JD Vance’s Past Embrace of the ‘Post-Liberal Right’ Sparks Fierce Debate

JD Vance’s Past Embrace of the ‘Post-Liberal Right’ Sparks Fierce Debate

Alex Griffing Aug 8th, 2025, 6:25 pm

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Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) and Rep. Don Bacon (R-NE) both voiced their strong opposition to the emerging ideology known as the “post-liberal right” on Friday — as the topic was hotly debated on X.

RealClearPolitics White House reporter Philip Wegmann interviewed Scott this week, and while promoting the interview on Friday, noted, “I asked Sen. Tim Scott about the post-liberal right the other day, folks like Adrian Vermeule and Curtis Yarvin . Those writers (who Vice President Vance reads) argue that the original Constitution is insufficient for confronting modern problems.”

Wegmann added that in their conversation, Scott “wasn’t having