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Student Action Summit 2021

Charlie Kirk is the Founder and President of Turning Point USA, a national student movement dedicated to identifying, organizing, and empowering young people to promote the principles of free markets and limited government.

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<p class="sc-bwzfXH sc-htpNat kisWSV">With representation on over 2,000 high school and college campuses nationwide and over 160 full-time staff, Turning Point USA is the largest and fastest-growing conservative youth activist organization in the country. At just 26-years-old, Charlie has appeared on CNBC, Fox News, and FOX Business News over 600 times, is a columnist at <span class="sc-ihiiSJ evNUdc">Newsweek</span> and <span class="sc-iGPElx eGsnUF">The Hill</span> and was named to the Forbes “30 under 30” list. Charlie was also the youngest speaker at the 2016 Republican National Convention and is the author of two books, and his most recent title, “The MAGA Doctrine: The Only Ideas That Will Win the Future” is a #1 Best Seller. Charlie is also the Chairman of <a class="sc-bwzfXH sc-bxivhb jAEiZs sc-htpNat duJkyJ" href="https://trumpstudents.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Students for Trump</a>, which aims to activate one million new college voters on campuses in battleground states in the lead up to the 2020 presidential election.</p>
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<p class="sc-bwzfXH sc-htpNat kisWSV">In 2019, Charlie was granted an honorary doctorate from Liberty University citing his exceptional leadership and energetic voice for conservatives. His social media reaches over 100 million people per month and according to <span class="sc-iGPElx eGsnUF">Axios</span>, he is one of the "top 10 most engaged" Twitter handles in the world, behind only President Trump among conservatives. Charlie is the host of “The Charlie Kirk Show”—which regularly ranks among the top 15 news shows on Apple podcast charts—where Charlie delivers in-depth analysis of the modern political and cultural landscape, mixing in philosophy and history with his signature campus activism along with interviews of some of the most influential people of our time.</p>

Michael R. Pompeo served as the 70 th  Secretary of State of the United States, the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, and was elected to four terms in Congress representing Kansas’ 4 th  District.
Secretary Pompeo graduated first in his class at the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1986 and served as a cavalry officer patrolling the Iron Curtain.  He rose to the rank of Captain, and went on to graduate from Harvard Law School.
Before serving in Congress, he spent a decade leading two manufacturing businesses in South Central Kansas. Mike Pompeo is married to his wife, Susan -- with whom he taught 5 th  grade
Sunday school for many years -- and has one son, Nick.

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<p class="\&quot;p1\&quot;">Kayleigh McEnany is the acting Spokesperson for the Republican National Committee.<span class="\&quot;Apple-converted-space\&quot;">  </span>She previously worked as a CNN political commentator, appearing throughout the network’s primetime and election coverage.<span class="\&quot;Apple-converted-space\&quot;">  </span>She graduated from Harvard Law School with a Juris Doctor and Georgetown University School of Foreign Service with a BSFS in International Politics.<span class="\&quot;Apple-converted-space\&quot;">  </span>She also studied politics and international relations at Oxford University, St. Edmund Hall.</p>
<p class="\&quot;p1\&quot;">Before joining CNN, Kayleigh appeared on ABC’s “The View” and was regularly featured on various Fox News and Fox Business programs. In addition to her television work, Kayleigh has a book coming out to be published by Simon &amp; Schuster in January of 2018 called The New American Revolution: The Making of a Populist Movement.<span class="\&quot;Apple-converted-space\&quot;">  </span>She was a contributor for The Hill and a columnist for Above The Law, providing textualist analysis of legal issues.</p>

Rick Scott was elected to the U.S. Senate in 2018 and is currently serving his first term representing the state of Florida. Prior to his election to the U.S. Senate, Rick Scott served two terms as the 45th Governor of Florida, working every day to turn around Florida’s economy and secure the state’s future as the best place for families and businesses to succeed.  Scott grew up in public housing in the Midwest as his adoptive father, a World War II veteran and truck driver, and his mother, a store clerk, struggled to financially support their family. After marrying his high school sweetheart, Ann, Scott joined the Navy, where he served active duty as a radar man aboard the USS Glover. He used the G.I. Bill to attend the University of Missouri, Kansas City, and eventually opened his first business – a donut shop. Scott went on to run the world’s largest healthcare company and continues to fight every day so families across the state can have the same opportunities he had to live the American dream.

