The Daily Signal Defining Conservative Leadership: Dr. Kevin Roberts on Policy, Politics, and the 2025 Elections
Oct 31, 2025
Dr. Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation and former leader of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, discusses the essence of conservative leadership in America. He shares insights on the ongoing redistricting debates and their cultural implications. Roberts critiques the left's narrative on racism and highlights the importance of optimistic conservative movements like Turning Point USA. He advocates for the Heritage Foundation's role in shaping policy, emphasizing the need to conserve societal institutions and address poverty narratives exploited by the left.
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Optimism Overcomes Left's Division Strategy
- Kevin Roberts argues conservatives should project optimism and aspirational rhetoric, not just opposition to the left.
- He says Turning Point USA's energetic organizing threatens the left because it offers a hopeful vision of America's future.
Left's Strategy: Division And Power
- Roberts links the left's coalition of neo-Marxists and radical elements to an attempt to impose divisive ideology now.
- He frames the left's political project as centered on hatred of Trump and dividing the populace for power.
Obama's Presidency And Racial Narrative
- Roberts says Obama's presidency coincided with an acceleration of revisionist racial history.
- He believes, respectfully, that Obama's tenure harmed racial harmony more than it healed it.