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Since 2016, "conservative" has come to mean "supportive of the policies of the Trump Administration": building his "wall," enacting ruinous tariffs and limiting trade, alienating our allies and kowtowing to dictators, spending wildly, and generally doing the very opposite of what conservatism actually calls for. As a result, millions of Americans are struggling to reconcile their lifelong political identities with what their traditional political party now stands for. Rick Tyler, MSNBC's leading conservative analyst, shows they are still the ones in the right by making the case for real conservatism, one grounded in principles of liberty, the history of freedom, and simple reason. He explains why it's necessary to have a global view of the economy -- and how that includes immigration.
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Rick Tyler is a thought-provoking Political Analyst for the MSNBC Cable News Network offering a broad perspective to unfolding political events. Eschewing partisan spin, Rick gives his audience an unvarnished analysis of the meaning behind political posturing calling balls and strikes without regard to whose team strikes out.A professional political strategist, Rick has helped hundreds of candidates prepare for the rigors of campaigning for public office. He is Co-Founder of Foundry Strategies, a strategic, communications consulting firm specializing in helping political and corporate clients reach their leadership potential by honing their communications skills.Rick was in the middle of the 2016 presidential campaign serving as the National Spokesperson and Communications Director for U.S. Senator Ted Cruz' presidential campaign.In the 2012 election cycle, Rick served as senior advisor and spokesman to the Winning Our Future PAC, a pro-Newt Gingrich for President Super PAC. Prior to joining the PAC, Rick was a key member of former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich's team for more than a decade serving as Gingrich's advisor and spokesperson.Before rising to a nationally known political strategist, Rick cut his political teeth as an executive director for the Maine Republican Party. As lead trainer for GOPAC and trainer for the Leadership Institute, Rick has trained thousands of candidates, citizens and public officials and their staffs in the United States and countries around the world including Canada, Italy, Greece, Japan and Israel to lead successful campaigns for elected office.Rick has been invited to speak about his political and policy insights by many Conservative, non-partisan and professional groups, committees and state legislative caucuses. He was a guest lecturer at both the Institute for Politics at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, the Robert J. Dole Institute for Politics at the University of Kansas and is currently a guest lecturer at the Global Center for Political Engagement and The George Washington University.A gifted communicator, Rick has been heard on numerous national and local radio shows and has appeared hundreds of times on national television news shows including MSNBC; Fox News Channel; CNN; CBS News; NBC News; ABC News; PBS; HBO; CNBC; CBN; Bloomberg News; BBC; CBC; RTE and Al Jazeera.Rick is a contributing author to the New York Times Best Sellers Real Change: From the World that Fails to the World that Works and To Save American both by Newt Gingrich. He was also the project manager for Speaker Gingrich's book on healthcare called Saving Lives and Saving Money.Rick lives in Virginia with his wife Tamara.
