.org/project-2025/heritage-foundation-president-celebrates-supreme-court-immunity-decision-we-areTranscript of comments:
KEVIN ROBERTS (HERITAGE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT): In spite of all this nonsense from the left, we are going to win. We're in the process of taking this country back. No one in the audience should be despairing.
No one should be discouraged. We ought to be really encouraged by what happened yesterday. And in spite of all of the injustice, which, of course, friends and audience of this show, of our friend Steve know, we are going to prevail.
Number two, to the point of the clips and, of course, your preview of the fact that I am an early American historian and love the Constitution. That Supreme Court ruling yesterday on immunity is vital, and it's vital for a lot of reasons. But I would go to Federalist No. 70.
If people in the audience are looking for something to read over Independence Day weekend, in addition to rereading the Declaration of Independence, read Hamilton's No. 70 because there, along with some other essays, in some other essays, he talks about the importance of a vigorous executive.
You know, former congressman, the importance of Congress doing its job, but we also know the importance of the executive being able to do his job. And can you imagine, Dave Brat, any president, put politics off to the side, any president having to second guess, triple guess every decision they're making in their official capacity, you couldn't have the republic that you just described.
But number three, let me speak about the radical left. You and I have both been parts of faculties and faculty senates and understand that the left has taken over our institutions. The reason that they are apoplectic right now, the reason that so many anchors on MSNBC, for example, are losing their minds daily is because our side is winning.
And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.
No one should be discouraged. We ought to be really encouraged by what happened yesterday. And in spite of all of the injustice, which, of course, friends and audience of this show, of our friend Steve know, we are going to prevail.
Number two, to the point of the clips and, of course, your preview of the fact that I am an early American historian and love the Constitution. That Supreme Court ruling yesterday on immunity is vital, and it's vital for a lot of reasons. But I would go to Federalist No. 70.
If people in the audience are looking for something to read over Independence Day weekend, in addition to rereading the Declaration of Independence, read Hamilton's No. 70 because there, along with some other essays, in some other essays, he talks about the importance of a vigorous executive.
You know, former congressman, the importance of Congress doing its job, but we also know the importance of the executive being able to do his job. And can you imagine, Dave Brat, any president, put politics off to the side, any president having to second guess, triple guess every decision they're making in their official capacity, you couldn't have the republic that you just described.
But number three, let me speak about the radical left. You and I have both been parts of faculties and faculty senates and understand that the left has taken over our institutions. The reason that they are apoplectic right now, the reason that so many anchors on MSNBC, for example, are losing their minds daily is because our side is winning.
And so I come full circle on this response and just want to encourage you with some substance that we are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.
Man, I hope this douchebag has a lot of suffering in his future.
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Heritage Foundation president celebrates immunity decision: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution" [View all]
Nevilledog
Jul 2024
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HIs goal is to make us suffer as payback for insisting Black and Gay and Latino and Muslim are
Eliot Rosewater
Jul 2024
#2
If you believe in democracy and the Constitution, then you are part of the "radical left"...
kentuck
Jul 2024
#5
"...taking the country back..." He doesn't finish the sentence about which century they want to take us back to.
Liberal In Texas
Jul 2024
#6
Yeah, it's the Second American Revolution alright, just not the way he thinks.
keep_left
Jul 2024
#8
The "domestic enemies" are the Heritage Foundation, the Federalist Society, Fox News, Newsmax, OAN...
Initech
Jul 2024
#19
This asshole's idea of the consummate "vigorous executive" had a funny mustache and tried to take over the world.
LudwigPastorius
Jul 2024
#20
Can the Supreme Court just insert this new immunity clause into our Constitution?
V850i
Jul 2024
#24
"because our side is winning". Not the United States, mind you...only "our side".
BComplex
Jul 2024
#26
Hello FBI, are you sleeping, is anybody home??? The Heritage Foundation president is making terroristic threats. nt
ImNotGod
Jul 2024
#27
Biden-Harris campaign statement on Trump's Project 2025 leader threatening violence
LetMyPeopleVote
Jul 2024
#33