Tim Phillips
The Catalyst
Ideas with a spark, energy, range and the ability to start things.
Tim Phillips is a prominent leader in the conservative movement, focusing on building local and state-based organizations to influence policy. This interview reveals his commitment to engaging the public and driving change through strategic grassroots mobilization.
“That's right, Liatwater, famous or infamous, depending on your point of view. Yes. He really, with Carol Campbell, the guy who became the congressman for the upstate governor, they founded the modern Republican Party in South Carolina.”
“And it's a challenge for them, whether it's that Trumpism which on economic issues like free trade and on entitlement reform, in my view, are wrong. They're drifting away from what I believe has been a cohesiveness that's been good for the Republican Party because it's philosophically sound. So I look at some of the Trump issues.”
“You did that not Around issues completely. Yeah. The first battle we were involved in was in Kansas. It was a tax increase battle. Then Governor Sibilius was looking to raise taxes in Kansas. Republican majorities in the House and Senate were looking at going along.”
“We have invested before and we do a lot of issue education work. We sure do. And I think about as frustrating, and David, just something you and I have talked about, as frustrating as the federal level has been for us, and it's maddening to us.”
The Axe Files with David Axelrod — Ep. 57 - Tim Phillips
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