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Rick Scott knows firsthand that a good paying job is one of the most important things for a family, and following Florida’s economic collapse ten years ago, he made the decision to run for governor as a businessman with no political experience. During his term as Governor, he successfully championed more than $10 billion in tax cuts and cut thousands of burdensome regulations that led Florida businesses to create nearly 1.7 million new jobs. Under his leadership, the unemployment rate dropped from 11 percent to 3.3 percent, Florida paid down $10 billion in state debt, and record investments were made in what matters most to Floridians – education, the environment, and public safety.

Rick Scott and his wife, Ann, have been married for 48 years and have two daughters, Allison and Jordan, six grandsons, Auguste, Quinton, Sebastian, Eli, Louie and Jude, and one granddaughter, Zelda Ann.

Dan Bongino is an American conservative political commentator, radio show host, author, politician, former New York City Police Department (NYPD) officer and former Secret Service agent

Kimberly Ann Guilfoyle is an American television news personality who also served as an advisor to Donald Trump. Guilfoyle studied at University of California, Davis, and the University of San Francisco and was a prosecuting attorney in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.

Throughout his life, Ted Cruz has proven to be a passionate and effective fighter for limited government, economic growth, and the Constitution.
Ted’s calling to public service has been inspired by his firsthand observation of the pursuit of freedom and opportunity in America. Ted’s mother, Eleanor, was born in Delaware to an Irish and Italian
working-class family. She became the first in her family to go to college, graduated from Rice University with a degree in mathematics, and became a pioneering computer programmer in the 1950s.
After being tortured and imprisoned in Cuba, Ted’s father, Rafael, fled to the United States to attend the University of Texas at Austin in 1957. He then started a small business in the oil and gas industry. Today, Ted’s father is a
pastor in Dallas.
As Solicitor General for the State of Texas and in private practice, Ted authored more than 80 U.S. Supreme Court briefs and argued 43 oral arguments, including nine before the U.S. Supreme Court. He also won an unprecedented series of landmark national victories that include his defense of U.S. sovereignty against the UN and the World Court in Medellin v. Texas, our Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms, the constitutionality of the Ten Commandments monument at the Texas StateCapitol, and the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance.
In the U.S. Senate, Ted has led the fight to repeal Obamacare, to secure the border, and to confirm Justice Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court. He has also led the fight to defend life, marriage, the First Amendment, the Second Amendment, and our entire Bill of Rights. And most importantly, he’s kept his promise to speak the truth and do what he said he’d do.
Ted has proven to be the exact type of courageous conservative we need in the U.S. Senate to restore economic growth, defend our Constitution, and protect the values we all hold dear. Ted, his wife Heidi, their two daughters, Caroline and Catherine, and his entire family have been blessed to live the American Dream — the idea that anyone, through hard work and determination, can achieve anything. And he is committed to ensuring every family has that same opportunity.

<p class="p1">Judge Jeanine Pirro is the host of the consistently highest-rated primetime weekend show, Fox News Channel's Justice with Judge Jeanine. Judge is also a legal commentator, author, champion of victim's rights and former District Attorney and County Judge.</p>
<p class="p1">Judge Pirro won a daytime Emmy for her daily syndicated court show "Judge Pirro." As a nationally recognized legal expert Pirro appears on television programs such as "The Today Show " on NBC, "Good Morning America" on ABC, "The Early show" on CBS, "60 Minutes," "48 Hours," "Nightline," "Larry King Live," "The View," "The O'Reilly Factor," and other national television shows. Pirro has been profiled in several magazines including the New Yorker, the New York Times Magazine, More Magazine, New York Magazine and was even named as one of the world's 50 Most Beautiful People by People Magazine.</p>
<p class="p1">Currently, Pirro hosts Fox News Channel's "Justice with Judge Jeanine". Throughout her tenure with Fox News Channel, Pirro has covered breaking news and has reported live on the Aurora theater massacre shooting, the Casey Anthony trial in Orlando Florida, the Drew Peterson trial in Chicago, Illinois, the Newtown, Connecticut school shooting and the George Zimmerman trial in Orlando, Florida. Her opening statement - a commentary on political as well as pressing contemporary issues garner millions of 'hits'. Her strong reasoned opinions, no nonsense analysis, fearlessness and sense of humor make her a sought after and entertaining speaker.</p>
<p class="p1">Pirro is the author of four books: "To Punish and Protect: One DA's Fight Against a System That Coddles Criminals," "Sly Fox," "Clever Fox" and her most recent book, which was the subject of the HBO documentary THE JINX, ""He Killed Them All: Robert Durst and My Quest for Justice."</p>
<p class="p1">Born in the small upstate New York farming town of Elmira, Pirro graduated from Notre Dame High School in three years, earned a B.A. Magna Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Buffalo, and received her Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree from Albany Law School where she was an editor of the law review.</p>

