‘Old ideas are for old people’: A new MAGA group looks to push GOP further right
A new MAGA-aligned group, American Ascent, is launching with $12 million from GOP megadonor Thomas Klingenstein and will be run by former Heritage Foundation chief of staff Ryan Neuhaus, aiming to recruit and elect young "America First" conservatives to flip House, Senate and governors' seats held by aging lawmakers in 2028. Its partners include Turning Point Action, the Claremont Institute and the Oversight Project, and Neuhaus denies it is a "Vance political project" despite ties to allies of JD Vance, who Turning Point Action has already endorsed for president in 2028.
