

Heritage Foundation President on Trump, Project 2025, and the Last Chance to Save America
33 snips Feb 21, 2025
Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation, discusses challenges facing the conservative movement, particularly regarding Project 2025. He argues that conservatives need a strategy for training future public officials to counteract progressive institutions. The conversation delves into Trump's vision for America and the shifting political landscape, emphasizing grassroots movements within conservatism. Roberts also highlights the crucial role of fathers in fostering freedom and the need for a reimagined educational approach against traditional public schooling.
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Roberts' move to D.C.
- Kevin Roberts explains his move from Texas to D.C. to lead the Heritage Foundation.
- He emphasizes that it was a calling, driven by a sense of duty to contribute to the public square.
Project 2025
- Project 2025 aimed to create policy recommendations and a personnel database for future public officials.
- The Left targeted it due to the unprecedented organization and scale of the project.
Defining the Radical Left
- Roberts defines the radical Left as an ideology originating from the French Revolution's Jacobins.
- He says it leads to anarchy because their idea of freedom is doing whatever one wants.