Doug Bandow and Ryan Fournier on the Johnny Vedmore Show - 1 August 2024

GUEST OVERVIEW: Doug Bandow is a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, specializing in foreign policy and civil liberties. He worked as special assistant to President Ronald Reagan and editor of the political magazine Inquiry. He writes regularly for leading publications such as Fortune magazine, National Interest, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Times.

GUEST OVERVIEW: Ryan Fournier is an American conservative activist and political commentator. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey in 1995, Ryan Fournier is a first-generation college graduate.

At Campbell University, Fournier earned a degree in Political Science with high honors, served as chapter president of his fraternity, while also launching the Students for Trump initiative as a freshman. He is a member of the Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma, and Pi Sigma Alpha honor societies. Ryan was awarded the Newsmax ’30 Most Influential Republicans Under 30’ award two-years in a row, and has been recognized by over 500 publications for his work in the 2016 election and beyond.

Fournier currently serves as the Chairman of Students for Trump, a national student mobilization effort which seeks the reelection of President Donald J. Trump. Ryan is also the Executive Director of Radical Alert.