Byron Donalds grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and he is also the proud son of a hardworking and loving single mother. His mother dedicated her time instilling in him that greatness requires sacrifice, which drives him as a devoted family man and United States Congressman.

Byron is a graduate of Florida State University and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in finance and marketing. Byron's career led him to Southwest Florida, where he worked in the banking, finance, and insurance industries. Elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 2016, Byron represented Hendry County and east Collier County in the State Capitol. During his tenure in the Florida House, Byron served as the PreK-12 Quality Subcommittee Chair during the 2018-2019 Legislative Session and served as the Insurance &amp; Banking Subcommittee's Chairman 2019-2020 Legislative Session. While serving in the Florida House, primarily focused on elder affairs, criminal justice reform, and ensuring that each child has access to a world-class education.

In January of 2020, Byron Donalds announced his congressional campaign live on Fox &amp; Friends. Byron won the Republican nomination for Florida's 19th Congressional District in August 2020, in a 9-way primary, filled with two self-funders and amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. During the general election, Byron received the endorsement of President Donald J. Trump, who called Byron a "rising star" and "a phenomenal Congressman." Byron secured his victory in the general election over a progressive leftist, with over sixty-two percent of the vote. He has been a featured guest on multiple media outlets such as Fox News, Newsmax, BBC, the Washington Post, and more. Byron is committed to serving and giving back to the community that gave him so much. He has served Southwest Florida in many ways, including previously serving on the Board of Trustees for Florida Southwestern State College after being appointed by then-Governor Rick Scott. Byron continues to volunteer in his church as a youth leader and a mentor. He also enjoys volunteering as a coach in youth football and basketball leagues.

Congressman Byron Donalds lives in Naples, Florida, with his wife, Erika, and their three sons: Damon, Darin, and Mason. Byron has spent his entire adult life serving others, whether it be through volunteering, business, or leadership. He is committed to representing Florida's 19th Congressional District's conservative values in Washington DC to ensure a stronger Florida and a stronger nation.

<p class="p1">Jesse Watters currently serves as the host of Watters' World (Saturdays, 8PM/ET) and co-host of The Five (weekdays, 5-6PM/ET) on FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in 2002 as a production assistant.</p>
<p class="p1">On Watters' World, Jesse takes on compelling guests and top newsmakers with his original style and fun personality. Recently in March 2017, he aired an exclusive interview with President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One.</p>
<p class="p1">On The Five, Jesse is part of a roundtable ensemble of FNC personalities who discuss, debate and even debunk the hot news stories, controversies and issues of the day.</p>
<p class="p1">In 2003, Jesse made his on-camera debut as a correspondent for The O'Reilly Factor. While working with the program, he showcased his popular man-on-the-street interviews, traveling to different locations while quizzing individuals about politics, pop culture, and current events.</p>
<p class="p1">Jesse graduated from Trinity College with a Bachelor of Arts in history.</p>

Jack Posobiec is the Senior Editor of Human Events, a political news and analysis outlet founded in 1944. Prior to that, Posobiec served as a Washington DC correspondent at One America News Network. Posobiec is a veteran intelligence officer of the United States Navy with multiple deployments including Guantanamo Bay and East Asia. At Guantanamo Bay, Posobiec served as a HUMINT (human intelligence) analyst in the interrogation cell. In 2014, he joined the Office of Naval Intelligence as an officer at the Kennedy Irregular Warfare Center which provided intelligence to Navy Special Warfare and Navy Expeditionary Combat Command .

Posobiec completed his final deployment in 2016 as the Intelligence Director for Navy Expeditionary Forces Command Pacific - Task Force 75. Task Force 75 provides expeditionary intelligence throughout the Indo-Asia-Pacific region as directed by 7th Fleet Commander.

