Helen Andrews (born ''Helen Rittelmeyer'') is an American right-wing political commentator and author. She is a senior editor at ''

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'' and the former managing editor of the ''

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''.

Early life

Andrews received a BA in religious studies from

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Views

In one profile, her views were described as follows: “The political figure Andrews most admires is

Marine Le Pen Marion Anne Perrine "Marine" Le Pen (; born 5 August 1968) is a French lawyer and politician who ran for the French presidency in 2012, 2017, and 2022. A member of the National Rally (RN; previously the National Front, FN), she served as its pre ...

, the leader of France's far-right National Front party, but Trump is not far behind in her estimation. ‘I know a lot of people in the US like him because he's a bomb-thrower, speaks his mind, upsets the establishment,’ she says. ‘Those are things about him that I like, too. But I guess I'm probably in the minority of people who gravitated to Trump primarily based on policy rather than style.’” Following the start of the

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Andrews signed onto a letter appearing in

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that called for "prudence" by Western policymakers to avoid war with Russia.

Books

*''Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster'' (

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, 2021)

References

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