Christopher Rufo
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It survived under Trump, it survived under Bush, it survived under Reagan. Now is the time Americans are finally aware of what's happening with public schools and these left-wing ideologies. We have to capitalize on the momentum and actually get this job done.
It survived under Trump, it survived under Bush, it survived under Reagan. Now is the time Americans are finally aware of what's happening with public schools and these left-wing ideologies. We have to capitalize on the momentum and actually get this job done.
It survived under Trump, it survived under Bush, it survived under Reagan. Now is the time Americans are finally aware of what's happening with public schools and these left-wing ideologies. We have to capitalize on the momentum and actually get this job done.
Yeah, it's been a spectacular week. And we've been working on this campaign to abolish DEI, to reform higher education, to get rid of trans ideology in America's institutions for five years. And it feels like a point of culmination. And I spent the interim after the president's electoral victory, before he took office,
Yeah, it's been a spectacular week. And we've been working on this campaign to abolish DEI, to reform higher education, to get rid of trans ideology in America's institutions for five years. And it feels like a point of culmination. And I spent the interim after the president's electoral victory, before he took office,
Yeah, it's been a spectacular week. And we've been working on this campaign to abolish DEI, to reform higher education, to get rid of trans ideology in America's institutions for five years. And it feels like a point of culmination. And I spent the interim after the president's electoral victory, before he took office,
trying to talk to people, trying to get organized, trying to set the stage for reform. And they've taken everything to the next level. I mean, the sheer scope and scale of what the president has done and what his admin members have done. This is a totally different administration than Trump 1.0. It's probably the most effective first week of a presidency in my lifetime.
trying to talk to people, trying to get organized, trying to set the stage for reform. And they've taken everything to the next level. I mean, the sheer scope and scale of what the president has done and what his admin members have done. This is a totally different administration than Trump 1.0. It's probably the most effective first week of a presidency in my lifetime.
trying to talk to people, trying to get organized, trying to set the stage for reform. And they've taken everything to the next level. I mean, the sheer scope and scale of what the president has done and what his admin members have done. This is a totally different administration than Trump 1.0. It's probably the most effective first week of a presidency in my lifetime.
And I know for a fact that there's more to come.
And I know for a fact that there's more to come.
And I know for a fact that there's more to come.
Yeah, that's right. And I think this has been a learning process for me and for the right as a movement. I think it started with President Trump's executive order banning critical race theory in late 2020. Then the shift of politics went to Florida. Governor DeSantis really took anti-woke ideas and figured out how to turn them into anti-woke policies and administration.
Yeah, that's right. And I think this has been a learning process for me and for the right as a movement. I think it started with President Trump's executive order banning critical race theory in late 2020. Then the shift of politics went to Florida. Governor DeSantis really took anti-woke ideas and figured out how to turn them into anti-woke policies and administration.
Yeah, that's right. And I think this has been a learning process for me and for the right as a movement. I think it started with President Trump's executive order banning critical race theory in late 2020. Then the shift of politics went to Florida. Governor DeSantis really took anti-woke ideas and figured out how to turn them into anti-woke policies and administration.
And then this learning over the last four years has prepared Trump's team. And look, these are people who have spent the last few years waiting for this day, waiting for this moment. I was in policy planning sessions three years ago where they were talking about slicing Lyndon Johnson's executive order 11246 on affirmative action. And this comes such a long way.
And then this learning over the last four years has prepared Trump's team. And look, these are people who have spent the last few years waiting for this day, waiting for this moment. I was in policy planning sessions three years ago where they were talking about slicing Lyndon Johnson's executive order 11246 on affirmative action. And this comes such a long way.
And then this learning over the last four years has prepared Trump's team. And look, these are people who have spent the last few years waiting for this day, waiting for this moment. I was in policy planning sessions three years ago where they were talking about slicing Lyndon Johnson's executive order 11246 on affirmative action. And this comes such a long way.
So we're now in the implementation phase. And I think that this is just the beginning.
So we're now in the implementation phase. And I think that this is just the beginning.