Posobiec has written three non-fiction books: Citizens for Trump: The Inside Story of the People's Movement to Take Back America, all about the 2016 presidential election, 4D Warfare: A Doctrine for a New Generation of Politics, a handbook on political information operations, and Antifa: Inside the Black Bloc, about his investigations infiltrating the Antifa phenomenon in North America and their history. In 2019, Posobiec was awarded a Lincoln Fellowship by the Claremont Institute. Posobiec is also a supporter of Let Them Live, a nonprofit that saves lives from abortion by supporting women in crisis pregnancies. Posobiec's life was the inspiration for the graphic novel 'Agent Poso' by Chuck Dixon and Brett Smith.

After graduating from Temple University, Posobiec spent 2 years living in China working in international business and learning to speak fluent Mandarin Chinese. Originally from the Philadelphia area, Posobiec now resides in Washington, D.C. with his wife Tanya and their two sons.

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael Knowles is the celebrated host of “The Michael Knowles Show” at the Daily Wire, “The Book Club” at PragerU, and “Verdict with Ted Cruz.” In 2017, Michael published the #1 national bestselling treatise Reasons to Vote for Democrats, which President Donald Trump hailed as “a great book for your reading enjoyment.” In late 2020, after an appearance guest-hosting “The Rush Limbaugh Program,” it was announced that Michael’s daily podcast would be syndicated to terrestrial radio.</span>

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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Michael has appeared regularly on Fox News Channel and other major networks, and his writing has been featured on the Daily Wire, the American Mind, Fox News, and the Daily Caller. Michael is a graduate of Yale University and has lectured at colleges and universities around the country.</span>

Dr. Sebastian Gorka’s ascent could not have been more unusual, or more of a true “American Story.” To find out how it began, you have to go back to the 1950s, to Communist controlled Hungary.

Hoping for freedom after the utter devastation of the Second War, the proud nation of Hungary was instead taken over by a Stalinist dictatorship subordinate to Moscow. One young man, who had suffered under the Nazis, decided to resist and so Paul Gorka created a secret Christian student organization to subvert the Communist stranglehold of his homeland. Paul was eventually betrayed by the British double-agent Kim Philby, arrested by the Secret Police, tortured and then given a life sentence for fighting for democracy and liberty. After two years in solitary confinement, two years down a prison coal mine, and two years in the central political prison in Budapest, Paul was eventually liberated by the brave freedom fighters of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

In 2008 he moved to America with his family where he continued to work for the Defense Department and become a proud American citizen in 2012. He obtained his doctorate in Political Science from Corvinus University in Budapest and was a fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. In Washington, he served as Associate Dean for Congressional Affairs and Relations to the Special Operations Community at National Defense University and has also taught on the Masters program at Georgetown University.

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A proven fighter, and the youngest elected congressman in modern history, Madison represents the next generation of young Republicans, who won't back down to a mob.

<p class="speakable">When the Breitbart media empire was just starting, and still being operated out of late founder Andrew Breitbart's basement, Alex Marlow was the first hire. At just 35 years old, he is the editor-in-chief of Breitbart News, the longest-serving employee there -- and a link to the outlet's origins that some conservatives believe have been abandoned.</p>

Benny is the Chief Creative Officer of Turning Point USA. He is obsessed with the intersection of politics, culture and the social web. He believes conservatives deserve a better class of internet and sets out day-to-day creating one. Often times, that involves cooking bacon on a machine gun and making some of the internet's most hated videos. Benny has worked at the tip-of-the-spear in viral publishing. He has previously held the position of Viral Politics Editor at BuzzFeed, Viral Politics editor at TheBlaze, Digital Director of National Review; Creative Director of IJR. Previously, Benny served as a reporter for Tucker Carlson’s Daily Caller. Benny joined the TPUSA family in 2019 and currently oversees the Productions Department. Benny is based in Washington D.C. and hails from Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

