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This is the latest in my Former Member series, where I talk to former members of Congress—Democrats and Republicans—to get their perspectives on what it was like to serve, and how things are different then vs. now.
Last week, I spoke with Bob Inglis [ [link removed] ], a former Republican Congressman from South Carolina who served two separate stints in Congress: from 1993 to 1999, and again from 2005 to 2011.
He isn’t your typical elected Republican—he works on addressing climate change at RepublicEn.org [ [link removed] ] and endorsed Kamala Harris [ [link removed] ] in 2024. But he served with an ascendant Newt Gingrich and still considers himself a Republican.
Give it a listen.
Topics from my conversation with Bob Inglis
Want a transcript of this conversation? Click the “Transcript” tab towards the top of this page [ [link removed] ].
0:00 – 2:05: Introduction, more on RepublicEn.org [ [link removed] ], and how Republicans are talking about climate change.
2:06 – 6:45: How climate change is already impacting people across America—changes to housing costs, insurance markets, and more.
6:46 – 8:34: Serving in Congress in the ’90s, and the rise of Newt Gingrich’s Republican Party.
8:35 – 11:22: The rise of—and surviving in—the Tea Party [ [link removed] ].
11:23 – 15:48: Trump getting older, and whether Congressional Republicans really like him. (Spoiler: no, not really. But they’re afraid of losing their jobs.)
15:49 – 17:09: What we can learn from Billy Tarver, the unluckiest man in South Carolina.
17:10 – 22:06: Anything you regret from your time as a Republican in Congress?
22:07 – 25:09: How do you reach people whose “facts” are so disconnected from reality?
25:10 – 27:04: What do you miss about serving in Congress?
27:05 – 28:06: Can you still be a Republican at this point if you endorsed Harris?
28:07 – 32:14: Policy solutions for climate change, and wrap-up.
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