Senator Jim DeMint’s Remarks at LI
Senator Jim DeMint, now president of The Heritage Foundation, joined the Leadership Institute and 234 guests earlier this week for LI’s monthly Wednesday Wake-Up Club Breakfast.  He encouraged attendees to bring conservative principles back to America through reasonable alternatives.


Throughout his presentation, Hon. DeMint referred to a group of people he calls “the Movable Middle,” who “share our [conservative] ideas and are looking for a political home,” he said.  These people question the status quo and are in search of alternatives.

“We can help Americans see these [conservative] ideas in the context of their life, in the context of a great country and a better future,” he said.

He stressed the importance of sharing conservative success stories on state and local levels and explain how it has impacted the American people. 

“We are trying to stop an avalanche,” he said.  “All we have to do is get a lot of people to think we are a reasonable alternative, because people want an alternative.”

Americans across the country are in search of solutions to the obstacles before us.   “The answer to a lot of things,” according to him, “is for us not to make one-size-fits-all solutions from Washington.  The best solutions come from the governments that are closest to the people they affect.”

Hon. DeMint’s message inspired hope and highlighted the importance of the tenth amendment and the evidence that state and local governments are the best entities to exercise the powers reserved to them. 

He concluded by urging fellow conservatives to continue growing the movement toward freedom.  

“What you do at the Leadership Institute – at the grassroots level, at the student level – is really planting the seeds for our success in the future,” Hon. DeMint said.

As for the upcoming election cycle, he shared with the crowd what he tells his staff at The Heritage Foundation: “In 2014, our job is to stop the bleeding.  In 2016, our job is to turn our country around.”

While the American people today express more disapproval in the government than ever before, conservatives must be prepared and equipped to show that conservatism has worked, is working, and is the most reasonable alternative to the progressive policies that destroy our nation.

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