Conn Carroll

Washington, D.C., United States

Commentary Editor at Washington Examiner

Husband, father of three. Commentary Editor for @dcexaminer. Author of Sex and the Citizen: https://t.co/XzvZc71owz

Articles

Washington is just not that into Elon Musk

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

It is unclear where President Donald Trump’s relationship with Elon Musk will go from here, there are already some signs the two of them might be making up, but what the incident has revealed is just how weak Mush is among Republicans on Capitol Hill… or as the kids might say, Washington is just not that into Elon Musk. In the midst of his emotional breakdown this week, Musk beseeched his followers to flood Congress with messages to stop Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill.
Do boomers want grandchildren?

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

The good news for Americans concerned about the country’s falling fertility rate is that only 44% of adults oppose policies that would “give Americans incentives to have children.” The bad news is that just 33% support such policies, with a sizable 23% still unsure. And to be fair, I think those 23% have a point. The question is awkwardly phrased.
Trump’s deportation record is underrate

3 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

Few presidents have so thoroughly delivered on a campaign promise as President Donald Trump has succeeded in securing the southern border. In December 2023, under the Biden administration, a record high of 301,981 illegal immigrants were arrested at the border. Just one month after Trump took office, that number had fallen to 11,000.
Corporations are Democrats, my friend!

4 weeks ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

In 2017, did it seem like many of your favorite brands suddenly became overtly political in a way they never had before, and uniformly against President Donald Trump and the Republican Party? For example, in January 2017, Starbucks posted on Twitter, “We are committed to hiring 10,000 refugees over the next five years in the 75 countries where Starbucks does business. #StandWithRefugees.”Starbucks had never posted about immigration policy before. Why the sudden change?
Vance versus the market utopians

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

No one hates Vice President JD Vance more than the editorial board at the Wall Street Journal, although this time, someone at least signed its latest attack on him.
Andor is conservative art, too

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

There is no mistaking the left-wing themes of the Disney+ Star Wars series Andor. Set five years before the movie Rogue One, Andor shows the Empire strip mining planets, exploiting workers, arresting innocent people, and massacring civilians.
Hillary Clinton wants immigrant women to do what American women aren’t

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

American women have never been healthier, wealthier, or better educated than they are today. Young women outnumber men at universities by a 60% to 40% margin, they get 66% of all higher education degrees, and young women are far more likely to own homes than their male counterparts. But to hear former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton tell it, there has never been a darker time for women in America.
One big, beautiful missed opportunity to help young people start families

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

It is not the biggest part of President Donald Trump’s “one big, beautiful bill,” but it is perhaps the most frustrating. “Money accounts for growth and advancement,” or “MAGA accounts,” were stuck into the tax portion of the reconciliation bill that is still working its way through the House. Under this new spending program, the Treasury Department would create a savings account and deposit $1,000 in it for every U.S. citizen born.
Do boys just want to have fun?

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

Coming up on seven months after President Donald Trump beat former Vice President Kamala Harris not only among all male 18-year-olds, but also among nonwhite male 18-year-olds, something that has never happened before, the Democratic Party still is at a loss about how to attract young men back to the party.
Newsom’s new budget shows blue state model is failing

1 month ago | washingtonexaminer.com | Conn Carroll

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) may claim President Donald Trump’s tariffs are to blame for the state’s budget woes, but a quick look back shows spending has exploded under Newsom’s watch, and the state has very little to show for it. “California is under assault,” Newsom claimed at a press conference Wednesday, “because we have a president that’s been reckless in terms of assaulting those growth engines and has created a climate of deep uncertainty.