Matthew Continetti on the history of the American conservative movement

Matthew Continetti, on “The Right: The History of the American Conservative Movement.” Matthew Continetti is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), where his work is focused on American political thought and history, with a particular focus on the development of the Republican Party and the American conservative movement in the 20th century. A prominent journalist, analyst, book author, and intellectual historian of the right, Continetti was the founding editor and the editor-in-chief of The Washington Free Beacon. He is also a contributing editor at National Review and a columnist for Commentary Magazine. He also appears frequently on Fox News Channel’s “Special Report” with Bret Baier and MSNBC’s “Meet the Press Daily” with Chuck Todd. He will speak about his forthcoming book The Right: The History of the American Conservative Movement (April 2021). Matt Continetti has a BA in history from Columbia University.
Presented by the Program on Constitutional Government on April 15, 2022.