Russ Vought

And you don't actually then think through, okay, what does that mean? Does that mean I have to then be for every war that's been hatched? Right. Do I not to be for making— a defense that we can actually afford? Does that mean that I think that from an economic standpoint that we're not actually citizens before we're consumers? Like there's just a lot of unhealth in all of those. Yes.

Why are Christian conservatives naturally defense hawks? That's what I'm saying. Not just defense hawks, war hawks. What happened in that?

Why are Christian conservatives naturally defense hawks? That's what I'm saying. Not just defense hawks, war hawks. What happened in that?

Why are Christian conservatives naturally defense hawks? That's what I'm saying. Not just defense hawks, war hawks. What happened in that?

Well, I do believe this is why we we we need to be less doctrinaire on the right. Gosh. And to think actually think, you know, and read those books you were mentioning earlier. Read and to be thinking through and ask the questions and trying to learn more and realize like, you know, a history book may have been written at a time to just to to with a particular political benefit and meaning to it.

Well, I do believe this is why we we we need to be less doctrinaire on the right. Gosh. And to think actually think, you know, and read those books you were mentioning earlier. Read and to be thinking through and ask the questions and trying to learn more and realize like, you know, a history book may have been written at a time to just to to with a particular political benefit and meaning to it.

Well, I do believe this is why we we we need to be less doctrinaire on the right. Gosh. And to think actually think, you know, and read those books you were mentioning earlier. Read and to be thinking through and ask the questions and trying to learn more and realize like, you know, a history book may have been written at a time to just to to with a particular political benefit and meaning to it.

And so maybe we don't take everything. Right. You know, I don't know. Maybe some skills we learned in school. Right. And just common sense, intuition. This is something that I think is something seems off. It's off.

And so maybe we don't take everything. Right. You know, I don't know. Maybe some skills we learned in school. Right. And just common sense, intuition. This is something that I think is something seems off. It's off.

And so maybe we don't take everything. Right. You know, I don't know. Maybe some skills we learned in school. Right. And just common sense, intuition. This is something that I think is something seems off. It's off.

And you see it in some of the attacks on RFK. They say, well, this hasn't been proven. There are gaps in our understanding, our scientific understanding. That's like their bureaucratic way of saying – Yeah, your intuition's right.

And you see it in some of the attacks on RFK. They say, well, this hasn't been proven. There are gaps in our understanding, our scientific understanding. That's like their bureaucratic way of saying – Yeah, your intuition's right.

And you see it in some of the attacks on RFK. They say, well, this hasn't been proven. There are gaps in our understanding, our scientific understanding. That's like their bureaucratic way of saying – Yeah, your intuition's right.

I think it is. I think that the systems do it. People get into these and that's where they kind of get to the paradigm level. I'm not going to do anything that would hurt national security. I came to D.C., I'm not going to do anything that hurts the national security. I think that's how we lose people when they go into the skiffs, just to go back to our earlier conversation.

I think it is. I think that the systems do it. People get into these and that's where they kind of get to the paradigm level. I'm not going to do anything that would hurt national security. I came to D.C., I'm not going to do anything that hurts the national security. I think that's how we lose people when they go into the skiffs, just to go back to our earlier conversation.

I think it is. I think that the systems do it. People get into these and that's where they kind of get to the paradigm level. I'm not going to do anything that would hurt national security. I came to D.C., I'm not going to do anything that hurts the national security. I think that's how we lose people when they go into the skiffs, just to go back to our earlier conversation.

And you've got to have courage to say, look, what happens if your time in office, you missed a big issue? Like, Maha is a new issue to me. I admit it. I'm trying to read. I'm trying to read the Means book. I listened to your podcast. You know, it's a new issue. But, like, if I didn't get my head wrapped around it—

And you've got to have courage to say, look, what happens if your time in office, you missed a big issue? Like, Maha is a new issue to me. I admit it. I'm trying to read. I'm trying to read the Means book. I listened to your podcast. You know, it's a new issue. But, like, if I didn't get my head wrapped around it—

And you've got to have courage to say, look, what happens if your time in office, you missed a big issue? Like, Maha is a new issue to me. I admit it. I'm trying to read. I'm trying to read the Means book. I listened to your podcast. You know, it's a new issue. But, like, if I didn't get my head wrapped around it—

Future generations will have to indict me for me being irresponsible on an existential issue facing our country. So I don't think most people think like that. But in general, I think our Republican coalition is unhealthy and has been for a long time because we have, and if we are, the country will be too secular, too imperialistic and global, and too economic. Right.