Ben Weingarten

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My Interview with Victor Davis Hanson on Trump, Trumpism and Russiagate

In connection with the release of Encounter Books’ Vox Populi: The Perils and Promises of Populism, I interviewed the author of one its more provocative essays, the often-contrarian and always-compelling Professor Victor Davis Hanson.

During our discussion we discuss among other things:

  • The populism of President Trump
  • The insights President Trump has into the American people that his political opponents lack
  • The significance of the 2016 presidential election in history and what it augurs for the world
  • Whether Trumpism is a full-blown political movement or an outlier in U.S. history
  • How Trump is doing when it comes to constructing the four core pillars of Trumpism
  • Russiagate and Deep State subversion
  • And much more

You can listen to our interview in full here, and read a transcript of our discussion here.

Talking Ted Cruz versus Donald Trump on Immigration on Dennis Michael Lynch’s DML Unfiltered

Extensive 2016 Election Coverage of WI Primary with Dick Morris, J.D. Hayworth, Joe Pags and Rick Ungar on Dennis Michael Lynch’s DML Unfiltered

Talking Trump Versus Cruz and the GOP Establishment on Dennis Michael Lynch’s DML Unfiltered

Talking Predictions for Florida and Ohio GOP Primaries on Dennis Michael Lynch’s DML Unfiltered

Talking Mitt Romney’s #NeverTrump Address on Dennis Michael Lynch’s DML Unfiltered

My Appearance with Frank Gaffney Discussing Super Tuesday, National Security and the 2016 Election

This morning I was interviewed by Frank Gaffney, for Secure Freedom Radio to discuss Super Tuesday, national security and the 2016 election, the purging of the NYPD radicalization report and more.

Have a listen below:

Here’s the Real Reason Chris Christie Backed Donald Trump

In a word, opportunism — and an opportunism that follows a familiar pattern that led to his rise from down-and-out of New Jersey politics to the powerful Garden State governorship.

I tell that story, and analyze Gov. Christie’s move over at The Federalist.

My Dennis Michael Lynch Appearance on Immigration: ‘America Isn’t Just an Economic Entity’

On Monday 2/8, I sat in as a guest on Newsmax TV’s DML Unfiltered.”

During the episode, we had the chance to discuss several points including a supposed stand-down order given to border patrol agents and America’s immigration policies more broadly, the useful idiots being produced by America’s education system and what Donald Trump (or other Republicans) have to do to defeat Hillary Clinton.

You can watch the relevant clips below.

Immigration

America’s Useful Idiots and Our Education System

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Winning the War Before a Shot is Fired: How the GOP Establishment Stacked the Deck for 2016

FiveThirtyEight recently published an excellent analysis illustrating how the GOP Establishment machinery has set the rules of the GOP presidential primary process such that more conservative candidates are put at a distinct disadvantage from day one.

The RNC-dictated primary scheme uses dilutive proportionality versus winner-takes-all rules, and lopsided delegate allocation in moderate versus conservative states to in effect give disproportionate sway to more moderate candidates and/or delegates.

I write about this scheme in a new piece over at Newsmax.

Here is a taste:

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