HOUSTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw wants a new Reagan revolution — a return to the 1980s-era Republican Party pillars of small government, low taxes and less welfare that he says have been crowded out by infighting in recent years.
The yearning for an earlier era was made clear by the Delorean that was parked next to the stage of the third annual Crenshaw Youth Summit at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Houston this weekend, at which Crenshaw called on a few hundred young conservatives to cease toxic ongoing party squabbles, and unite to preserve the vision outlined by Reagan decades ago.
“These divisions are manufactured. They’re not real. They are manufactured by opportunists online, on TV and on social media who can’t string a sentence together about serious public policy,” he said. “They say they fight for you, but the truth is they only fight for your attention. They fight for your fundraising dollars, they fight for your clicks, your likes, your views — knowing that America has been conditioned to be attentive to only drama.”
The event came as a younger, more diverse generation of Americans increasingly flocks to the left. Among Generation Z — those born after 1996 — slightly more than half are non-Hispanic white, according to Pew Research. Twenty-five percent are Hispanic, 14% are Black, 6% are Asian, and 5% are some other race or two or more races.
It’s a particularly concerning trend for the Texas GOP as it heads into midterm elections next month and as Democrats rally around key issues for younger Americans, including LGBTQ rights and abortion access. While most polling shows Gov. Greg Abbott and other top-ticket candidates leading in their respective races, young Texans lean much more to liberal figures, such as Abbott challenger Beto O’Rourke, than they do…
HOUSTON — U.S. Rep. Dan Crenshaw wants a new Reagan revolution — a return to the 1980s-era Republican Party pillars of small government, low taxes and less welfare that he says have been crowded out by infighting in recent years.
The yearning for an earlier era was made clear by the Delorean that was parked next to the stage of the third annual Crenshaw Youth Summit at the Hilton Hotel in downtown Houston this weekend, at which Crenshaw called on a few hundred young conservatives to cease toxic ongoing party squabbles, and unite to preserve the vision outlined by Reagan decades ago.
“These divisions are manufactured. They’re not real. They are manufactured by opportunists online, on TV and on social media who can’t string a sentence together about serious public policy,” he said. “They say they fight for you, but the truth is they only fight for your attention. They fight for your fundraising dollars, they fight for your clicks, your likes, your views — knowing that America has been conditioned to be attentive to only drama.”
The event came as a younger, more diverse generation of Americans increasingly flocks to the left. Among Generation Z — those born after 1996 — slightly more than half are non-Hispanic white, according to Pew Research. Twenty-five percent are Hispanic, 14% are Black, 6% are Asian, and 5% are some other race or two or more races.
It’s a particularly concerning trend for the Texas GOP as it heads into midterm elections next month and as Democrats rally around key issues for younger Americans, including LGBTQ rights and abortion access. While most polling shows Gov. Greg Abbott and other top-ticket candidates leading in their respective races, young Texans lean much more to liberal figures, such as Abbott challenger Beto O’Rourke, than they do…Read Morelocal_news
