Ep. 1220: Claremont and Modern Conservatism
The Brion McClanahan Show
The Brion McClanahan Show
4.8 • 670 Ratings
🗓️ 8 January 2026
⏱️ 41 minutes
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The Claremont Institute gained substantial influence in the Trump administration. What does this mean for American conservatism?
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| 0:51.4 | the blueprint for screwing up America? Well, none other than Alexander Hamilton |
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| 1:01.0 | created the environment that ultimately destroyed the United States. You'll also learn about |
| 1:06.6 | the Supreme Court, too. In fact, that's half the book. Ron Paul wrote the foreword, |
| 1:11.1 | I know you're going to love it. Pick it up wherever books are sold. Donald Trump has |
| 1:14.9 | surrounded himself with Claremont Fellows. The left doesn't like it, but what does this |
| 1:20.1 | actually mean? We'll talk about that on this episode, the Brian McClainan Show. |
| 1:34.7 | It's time to think locally and act locally. Welcome to the Brian McClainahan show. Welcome back to the Brian McClainahan show. Glad to be back on the program. Very glad to be here. All right. So many things to talk about, but I did mention yesterday that I was going to talk about Claremont Fellows, the Claremont Institute, and Harry Jaffa. Today. Now, I've done this many times. But maybe you're a newer listener and you don't really understand these things. You don't know why I'm critical of Claremont or critical of the Claremont Institute or Harry Jaffa. |
| 2:07.2 | And there's a very important reason. That very important reason is that when I go after |
| 2:13.0 | people like Victor Davis Hanson who say things like the Democrats or the Neo-Confederates, |
| 2:19.7 | the Democrats are Jefferson Davis. When I talk about people like that, or Dinesh DeSusso, |
| 2:26.3 | or some of these other dopes that say really stupid things about American history, |
| 2:31.6 | it's because they're influenced by none other than Harry Jaffa. |
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