<b>Peter Brian Hegseth</b> (born June 6, 1980) is a former Executive Director of <a title="Vets For Freedom" href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Vets_For_Freedom">Vets For Freedom</a> and a senior <a title="Counterinsurgency in Northern Afghanistan" href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Counterinsurgency_in_Northern_Afghanistan">counterinsurgency</a> instructor at the Counterinsurgency Training Center in Kabul with the <a title="Minnesota National Guard" href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Minnesota_National_Guard">Minnesota National Guard</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Pete_Hegseth#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Hegseth has made multiple appearances on national television as a military analyst and lost the Republican party endorsement for the <a class="new" title="United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2012 (page does not exist)" rel="nofollow" data-uncrawlable-url="L3dpa2kvVW5pdGVkX1N0YXRlc19TZW5hdGVfZWxlY3Rpb25faW5fTWlubmVzb3RhLF8yMDEyP2FjdGlvbj1lZGl0JnJlZGxpbms9MQ==">United States Senate election in Minnesota, 2012</a> to Kurt Bills. He is currently the CEO of Concerned Veterans for America.

At 24-years-old, Tomi Lahren is the youngest political talk show host in history. She ignited a
firestorm with her “Red, White, Blue and Unfiltered Final Thoughts” following the Chattanooga
terrorist attack that killed three Marines and one Sailor.
Controversy is her specialty. She is best known for her signature “Final Thoughts” on everything
from Beyoncé to President Obama and Hillary Clinton. She has exceeded 550 million views in
the last year, alone. Lahren was previously the host of One America News Network’s “On Point
with Tomi Lahren.” She created, wrote and designed the show from scratch.
Lahren's sassy sense of humor was showcased at the 2015 Conservative Political Action
Conference (CPAC). She destroyed the Republican stereotype of old, rich, white men. Her
Hillary Clinton pantsuit joke won over the CPAC crowd and ruffled a few feathers on the left.
Lahren was born and raised in Rapid City, South Dakota. Her parents, both from ranching
backgrounds, taught her the value of hard work. Her love of political discussion comes from
family table debates centered on the nightly news.
Not one to play it safe, Lahren moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to attend college at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas. She studied broadcast journalism and political science. She also
produced and hosted a political roundtable show The Scramble for UNLV-TV.
Two months before college graduation, Lahren contacted One America News Network for an
internship opportunity. After just one interview with network owner, Robert Herring, she was
offered her own political talk show. On Point with Tomi Lahren was born.
Lahren is not one to pull any punches. Immigration, national security and race relations are her
hot buttons. As a proud South Dakotan, she holds on to her Second Amendment rights, as well.
Truth is, we all want what's best for this country, some just need to be reminded. That's Tomi's
job.

Kat Timpf is a writer, television personality and comedian. She currently works as a Fox News contributor and the co-host of Gutfeld! on Fox News weeknights at 11pm. She was a columnist for National Review for nearly six years, and has also worked at Campus Reform, The Washington Times, Barstool Sports, Total Traffic Network, and of course, Boston Market.

<span class="lt-line-clamp__raw-line">Brandon Tatum, who is a former Tucson Police Officer, has become one of the most exciting personalities on social media after making a Facebook Video that got over 70 million views.Tatum has been featured on Fox Business, Fox &amp; Friends, Headline News, The Alex Jones Show, The James T. Harris Show, and on the radio with Joe Pags, to name a few. Tatum is currently the spokesperson for Conservative Tribune, one of the most popular online media outlets in the country. Brandon Tatum has an avid media following due to his dynamic
personality, authentic message, and his natural ability to relate to the everyday American. Brandon Tatum (got his start as) an All-American high school football player out of Fort Worth, Texas. Tatum was featured in the US-Army All-American Game, which showcases the top 78 high school football players in the nation. Tatum accepted a full athletic scholarship from the University of Arizona in 2005. Tatum played at Arizona for 5 years and entered the NFL Draft in
2010. God had other plans for Tatum, and he joined the Tucson Police Department a year later. Brandon Tatum served 6 years with the Tucson Police Department. During his tenure, Tatum became a SWAT operator, field training officer, general instructor, and a Public Information Officer.
In late 2016, Brandon Tatum became popular from viral videos he made, which dealt with social issues, politics, and law enforcement. In late 2017, Tatum made another ultra viral video that nearly broke the internet. Tatum gave his critique regarding Colin Kaepernick taking a knee during the National Anthem and it got as many views as the 2017 NFL SuperBowl! A short time later, Tatum left law enforcement and followed his passion to speak the truth full time.
Tatum holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Arizona in Sociology and is actively working on his Masters in Business Leadership from Grand Canyon University.</span>

