{"id":1781741,"date":"2022-12-20T13:11:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781741"},"modified":"2022-12-20T13:18:33","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T18:18:33","slug":"karoline-leavitt-i-am-a-gen-z-republican-and-my-time-in-the-trenches-taught-me-this-about-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/karoline-leavitt-i-am-a-gen-z-republican-and-my-time-in-the-trenches-taught-me-this-about-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Karoline Leavitt: I Am a Gen Z Republican and My Time in the Trenches Taught Me This About 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fkaroline-leavitt-i-am-a-gen-z-republican-and-my-time-in-the-trenches-taught-me-this-about-2024%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"speechkit-wrapper\" class=\"speechkit-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The first step toward fixing a problem is admitting you have one; and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/elections\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2022 midterm election results<\/a> proved the Republican Party has a youth crisis. The most colossal challenge facing the GOP is the inability to resonate with the most-influential voting bloc in our electorate \u2013 my generation, Generation Z. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">I turned 25 just a few weeks prior to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winning the GOP Nomination in New Hampshire.<\/a> Among many reasons, I ran for Congress because I recognize the dire need to bring youthful voices into our party, and fight back against the rapid, leftist indoctrination of my generation. I was raised to appreciate our nation\u2019s fundamental values of faith, family, and freedom \u2013 values that are uncommon and unpopular among my peers. Generation Z has been indoctrinated to be\u00a0faithless, anti-American, self-proclaimed socialists who care about changing their gender more than paying their bills. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 2022 midterms were the first electoral test on the impact of Generation Z Americans, and Republicans failed miserably. 18-29 year-olds flooded the polls to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/politics\/elections\/democrats\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cast their ballots for Democrat candidates.<\/a> In House races like mine, 63% of Generation Z Americans voted Democrat. In all races nationwide, 18-29 year-olds voted Democrat by 28 points. In contrast, the GOP\u2019s dwindling base of voters 65 years and older only voted Republican by 13 points. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite my youth and energetic, grassroots campaign \u2013 I was no exception. I lost my hard-fought race at the hands of my own generation. Thousands of students at college campuses in my district, namely the University of New Hampshire, utilized New Hampshire\u2019s same day registration law and voted against me in their quest to end the alleged &#8220;threat to democracy&#8221; and protect their utmost priority \u2013 &#8220;abortion rights.&#8221; \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 767px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" \/><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/640\/320\/GettyImages-1417997644.jpg?ve=1&#038;tl=1\" alt=\"Student loan debt is a big issue for Generation Z. Here, borrowers stage a rally in front of The White House to celebrate President Biden canceling student debt and to begin the fight to cancel any remaining debt on August 25, 2022, in Washington, DC.\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p>\n      Student loan debt is a big issue for Generation Z. Here, borrowers stage a rally in front of The White House to celebrate President Biden canceling student debt and to begin the fight to cancel any remaining debt on August 25, 2022, in Washington, DC.<br \/>\n      <span class=\"copyright\">(Paul Morigi\/Getty Images for We the 45m)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>By 2024, Gen Z and Millennials will make up nearly half of the electorate, replacing Baby Boomers once and for all. The future of the GOP \u2013\u00a0and the future of America \u2013\u00a0literally lies in the hands of these young, woke, ideologues. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party, including establishment leadership, donors and grassroots voters, must admit this problem and ask the hard questions \u2013 how can we combat the leftist messaging from every powerful institution in our country, from TikTok and the mainstream media, to the higher education university system and Hollywood? How do we compete with the Democrat Party, which is openly promising free stuff to the most-privileged generation in history? \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>First, we need to talk about issues we know young Americans care about, such as the environment, the unaffordability of higher education, lack of affordable housing, and economic opportunity. If we make these issues part of our party\u2019s platform, we can then draw young voters in and educate them on our conservative principles. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Republicans cannot continue to allow the Democrats to own an issue as popular and simple as protecting the environment. Republicans want clean water, air and forests, too, so why don\u2019t we say that, instead of allowing the Democrats to portray us as evil Earth-haters who want the planet to end in 10 years? If we continue to bury our heads in the sand on perceived \u2018Democrat\u2019 issues and solely talk about what we are against, we give the opposition free rein to falsely prescribe what we are for. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps more importantly than adjusting our message, is sharing that message on the mediums utilized by young voters. Nearly 75% of Generation Z Americans read their daily news on social media. Yet the Democrats invested millions more in digital advertising than the Republicans. We cannot relay our message to young voters if we refuse to meet them where they are. And until TikTok is (hopefully) entirely banned, we can no longer ignore it. Republicans are nowhere to be found on this highly used app \u2013 giving the Democrats their own, free, powerful platform to indoctrinate America\u2019s youth. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE OPINION NEWSLETTER<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lastly, Republicans need to aggressively reform America\u2019s most important institution \u2013 the public school system. The fight to take back our culture and cure the woke cancer infecting the minds of our children must take place where they meet each day \u2013 the classroom. Our nation\u2019s decaying sense of patriotism begins and ends in America\u2019s schools, as proven by the removal of Bibles and American Flags, and the erasing of the names of historical figures like Abraham Lincoln from school buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather than spend millions of dollars to attack fellow Republicans in primaries (as happened to me in my race), the Republican establishment should invest in school board races in every state across the country to elect common-sense individuals who will fire woke school administrators and bad teachers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rather than greenlight billions of taxpayer dollars to Ukraine, Republican leadership should push for a massive overhaul of the failed common core system, and propose a rigorous academic plan to increase reading, writing and math levels. It\u2019s time for Republicans to play hard ball, like the Democrats do, and threaten tax dollars to any school district that implements radical gender ideology and critical race theory, and fails to adequately educate its students. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each day, young Americans are turning 18, unapologetically woke and ready to join the leftist cult on their college campuses. In this 24\/7 digital age, young people are more engaged than ever before, as registering to vote is as simple as downloading Snapchat on the iPhone. For these reasons, Generation Z is being taught to be the greatest, growing threat to America, as we know her and love her. The GOP needs to act aggressively and quickly, before it\u2019s too late. \u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p><i>Karoline Leavitt is the former Republican nominee for Congress in New Hampshire\u2019s 1st Congressional District. Leavitt formerly served as communications director for House Republican Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, and as assistant press secretary in President Donald Trump\u2019s White House.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! 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