Christopher Bedford

Washington, D.C.

Snr. politics editor & DC correspondent for TheBlaze. Writer @ The FDRLST, Telegraph, New Criterion, Spectator, Fox, American Mind, WEX, TheDC, Compact & NYPost

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Articles

250 years after the British invaded my hometown

3 days ago | conservativereview.com | Christopher Bedford
Democrats could have freed ‘Maryland man’ Abrego Garcia. They chose politics instead.

6 days ago | conservativereview.com | Christopher Bedford
Democrats could have freed ‘Maryland man’ Abrego Garcia. They chose politics instead.

6 days ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

Maryland Democrat Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s failed trip to El Salvador to free Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia — an illegal immigrant and MS-13 gang affiliate — from a maximum-security prison reveals a stupid irony. Democrats might have succeeded in transferring him to a neighboring country if they had taken a smarter, subtler approach. Instead, they chose politics. Because this was never actually about Abrego Garcia. It was about attacking President Donald Trump.
How self-indulgence and dependence are murdering the American media

1 week ago | conservativereview.com | Christopher Bedford
How self-indulgence and dependence are murdering the American media

1 week ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

Don’t get lost in the latest scandal. Step back and take in the American media landscape in all its tortured absurdity. What’s the narrative? What stories get elevated? What, if anything, are we supposed to learn? If your answer is, “Not a darn thing,” you’re exactly right. So let’s check it out. The reporters can’t help themselves. The top story in American media right now — front and center, above all else — is an illegal immigrant and court-confirmed MS-13 affiliate from El Salvador.
Oren Cass on the end of the free ride

1 week ago | conservativereview.com | Christopher Bedford
Oren Cass on the end of the free ride

1 week ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

For years, Oren Cass was a voice in the wilderness, calling for America to rebuild its industrial might and highlighting the central role tariffs would play in any serious plan. Today, his ideas have real traction. The Trump administration actively pursues policies his think tank, American Compass, helped shape. He joined me Friday to discuss the trade war and the path to a new American century. The interview has been edited for length and clarity.
No war but trade war!

1 week ago | theblaze.com | Christopher Bedford

Much of the American economy is fake. It’s illusionary wealth, built on a devil’s bargain that's traded our families and our future for the present. Tackling China is essential to righting this arrangement, and if President Trump is successful, he will have helped to secure the next century of American power and go down as one of the greatest presidents in our history. To accomplish this, he’ll need to reconfigure global trade around the United States, to the exclusion of the Chinese.
No war but trade war!

1 week ago | conservativereview.com | Christopher Bedford
The White House’s mixed messaging threatens to sabotage Trump’s trade war

2 weeks ago | conservativereview.com | Christopher Bedford