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The Hoya sat down with five of the six incoming Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) fellows for the Spring 2025 semester Jan. 24 to discuss the 2024 election, young voters and trust in the media. This semester’s fellows are Tony Fabrizio, chief pollster for Donald Trump’s 2016, 2020 and 2024 presidential campaigns; Quentin Fulks, the Biden-Harris and Harris-Walz campaigns’ principal deputy campaign manager; Don Graves (LAW ’95), former deputy secretary of commerce for the Biden administration; Cecilia Kang, a New York Times national technology correspondent; Meg Kinnard (SFS ’02), an Associated Press national politics reporter; and Heather Nauert, a former Trump administration State Department
unable to attend the interview. While at Georgetown University, the six fellows will host weekly discussion groups beginning Feb. 10 where they will examine various political issues, including the America First movement and trust in journalism, with student groups. Below is a partial transcript of the fellows’ discussion with The Hoya. How do you think the 2024 presidential election will be remembered? What will it be defined by? Kinnard: This was, among different cycles that I’ve covered and been part of the coverage for, something where there wasn’t a pause. We get through the primaries and then we’re into the general election, and then all of these other See FELLOWS, A7
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The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) partnered with MSNBC to host leadership forums Jan. 30 for the Democratic National Committee (DNC) ahead of its February elections.
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The incoming class of GU Politics fellows sat down with The Hoya Jan. 24 to talk youth voters and presidential transition.
The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) and MSNBC partnered to host the fourth Democratic National Committee (DNC) leadership forum Jan. 30. Mo Elleithee (SFS ’94), the GU Politics director, and five MSNBC correspondents moderated the forum, which allowed candidates for DNC leadership positions, including chair, to debate at Gaston Hall and answer student questions ahead of the Feb. 1 DNC
elections. The next DNC chair will lead the Democratic Party and shape its voter messaging as it looks to rebound from losses in the 2024 election. During the forum, chair candidates including Minnesota DemocraticFarmer-Labor Party Chair Ken Martin, Wisconsin Democratic Party Chair Ben Wikler and former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley shared their visions for the future of the party. Luke Russert, the MSNBC Live creative director and one of the forum’s moderators, said the forum offered both observers and party insiders the opportunity to profile the changes taking shape within the
Democratic Party after their losses in the 2024 general election. “We’re all students of politics in some form or another,” Russert wrote to The Hoya. “This forum will help the audience understand what Democrats see as a winning message and what changes need to be made internally within the party going forward.” “When parties tear themselves down to the studs and rebuild, it provides a pretty good lesson in the art of organizing and persuasion,” he added. Elleithee said the forum connected Georgetown University students interested in politics with a behind-
the-scenes look at how the Democratic Party will plan to move forward. “This is a great opportunity to understand how a major political party operates, how its leaders are selected, how its grassroots leaders are involved in that process,” Elleithee told The Hoya. “Only 448 people get to vote in the election for the DNC chair. A significant chunk of them will be in Gaston Hall tonight, sitting alongside Georgetown students.” “It’s a great opportunity for students who are curious, as much of America is, where the Democratic Party goes from here,” Elleithee added. See DNC, A7
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Georgetown University conferred an honorary degree on Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., to recognize his global advocacy at a ceremony in Gaston Hall on Jan. 27.
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Georgetown University conferred an honorary degree on a Catholic cardinal known for his focus on interreligious dialogue at a ceremony in Gaston Hall on Jan. 27. Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, O.P., known for his advocacy for human rights and disarmament throughout his time as a prelate, a highly-ranked clergy member in the Catholic Church, received the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree. After leading the Dominican Order, a global Catholic religious order dedicated to preaching, education and theological scholarship, for nine years, Radcliffe became a cardinal in 2024. In his speech accepting the degree, Radcliffe said he feels a
shared sense of hope is essential to advancing the impact of education. “Teaching is an act of love and compassion for those whose deepest thirst is for meaning,” Radcliffe said at the event. “Every college, every school, every university, should be a sort of seed bed of hope — all the ways in which we try to make sense of who we are and what we long for.” Radcliffe, who visited Iraq in 2018 to support rebuilding efforts after the Islamic State group, a terrorist organization, lost control of the country, said hope can be found anywhere. “I’ve been particularly struck by the hope-filled education in places that seem to be hopeless. My hopes have always been renewed when I’ve gone to
places of suffering.” Robert M. Groves, Georgetown’s interim president, said the university chose to honor Radcliffe because his work exemplifies Georgetown’s values of faith in action and interreligious dialogue. “At Georgetown, we find inspiration in Cardinal Radcliffe’s ministry and service to accompany people as they seek and question their own lives — as they deepen their faith, as they strengthen their ability to engage with others and build relationships across the global church,” Groves said at the ceremony. Radcliffe helped found the Franciscan-Dominican representative offices at the
Activists gathered at Georgetown University for the twenty-sixth annual Cardinal O’Connor Conference on Life (OCC), the largest student-led anti-abortion conference in the United States, Jan. 25. This year’s conference, titled “Life and Dignity: A Global Commitment,” aimed to illuminate international perspectives against abortion. Lila Rose, an anti-abortion activist and podcast host, headlined the conference, which also featured panelists Melissa Ohden, director of the Abortion Survivors Network, which supports individuals born despite an attempted abortion, and Brian Clowes, director of education and research at Human Life International, a Catholic anti-abortion advocacy organization. Maria Victoria Almeida Vazquez (SFS ’25), director of this year’s OCC, said the conference’s organizers sought to platform a diverse panel of voices during the conference, including academics, activists and religious leaders. “The presence of these different voices at the OCC is proof that the pro-life movement isn’t owned by any single group — it belongs to all of those who believe in the dignity of every human life and feel a strong conviction to defend life from the culture of death,” Almeida Vazquez wrote to The Hoya.
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