Ned Ryun | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Kansas |
Occupation(s) | CEO, American Majority CEO, Voter Gravity |
Known for | Founder of American Majority |
Spouse | Becca Parker Ryun |
Parent(s) | Anne and Jim Ryun |
Website |
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Ned Ryun is an American conservative activist and the founder and CEO of American Majority, a conservative organization that trains candidates and activists.
Ryun is the son of Jim Ryun, the former Republican congressman and distance runner. [1] [2] [3]
Ryun was a speechwriter for President George W. Bush. [4] He is the founder and president of American Majority, a Virginia-based conservative political training institute allied with the Tea Party movement. [5] [6] The group was founded in 2008. [2] Its 501(c)(4) affiliate is American Majority Action, [7] of which Ryun was CEO. [8] Ryun has been a board member of the American Conservative Union. [9] [10] During the 2011 Wisconsin protests against Republican Governor Scott Walker's proposal to restrict collective bargaining and organized labor, Ryun helped organize counter-demonstrations in favor of the legislation. [11] [12]
A career Republican Party operative, [3] as of 2013 Ryun was the CEO of Voter Gravity, a Republican data firm used for the party's get out the vote efforts; the company created "tablet and smartphone accessible canvassing maps, walk lists, voter information and dialing tools." [13] In 2016, Ryun was a long-shot candidate for the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee. [3] [14]
Ryun was a staunch ally of Donald Trump. [15] In 2017, Ryun critiqued the Republican tax proposal for not going far enough, accusing the bill of being " a grab bag of goodies for the uberwealthy globalists." [16] In September 2020, after Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died, Ryun pushed for Trump to fill the vacancy created by Ginsburg's death before the November 2020 presidential election. [17] He pushed for Trump to nominate Amy Coney Barrett over Barbara Lagoa. [15] Ryun was appointed by Trump to his 1776 Commission, which produced a report on American history that linked progressivism to fascism. The New York Times noted that the report was criticized by mainstream historians. [18]
Ryun is the author of two books:
In addition, he has co-authored two books with his father and twin brother, Drew Ryun: