Steve Deace

Hilarious that @AmyDeace found this letter to the editor I wrote to the Grand Rapids Press at 9 years old. Even back then I wanted more commerce and less indoctrination.

I’m in Iowa, first in the nation caucus state. From a profit to engagement standpoint, I have every motivation to turn the page to 2028 speculation and intrigue right away. So why am I not doing so?

Because the first thing that has to be fixed is Trump’s standing with the American people, or this will spill over like 1974 did to 1976 and 2006 did to 2008 and we will lose in 2028 — no matter who the nominee is.

Trump has to reinvent himself politically (as he’s successfully done before) like Bill Clinton did following a similarly harsh midterm rebuke from voters in 1994, and he went on to a sweeping victory in 1996.

Encouraging and incentivizing that reinvention is what I believe our movement/industry needs to focus on right now, thus it is my focus. I could care less about 2028 until we fix what led to 2026. Many of the seeds of 2028 will be planted in the next 6-12 months by whether the Trump presidency can be successfully reinvented.

Hopefully the move of @StephenM to COS is a sign of things to come. More of that please.

Big announcement regarding the future of the show Monday. Something long requested is finally going to happen.

I'd pay to stream this.

I don’t work for The Blaze but with it. I own my show and no external control exists on my show beyond me and the Holy Spirit. Here’s what I can tell you:

1) I adore @SteveBakerUSA. True patriot. Full stop.

2) No one at The Blaze in the almost decade we’ve been aligned has ever tried to alter what I say on the air anywhere on the network. In fact while I was anchoring election night, I was concerned that my take was going to overwhelm the rest of the network. So on my own, I went to our CEO and said because this is your show not mine are you OK with this. @TyCardon made it clear if that is what I really think to let it rip.

3) Given the nature of active lawsuits now over the reporting on this matter, I made the decision for our show to cover developments — including Steve’s ongoing independent reporting — but not delve into anything that included analysis or speculation as to avoid any further legal jeopardy for all involved until the upcoming trial clarifies things once and for all.

4) I am very much looking forward to this trial and seeing the case the government has in court.