Biden will lose. Time to destroy the deep state | Kevin Roberts interview

“We believe at Heritage that a conservative, whether it’s President Trump or someone else in the field, will replace President Biden, thank goodness, and it isn’t enough for whoever that is to govern [as a] conservative. Tactically they have to wake up every day and say, what part of the American administrative state am I going to destroy today? Not reform, not modify, not tweak, destroy; fire the bureaucrats, close agencies, end, as is my pet project, the U.S. Department of Education.

“If [Republicans] don’t have the backbone like Lady Thatcher, like President Reagan, to stand up to the Blob and to destroy it, we will lose America. Every tactic has to be oriented around that goal.”

Dr Kevin Roberts is the president of The Heritage Foundation, one of America’s most influential conservative think tanks. The Telegraph’s Steven Edginton sits down with him to discuss the state of American conservatism, President Biden and the Blob for the latest Off Script podcast. Watch the full episode above, or listen on your podcast app by searching “Off Script”.

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[ColonelKlinck]

Praises Trump comparing him to Reagan. Time to turn it off, the guy is a loon.

[johnwocke]

The Heritage Foundation is very shady. This smooth talking guy is actively working towards fascism in the USA. Don’t give him airtime

[IIIIOIIIIOIIII]

"My Christian faith tells me not to judge" – aka I'm chickenshit opportunist taking every chance to gain power and willing to overlook each Trumps immoral crony behavior.

[SuperHero-dqjc]

No matter what he says, everything destroyed needs to be replaced. These people need to spell out, in detail, exactly what they are going to fill the drained swamp with. As much as I think that government and institutions need to reform, I trust these people much less. They need to come clean with exactly what they want to do and who is running it.

[steve]

thanks for interviewing Mouth of Putin

[hhKJgfMarzthP]

using words conservatism and trump in the same sentence? MAGA republicans Making Russia Great Again.

[marjconnelly]

This is a very, very dangerous loon. The "blob" he keeps referring to is a majority of American voters.

[alinharagus]

So… he is worshippin trump . I understood that from the first minutes. I wish he could talk about viktor orban’s people inside Heritage 😮 . Orc’s name always with small letters, never capitals.

[donnagjoka]

Right 👍 .. educated people will fixing morality in power.. political economy..

[simontmn]

I saw Sean Gabb say this about the UK 10 years ago - the bureaucracy is not reformable.

[leenickshramko]

Interestingly, the comments here criticizing the Telegraphs having this conversation are channels- trolls and flying monkeys.

[donnagjoka]

Right 👍 .. educated people will fixing morality in power.. political economy..