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The Andrew Klavan Show

The Republican Path to Victory With Rachel Bovard

The Andrew Klavan Show

The Andrew Klavan Show

Society & Culture

4.822.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2022

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Rachel Bovard, the senior director of policy at the Conservative Partnership Institute, joins us to discuss the pitfalls of Republicans in fighting the culture war and wokeness, the reality and political future of Donald Trump, the threats that big tech poses and how to address these, and the way forward for the Republican party. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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pour, and enjoy your Tails cocktail. So I'm really thrilled to have Rachel Bovard. You've heard

0:32.8

me talk about her before when she gave a spectacular speech. She's the Senior Director of Policy

0:38.6

at the Conservative Partnership Institute, which she helped found in 2017. And before that she spent

0:44.6

a decade on Capitol Hill and various rules, including as Legislative Director for Senator Rand Paul.

0:49.3

But we just brought her on because she's a wine expert and we just thought we'd talk about

0:53.0

booze. No Rachel, thank you for coming on. It's great to meet you actually.

0:56.8

Yeah, likewise, I'm happy to be here. And you know, booze is my one transferable life skill.

1:01.7

So, I'm happy to talk about that too. Yes, yes, it's very dear to my heart.

1:06.8

You know, before we just talk about your speech and what you're seeing on the political landscape,

1:11.6

how did you get where you are? I mean, what was your background that made you go into

1:16.4

conservatism, which is guaranteed unpopularity? Nobody told me that. I think that's how I

1:22.8

got here. Haha, that explained everything. Yeah, the jokes on me. In reality, I had no plan to

1:29.6

end up in politics. I wasn't involved in it really as a high schooler, even as an undergraduate.

1:36.1

I did my undergrad work at Grove City College outside of Pittsburgh. And I had a professor there

1:40.7

named Paul Kangour, who I was a research assistant for him on a number of books that he was like,

1:45.2

you know, I know you're thinking about law school, but you might like DCs, try it out. And so,

1:49.7

he set me up with an internship. And I really never look back. I came right out of college

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