{"id":1917763,"date":"2023-04-21T13:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-leaders-fire-up-their-base-at-heritage-foundation-summit\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T13:16:24","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T17:16:24","slug":"conservative-leaders-fire-up-their-base-at-heritage-foundation-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/conservative-leaders-fire-up-their-base-at-heritage-foundation-summit\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservative Leaders Fire Up Their Base at Heritage Foundation Summit"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fconservative-leaders-fire-up-their-base-at-heritage-foundation-summit%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=1917763&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 class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0421\/1a5e5682-5b46-42c8-acb5-9c493f83e606\/audio.mp3?length=5957901&#038;duration=496\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>OXON HILL, Md.\u2014Many conservative leaders spoke about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/hawley-warns-of-great-awokening-says-gop-not-prepared-to-respond_5210375.html\">threats of woke ideology<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/communist-china-the-greatest-threat-to-us-in-100-years-sen-hawley_5210368.html\">Chinese Communist Party (CCP)<\/a>, one or both, at the 50th-anniversary leadership summit of the Heritage Foundation, which started Thursday. Audience members said they were encouraged, hopeful, and cautiously looking forward to seeing action taken in the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWelcome to the fight that will determine the next 15 years in the history of the conservative movement in the United States of America,\u201d said Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve learned the hard way that it\u2019s not enough for conservatives to hold power. We have to wield it, not for ourselves, but for the country and its future, for the everyday American,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>On Friday, Heritage will announce its new \u201cMandate for Leadership,\u201d a policy book representing the work of over 350 conservative leaders. Roberts described it as a \u201cnew plan for the next great conservative presidency\u201d and \u201ccomprehensive agenda\u201d that addresses two challenges: \u201cdismantling the woke weaponized administrative state at home\u201d and \u201cdefeating the Chinese Communist Party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He praised that conservative leaders, despite being called \u201chopelessly fractured\u201d by Washington insiders, formed \u201curgent consensus\u201d in creating the policy book.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the CCP threat, various federal and state elected officials covered topics of education, gender identity, and the fiscal responsibility of Congress.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5211747\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21\/id5211747-DSC05808-1200x798.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speaks at the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Leadership Summit in National Harbor, Md., on Apr. 20, 2023. (Terri Wu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<h2>Sen. Tim Scott Well Received<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cAmerica really seems to be at a crossroads. And to see them coming together at this point, to make that stand for conservatism in the country really matters,\u201d Jason McGuire, president of New Yorker\u2019s Family Research Foundation, a Christian educational organization, told The Epoch Times, referring to the conservative leaders.<\/p>\n<p>McGuire said he enjoyed the speech of Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), who announced his run for president in 2024. \u201cI think he really gets it that the core of where we need to be is this: faith and freedom are tied together,\u201d McGuire added. \u201cHe certainly understands that as a people, if we go back to being a people of faith, then I think we\u2019ll see a whole different country than we have today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Scott told the audience he was happy growing up in a poor family because the household was \u201cfilled with love and with faith\u2014there was always the joy of the Lord being your strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re going to have a day where we have a new American sunrise, it starts with restoring confidence in who we are as Americans,\u201d he said to a room packed with attendees at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, adding that the Founding Fathers should be celebrated and that America is the land of opportunity, not the land of oppression.<\/p>\n<p>He ended his speech with: \u201cThe next American sunrise means the strength of our leader is more important than the strength of [China\u2019s] leader. Today we are losing the battle because the weakness of the president of the United States is always more important than the strength of President Xi and China. Get ready for another American sunrise.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McGuire said the senator\u2019s \u201cnew American sunrise\u201d message was a \u201cmessage of hope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really look forward to hearing what Gov. DeSantis has to share tomorrow. I think we\u2019ll hear some great themes because of a lot of optimism about where we\u2019re going to be heading as a country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Darren, a 34-year-old financial services professional from Dallas, Texas, found Scott a \u201ccompelling person in front of the room.\u201d \u201cI loved his speaking style. I thought he was very inspiring in the way that he spoke,\u201d he told The Epoch Times. \u201cI thought that he did a good job of reminding people that it\u2019s okay to be proud to be an American.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The self-identified conservative preferred not to disclose his last name.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Find More Common Ground\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Darren said he identified a theme at the event about changing the relationship with China and \u201ca call around the cultural separation that many feel in the United States.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I think that drumbeat is sometimes something that I agree with, and sometimes it isn\u2019t. I would like to see politics in the United States less of a versus conversation\u2014we don\u2019t need to say \u2018kumbaya\u2019 to each other all the time\u2014and just a more congenial and friendly conversation, if possible,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>His brother Nelson, who lives in St. Petersburg, Florida, shared the same view. Nelson said he dislikes \u201cadversarial conversations\u201d and doesn\u2019t think they are helpful. \u201cWe\u2019re really just all on the same team here. We\u2019re all part of the same country. I think that\u2019s an ugly way to start a conversation. It certainly doesn\u2019t bring new friends into the den,\u201d he told The Epoch Times.<\/p>\n<p>In Darren\u2019s view, politicians sometimes find it useful to focus on the differences between people\u2019s ideas because \u201cit is a way to fire up a base and get elected.\u201d \u201cAt the end of the day, I want us as a country to be able to find more common ground that I think we\u2019re finding now,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5211462\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/04\/21\/id5211462-3-DSC06236-1200x798.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) speaks at the Heritage Foundation\u2019s Leadership Summit in National Harbor, Md., on April 20, 2023. (Terri Wu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figure>\n<p>Darren said Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) was \u201cdefinitely the wonk in the room\u201d and \u201cin a positive way.\u201d \u201cI loved his bluntness; I felt like Rick\u2019s conversation with us was very frank about his way of approaching Washington. I liked him a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018I Feel More Upbeat\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Susan Jellison, a retired nurse from Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, said she had a \u201cmarvelous time\u201d at the event. Her top two issues\u2014pro-life and education\u2014were addressed by speakers. \u201cAmerica is going way too far off to the left,\u201d she told The Epoch Times, adding that Republican leaders would need to take actions and walk the talk.<\/p>\n<p>Susan\u2019s husband, David, a retired commercial real estate developer, shared that observation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I think we came in <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OXON HILL, Md.\u2014Many conservative leaders spoke about the threats of woke ideology and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), one or both, at the 50th-anniversary leadership summit of the Heritage Foundation, which started Thursday. 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