<p class="p1">Rob McCoy, the Senior Pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel of Thousand Oaks (California), is the son of a conservative Naval officer father and a Republican activist mother. An All-American Water Polo player and a National Finalist Swimmer, he graduated from California State University Fresno with a B.A. in History and received his seminary training from The Mennonite Brethren Biblical Seminary in Fresno, California. Prior to entering the ministry, he was a Divisional Manager with Unilever and an Area Manager with Chesebrough Ponds, Inc. He has served as the Senior Pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel of Thousand Oaks for 17 years. He has been a member of the Thousand Oaks City Council since 2015 and is the former Mayor of Thousand Oaks, term starting in December of 2018. He served as a Ventura County Sheriff’s Chaplain for 4 years and on the board of the Conejo Pregnancy Center. He and his wife, Michelle, have been married 28 years and have 5 children and 3 grandchildren</p>

<p class="p1">Dr. Ben Carson is an American politician, author and former neurosurgeon. Born in Detroit, Michigan, and a graduate of Yale University and the University of Michigan Medical School, Carson has authored numerous books on his medical career and political stances. He was the subject of a television drama film in 2009. He was the Director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Maryland from 1984 until his retirement in 2013. As a pioneer in neurosurgery, Carson's achievements include performing the only successful separation of conjoined twins joined at the back of the head; pioneering the first successful neurosurgical procedure on a fetus inside the womb; performing the first completely successful separation of type-2 vertical craniopagus twins; developing new methods to treat brain-stem tumors; and reviving hemispherectomy techniques for controlling seizures. He became the youngest chief of pediatric neurosurgery in the country at age 33. He has received more than 60 honorary doctorate degrees, dozens of national merit citations, and written over 100 neurosurgical publications. In 2008, he was bestowed the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States.</p>

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert is a proud mother, Member of Congress representing CO-03, owner of Shooter\'s Grill, and an American political activist.

Kat Cammack, the Congresswoman-elect for FL-03, will be the youngest Republican woman serving in the 117th Congress.
Kat is a small business owner with grit, who grew up on a cattle ranch. She is a third generation sandblaster, an alumnus of the United States Naval War College, and was the longtime former Deputy Chief of Staff for Florida's 3rd Congressional District prior to her election.
As the 3rd generation in the family business of monuments and commercial sandblasting, Kat learned early on both the value of hard work and the pressures that small family businesses face, ranging from labor challenges to regulations.
In 2011, her family received the devastating news that they lost their small cattle ranch due to a failed Obama-era program, and they were forced to evict. After being homeless for several months, Kat was motivated by her recent personal experience with the failures of big government. She decided to pull herself up by her bootstraps and became a part of the solution to ensure no other family had to endure what she did due to the failures of Washington.
Kat is married to her husband Matt, a Gainesville native, who is a Firefighter/Paramedic &amp; SWAT Medic. Together, they co-founded a non-profit organization called “The Grit Foundation,” whose mission is to support local law enforcement, veterans, and first responders.

An American-born author, mathematician, and political commentator, Dr. James Lindsay has written six books spanning a range of subjects including religion, the philosophy of science and postmodern theory. Dr. Lindsay is the Founder of New Discourses, an organization dedicated to shining the objective light in the subject darkness.  Dr. Lindsay is currently promoting his new book "Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody." Dr. Lindsay has been a featured guest on Fox News, Glenn Beck, Joe Rogan, and NPR. 

Congressman Andy Biggs is an Arizona native and currently serving his second term in the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Arizona's Fifth District. He lives in Gilbert with his wife of 38 years, Cindy. They have six children and six grandchildren.

Congressman Biggs received his bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies from Brigham Young University; his M.A. in Political Science from Arizona State University; and his J.D. degree from the University of Arizona. He is a retired attorney, who has been licensed to practice law in Arizona, Washington, and New Mexico.

Before being elected to Congress, Congressman Biggs served in the Arizona Legislature for 14 years – the last four as the Arizona Senate President.

Congressman Biggs is a member of the House Judiciary and Science, Space, and Technology committees. He is chairman of the House Freedom Caucus, co-chair of the Border Security Caucus, co-chair of the War Powers Caucus, and Chief Regulatory Reform Officer of the Western Caucus.

