Defining Conservative Leadership: Dr. Kevin Roberts on Policy, Politics, and the 2025 Elections

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🗓️ 31 October 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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From the campus of Virginia Tech where he earned his Masters’ Degree in History, to the Presidency of the Texas Public Policy Foundation where he shepherded their work in energy and criminal justice helping the first Trump administration change the perceptions of those sectors of the country, to the Presidency of the Heritage Foundation, Dr Kevin Roberts has come to define conservative leadership in America. We spend some time with Dr Roberts talking about that Conservatism, redistricting in Virginia and beyond and the upcoming elections. Keep Up With The Daily Signal Sign up for our email newsletters:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.dailysignal.com/email⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Subscribe to our other shows: The Tony Kinnett Cast: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2284199939⁠ The Signal Sitdown: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL2026390376⁠ Problematic Women:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL7765680741⁠ Victor Davis Hanson: ⁠https://megaphone.link/THEDAILYSIGNAL9809784327⁠ Follow The Daily Signal: X:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://x.com/intent/user?screen_name=DailySignal⁠ Instagram:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.instagram.com/thedailysignal/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Facebook:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.facebook.com/TheDailySignalNews/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Truth Social:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://truthsocial.com/@DailySignal⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/dailysignal?sub_confirmation=1⁠ Subscribe on your favorite podcast platform and never miss an episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sean has had some good ideas over the years.
0:05.0	But using Canva was a really good one.
0:08.0	Sean designed some social posts to promote his friend's car boot sale.
0:13.0	They looked good.
0:15.0	Really, really good.
0:17.0	Next thing he knows, someone came and bought the lot, including the car.
0:24.5	Now Sean doesn't know how he's going to get home.
0:28.0	Thanks, Canva.
0:36.1	Thanks for listening to this bonus episode of the Daily Signal podcast.
0:41.0	I'm your host, Joe Thomas, Virginia correspondent for The Daily Signal.
0:45.4	Before we dive into today's interview, I want to thank you for tuning in today.
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1:12.2	DailySignal.com. Now, let's get started with today's conversation right after this.
1:18.7	Dr. Kevin Roberts from the Heritage Foundation is on with us. Dr. Roberts, thank you for taking
1:24.7	some time out with us. How are you doing, sir?
1:33.1	Well, I'm doing well. It's wonderful to be with you, Joe. There are a lot of challenges in the country across the world, but there are also a lot of opportunities. As I like to remind people,
1:37.9	and you know this well, we're winning, and we need to act like it.
1:41.3	Well, and that's where I think a lot of this mania comes from is, and I made this case
1:46.2	yesterday. I'm curious your thought, all this redistricting mania that I haven't seen since the
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