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    <title>Restoration Spotlight - Episodes Tagged with “America First”</title>
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  <title>Steve Cortes: Catholics And Hispanics Go America First</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>For far too long, Democrats have earned support despite putting forth policies that negatively impact voters. Now, Hispanic and Catholic voters are flocking to the Republican Party in significant numbers. The consequential shift has happened quickly and involves a variety of complex layers worth understanding to save America by encouraging votes towards conservative candidates. </itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>For far too long, Democrats have earned support despite putting forth policies that negatively impact voters. Now, Hispanic and Catholic voters are flocking to the Republican Party in significant numbers. The consequential shift has happened quickly and involves a variety of complex layers worth understanding to save America by encouraging votes towards conservative candidates. Steve Cortes is the Founder of the League of American Workers and a Senior Advisor to Catholic Vote. He joined Restoration Spotlight to break it all down, providing his expertise and experience from polling voters and speaking to them on the ground. How do Hispanics really view deportations? How can Republicans best reach them through messaging? Will this be a lasting shift? 
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    <![CDATA[<p>For far too long, Democrats have earned support despite putting forth policies that negatively impact voters. Now, Hispanic and Catholic voters are flocking to the Republican Party in significant numbers. The consequential shift has happened quickly and involves a variety of complex layers worth understanding to save America by encouraging votes towards conservative candidates. Steve Cortes is the Founder of the League of American Workers and a Senior Advisor to Catholic Vote. He joined Restoration Spotlight to break it all down, providing his expertise and experience from polling voters and speaking to them on the ground. How do Hispanics really view deportations? How can Republicans best reach them through messaging? Will this be a lasting shift?</p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>For far too long, Democrats have earned support despite putting forth policies that negatively impact voters. Now, Hispanic and Catholic voters are flocking to the Republican Party in significant numbers. The consequential shift has happened quickly and involves a variety of complex layers worth understanding to save America by encouraging votes towards conservative candidates. Steve Cortes is the Founder of the League of American Workers and a Senior Advisor to Catholic Vote. He joined Restoration Spotlight to break it all down, providing his expertise and experience from polling voters and speaking to them on the ground. How do Hispanics really view deportations? How can Republicans best reach them through messaging? Will this be a lasting shift?</p>]]>
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  <title>Renewing America with Russ Vought</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 24 Nov 2023 12:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>First Right welcomes Russ Vought, former director for the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) under President Trump and current president of Center for Renewing America. During his four years at OMB, Russ was one of Trump’s most competent managers, and he continues to work for the conservative movement on election integrity, secure borders, economic issues, and more.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>First Right welcomes Russ Vought, former director for the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) under President Trump and current president of Center for Renewing America (https://americarenewing.com/). During his four years at OMB, Russ was one of Trump’s most competent managers, and he continues to work for the conservative movement on election integrity, secure borders, economic issues, and more.
Listen now and learn about how the Center for Renewing America fights woke and weaponized government bureaucracy with America First initiatives.  
Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right here (https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/) 
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    <![CDATA[<p>First Right welcomes Russ Vought, former director for the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) under President Trump and current president of <a href="https://americarenewing.com/" rel="nofollow">Center for Renewing America</a>. During his four years at OMB, Russ was one of Trump’s most competent managers, and he continues to work for the conservative movement on election integrity, secure borders, economic issues, and more.</p>

<p>Listen now and learn about how the Center for Renewing America fights woke and weaponized government bureaucracy with America First initiatives.  </p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>First Right welcomes Russ Vought, former director for the Office and Management and Budget (OMB) under President Trump and current president of <a href="https://americarenewing.com/" rel="nofollow">Center for Renewing America</a>. During his four years at OMB, Russ was one of Trump’s most competent managers, and he continues to work for the conservative movement on election integrity, secure borders, economic issues, and more.</p>

<p>Listen now and learn about how the Center for Renewing America fights woke and weaponized government bureaucracy with America First initiatives.  </p>

<p>Want daily news without the liberal slant? Subscribe to First Right <a href="https://www.restorationofamerica.com/first-right/" rel="nofollow">here</a></p>]]>
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  <title>Episode 66: Steve Cortes, former Trump spokesman and national commentator.</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2022 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Doug talks to Steve Cortes, former Trump spokesman and national commentator, about J.D. Vance, Ukraine, and Roe v. Wade.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>27:39</itunes:duration>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Doug talks to Steve Cortes, former Trump spokesman and national commentator, about J.D. Vance, Ukraine, and Roe v. Wade.</p>

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