Stephen Davis is a TPUSA ambassador turned Contributor and bold conservative political activist, who rallies his base and stands on the front lines of both political and cultural issues. Once a former left leaning liberal who was thoroughly manipulated by the mainstream media’s consistent push of leftist ideologies, he is now a staunch conservative who fights the liberalized agenda he once partook in. Stephen is front and center at conservative events, gatherings, and conventions where he regularly challenges the leftist narratives domineering today’s culture.  His missions are simple: to liberate ensnared minds from the clutches of mainstream media, and defeat the widespread narratives that have been destroying America’s minority communities.

<p class="p1">Alex Clark is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and host of the first ever conservative pop culture daily show: “POPlitics” from Turning Point USA. She covers entertainment news and “pop culture without the propaganda” with a bonus of wit and humor all through a refreshingly right-of-center lens. Alex spent 7 years in pop radio and recently co-hosted a #1 rated syndicated morning show based out of in Indianapolis, IN, before joining Turning Point USA.</p>
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<p class="p1">She is an outspoken young conservative who in 2016 was seen on Mark Burnett’s first reality dating show “Coupled” on FOX, where she proudly spoke about navigating the dating scene as someone on the Right. For several years she woke up listeners by discussing the hottest pop culture stories, dating issues, and lifestyle topics through a Conservative lens. Now she has created the “ Cuteservative movement” with POPlitics.</p>

Seth Dillon—may he live forever—is the CEO of The Babylon Bee, the world's most trusted, factually accurate news source. He also co-founded Not the Bee, a popular humor-based entertainment site, and invests in startups when he's not owning the libs for Jesus. He lives with his wife and two sons in Juno Beach, Florida.

Josh Hammer is opinion editor of Newsweek, a syndicated columnist, a research fellow with the Edmund Burke Foundation and counsel and policy advisor for the Internet Accountability Project. A frequent pundit and essayist on political, legal and cultural issues, Josh has been published by many leading outlets, including the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, National Affairs, The National Interest, National Review, City Journal, First Things, Public Discourse, The Spectator, The American Conservative, The American Mind, and Tablet Magazine. He has also had formal legal scholarship published in the Harvard Journal of Law &amp; Public Policy and the University of St. Thomas Law Journal. Josh is a campus speaker through Intercollegiate Studies Institute, Young America's Foundation, and the Federalist Society. He previously practiced law at Kirkland &amp; Ellis LLP and clerked for the Honorable James C. Ho of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Josh has also served as a John Marshall Fellow with the Claremont Institute. He is a graduate of Duke University and the University of Chicago Law School.

Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Martin
Luther, If You Can Keep It, Bonhoeffer, Amazing Grace, and Miracles.
His latest work is a literary memoir titled Fish Out of Water: A Search
for the Meaning of Life. He has written more than thirty children’s
books, and his books have been translated into more than twenty-five
languages. His writing has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the New
York Times, and the New Yorker, and Metaxas has appeared as a cultural
commentator on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC. He is the host of The
Eric Metaxas Show, a nationally syndicated daily radio show heard on
300 stations nationwide and aired on television on TBN. He lives in
New York City with his wife and daughter.

Sohrab Ahmari is the op-ed editor of the New York Post, a columnist for First Things, and a contributing editor of the Catholic Herald. Previously, he served as a columnist and editor with the Wall Street Journal opinion pages in New York and London, and as senior writer at Commentary. In addition to those publications, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Times Literary Supplement, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Spectator, Dissent, and America.

While most of his peers had their heads buried in comic books, a 13-year-old Chris Buskirk was devouring issues of National Review. It was the 1980s, and the conservative philosophies of Reagan ruled the day. As he became more curious about the writers he admired —postwar conservatives, intellectuals, and university professors—he began reading their works from 20 years prior. What he found animated him.

“This was stuff that was really thoughtful, Buskirk said. “If somebody came up with a policy idea, it was based on a very well developed worldview, based on years of learning.”

Buskirk went on to study political science and government at Claremont McKenna College, in the hopes of joining his heroes at the pinnacle of conservative thought. But as the thinkers he admired passed away, and the level of discourse was lowered, he left politics and went into business, spending the next two decades as an entrepreneur.

Fast forward to 2015, when a new strain of Republican thought was ascendant. “I got this idea,” Buskirk said. “I thought, ‘You know what? This is a unique political moment. A lot of things are up for grabs. I could go back to doing what I really love. There’s actually an opportunity here to move the needle in a positive direction.’” So in 2016, Buskirk created American Greatness.

