EP 661 Young Zealots on the Right Well Financed and Well Organized

While the belief is that all young people are in lockstep with liberal ideas, many flirting with socialism, the truth is that the enthusiasm of young people on the right is better financed and has some charismatic leaders who are working diligently to get those ideas to their age cohort who feel marginalized by the changes going on in our society.  This movement is not just taking place among those who are ending their academic careers after high school.  There is an active recruitment effort by many well known groups like the NRA to bring young people into the fold early on.  Leaders of the effort include Charlie Kirk of Turning Point USA and Candace Owens a media favorite who has abandoned the ’emotionally abusive’ Democratic Party and evinces the passion of a convert to the conservative cause.  Award-winning journalist, Kyle Spencer, spent five years researching and following this movement and reports what she found in her book, “Raising Them Right: The Untold Story of America’s Ultraconservative Youth Movement and Its Plot for Power.”

 

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