Roosevelt Republican
Roosevelt Republican is a term used in discussions about
This mindset broadly contrasts with the
Viewpoints
In terms of specific policies, being a "Roosevelt Republican" has been described as supporting the conservation movement and having sympathies for environmentalist measures aimed at protecting natural landscapes. This frequently entails an emphasis on hunting and fishing along with wildlife tourism under the backdrop of government ownership of certain areas, with a particularly limited room for more invasive uses of public areas such as mining. Administrative efforts in cleaning up locations after coal extraction and other intensive uses of various lands to restore previous appearances have importance as well. This all contrasts with the Republican Party's traditional focus on privatization to encourage corporate ownership of former public locations as well as related policies aiming to radically convert more areas from a natural status to one of industrial economic development.[1]
Politicians associated with the label
Statesmen who have self-identified as such include political figure
Former
Another self-described "Roosevelt Republican" is Ryan Zinke,[1] a Montana politician and U.S. Navy veteran who became the 52nd U.S. Secretary of Interior on March 1, 2017.[6] However, during his tenure as Secretary of the Interior, Zinke oversaw an aggressive expansion of industrial activity on public lands, including fast-tracking environmental reviews for oil and gas drilling[7] to increase the number of permits, proposing offshore oil drilling[8] on both the east and west coasts (an act that was opposed by governors of all 15 coastal states[9]), and the nation's first-ever reductions in the boundaries of national monuments[10] to favor utilization of the land by private companies involved in the oil and gas industry.
See also
- Bipartisanship in United States politics
- Centrism in the United States
- Conservation movement
- Politics of the United States
- Positions of Theodore Roosevelt
- Square Deal
- Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt
- Bull Moose Party
- U.S. Republican Party
- Rockefeller Republican
References
- ^ The Politico. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Edsall, Thomas B.; Milbank, Dana (June 2, 2001). "McCain Is Considering Leaving GOP". The Washington Post. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ a b Brownstein, Ronald (August 27, 2018). "John McCain's 2000 Campaign and the Republican Road Not Taken". The Atlantic. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
- ^ a b c Peters, Xander (December 17, 2018). "Despite his terrible environmental record, Ron DeSantis calls himself a 'Teddy Roosevelt conservationist'". Orlando Weekly. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ a b "National Environmental Scorecard - Representative Ron DeSantis (R)". LCV - National Environmental Scorecard. 2 July 2019. Retrieved December 7, 2022.
- ^ "Trump cabinet member trots through Washington on horseback". BBC News. 2 March 2017. Retrieved May 16, 2017.
- ^ "Trump administration tears down regulations to speed drilling on public land - The Washington Post". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Secretary Zinke is Poised to Give More Breaks to Drilling Industry and Less Oversight to Public". 4 June 2018.
- ^ "Zinke still wants to expand offshore drilling over opposition of 15 governors from coastal states". ThinkProgress. 7 February 2018.
- ^ Lipton, Eric; Friedman, Lisa (2 March 2018). "Oil Was Central in Decision to Shrink Bears Ears Monument, Emails Show". The New York Times.