“I actually started from the premise that most people actually are smarter than media generally gives them credit for. So if you pitch it a little higher, people will respond to that. We thought that legacy of conservative journalism had really descended to a low level … to a point where it was just sort of hyperbolic and outrage porn for the Right. We wanted to resurrect a more serious journalistic enterprise that represented something that was thoughtful.”

Today, Buskirk and his team have created a booming website, a podcast to boot, and a following of readers of all political stripes. Buskirk says that his journalistic endeavor is informed by the “Greatness Agenda,” which, simply put, holds a duty to citizenship before ideology or party.

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Jordan Rachel is a Turning Point USA Contributor. She was born and raised in Bellevue, Washington, USA, and began her university studies at the University of Arizona in Tucson where she studied business and communications. During her second year of college, she was cast as a lead in the Sony Pictures movie ‘Cross Wars’. She had many other roles offered to her at that time and elected to be closer to Hollywood. After moving to Los Angeles, California, she continued </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8060901/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> acting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> and transitioned into the </span><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8060901/?ref_=nmbio_bio_nm"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> producer</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> role, while finishing her degree at California State University where she graduated with a degree in Sociology and Business. Jordan also got involved in the property development of single-family homes, and is now a licensed real estate agent in the state of California. Jordan has been politically aware and informed for as long as she can remember. Jordan decided to get more politically involved when she believed, after her own consistent research, that the media was shaping the culture. She decided to use her voice to bring truth to this generation. Jordan Rachel now has one of the largest political platforms on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram with a combined engagement rate equating to, and sometimes surpassing, major television news networks.</span>

A decorated Iraq War Veteran, Rob Smith served for five years in the United States Army, including two tours in the Middle East. During Operation Iraqi Freedom he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal and the Combat Infantry Badge.

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An activist in the movement to repeal the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ law which barred open service by gay and lesbian soldiers, he was the subject of a 2018 Daily Mail profile in which he ‘came out’ as a conservative in response to the ‘outrage culture’ of the left.

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As a political commentator, he has been seen on Fox News, NBC News, CNN, HLN, and more. He has spoken about politics and current events at Yale University, Google, Deutsche Bank, Vanderbilt University, and dozens of other colleges, universities, and companies across America.

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Based in Florida, Rob Smith is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and promotes TPUSA's values of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government daily. He holds a Master’s Degree from Columbia University.

<p class="p1">Originally known as the Texas Tech cheerleading hunter, Kendall Jones has since elevated her brand as a social influencer in the outdoor industry. With over 1.2 million followers across social platforms she currently works with many brands in the outdoor industry to spread the word of conservation and to educate the public on hunting, the 2nd amendment, and the outdoor lifestyle she lives on a daily basis. Kendall has a love for children and works to create opportunities for children to get involved in the outdoors. Kendall has combated social hate, negative publicity and many obstacles along the way. Her ability to rise above the bullying and attacks is something that has inspired many to step into their fears and reach for their goals.</p>

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<h5>Isabel Brown is a Gen Z conservative voice with degrees from Colorado State University and Georgetown University. She is a Turning Point USA Contributor and the host of a daily show with TPUSA Productions, Freedom Seeds. Isabel is the author of Frontlines: Finding My Voice on an American College Campus, an Amazon bestseller. Isabel speaks regularly on campuses nationwide, has produced content with PragerU, and is also a former U.S. Senate and White House Intern. You'll often see Isabel on national news networks, from Fox News to Newsmax, and you might recognize her from her photo on the cover of Newsweek magazine! You can follow her on Instagram/Facebook/Parler @theisabelbrown and Twitter @theisabelb.</h5>
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<span style="font-weight: 400;">Erin Elmore, Esq. is a Turning Point USA Contributor, and the Executive Director of USA Strong, a grassroots organization looking to rebuild America’s middle class. Ms. Elmore is also a contributing columnist at Townhall.comand, a licensed attorney who has worked as a political strategist, and on-air correspondent. Her Commentary has been featured on Fox News, Fox Business, Fox Nation, CNN, MSNBC, YahooNews, Daily Mail, The New York Post and Good Morning Britain. Erin earned her undergraduate degree in both political science and broadcasting from the University of Miami, cum laude,and her law degree from Villanova University School of Law. </span>

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