Matt K. Lewis is an American conservative political writer, blogger, podcaster, and columnist for ''

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'', formerly with ''

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'', and has written for ''

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''.Matt Lewis leaves Daily Caller for Daily Beast
''

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''; Eric Wemple; January 12, 2017 He has also appeared on

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as a political commentator.

Early life and education

Lewis was raised in Myersville,

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. He was educated at Middletown High School, a public high school in Middletown, Maryland, followed by

Shepherd University Shepherd University is a public university in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, the university enrolled 3,159 students in Fall 2020. History Shepherd University began when the county seat of Jefferson ...

in Shepherdstown,

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, and is based in

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Career

As a writer, Lewis has contributed to

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, AOL's ''PoliticsDaily.com'', ''

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'', and ''

''. In his early career, Lewis served as director of

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for the

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, a nonprofit conservative training organization for which he organized and led workshops around the United States. In March 2007, Lewis was one of two

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s invited on

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's campaign tour bus on a visit to

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for an interview with the candidate. That September, former

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acknowledged in an interview with Lewis that he was considering a presidential run. Lewis is the editor of ''The Quotable Rogue: The Ideals of Sarah Palin in Her Own Words'', published in 2011. Lewis was selected as a "Rising Star of Politics" by '' Politics Magazine'' in 2002 and by the

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as "Blogger of the Year" in 2012. Lewis' book ''Too Dumb to Fail: How the GOP Betrayed the Reagan Revolution to Win Elections (and How It Can Reclaim Its Conservative Roots)'' was published in January 2016, receiving attention from ''The New York Times'', ''The Weekly Standard'', and other publications.

Media appearances

Lewis is a frequent commentator on cable television and radio who has appeared as a political commentator "from the right" for

in 2016, and has appeared multiple times on ''

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.'' Since February 2009, he has represented the conservative viewpoint on

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's weekly discussion of American politics, opposite

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References

External links

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Matt Lewis Townhall blog

Video debates featuring Matt Lewis
on Bloggingheads.tv * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lewis, Matt K. Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century American non-fiction writers American bloggers American columnists American political commentators Human Events people People from Frederick County, Maryland Place of birth missing (living people) Shepherd University alumni Writers from Alexandria, Virginia