Matt Lewis & the News(letter)

Matt Lewis & the News(letter)

Character Is Destiny

A Never Trump conservative reckons with interventionism in an age of mistrust

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Matt Lewis
Jan 05, 2026
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A few weeks ago, I was telling Mike Pesca of The Gist that, had Marco Rubio won the presidency in 2016, I would have likely become one of the most prominent conservative commentators in America.

This statement was overblown. But it was also not completely untrue.

New presidents always elevate new people, like a cruise ship full of journalists and politica…

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