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<title><![CDATA[Guy Benson - Articles - RealClearPolitics]]></title><link>http://www.RealClearPolicy.com/authors/rss/archive/15629.xml</link><description><![CDATA[Guy Benson]]></description><category domain="15629">Author</category><item>
							<title><![CDATA[The Sen. Collins Firewall]]></title>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Choose wisely, Maine.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Polls Show GOP Staring Down Midterm Reckoning]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/4737394/republican-2026-elections-reckoning-polls/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Republicans face worsening midterm polls as economic concerns erode voter trust, although Democrats remain deeply unpopular with voters.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Worst Day]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4721005/9-11-the-worst-day/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The creeping anxiety induced by low-flying planes of any sort lasted for years.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Sen. Graham's Finest Hour]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4646120/lindsey-graham-finest-hour/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Not a single weaponized claim against Kavanaugh was ever corroborated, and several were affirmatively disproven. Having sat through the opposition party'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s cynical, sickening, disorienting display for days on end, one Republican senator finally blew a gasket. Graham'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Will Faltering Blue States Get the Memo?]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4610132/blue-state-model-continues-to-falter/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is a reason more and more families and Fortune 500 companies are leaving blue states for red ones: Democrats can't govern.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['New Man' Platner Can't Stop Lying]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4604640/new-man-graham-platner-cant-stop-lying/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[There is overwhelming evidence that Platner knew the meaning of his Nazi Totenkopf tattoo before last year.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago Closure Another Case Study in Leftist Failure]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4568031/chicago-drug-store-closure-case-study-leftist-failure/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The last gasp of failing political leaders is to scapegoat companies that decide they cannot continue to operate, due to terrible policies]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Voters Must Defeat VA Dems' Gerrymandering Scheme]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4535669/virginia-voters-must-defeat-gerrymandering-scheme/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Abigail Spanberger promised voters she'd never redistrict Virginia. Her first act as governor proved that was a lie '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and Virginians can stop her.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems Oppose ICE Itself, Not Abuses or Overreach&nbsp;]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4509381/democrats-oppose-ice-itself-not-abuses-or-overreach/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chuck Schumer and the Democrats shut down the DHS for 42 days, demanding ICE reforms '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and got nothing. They didn't get anything. Was it worth it?]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Two Wives, Two Media Standards]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/premium/4502749/two-wives-two-media-standards/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Have you heard about the scandal surrounding the social media footprint of Rama Duwaji, the wife of New York City's left-wing Mayor Zohran Mamdani?'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Pritzker's Disgraceful Comments on IL's Sanctuary Murder]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/beltway-confidential/4502964/pritzker-belated-comments-chicago-sanctuary-murder/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[JB Pritzker adamantly opposes federal immigration enforcement. His condemnation of Trump's immigration policies is cowardly.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Chicago Sanctuary Policies Claim Another Innocent Life]]></title>
							<link>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/in_focus/4500284/chicago-deadly-sanctuary-city-policies-claim-another-innocent-life/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Chicago's sanctuary policies enabled an illegal immigrant to kill 18-year-old Loyola student Sheridan Gorman.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A Case Study on the Dangers of Sanctuary Policies]]></title>
							<link>https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/new-york-vs-west-virginia-a-sanctuary-case-study/ar-AA1VNJOg</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Enforcing federal'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' immigration'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' law is the remit of the federal government alone, per'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Supreme Court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' precedent '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the court'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' famously ruled against Arizona'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s efforts'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' to step up enforcement at the state level during the Obama administration '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' but said enforcement is...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fail: Left's Pro-Illegal Immigration Agitation Isn't Working]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2025/07/31/fail-new-polls-show-the-lefts-pro-illegal-immigration-agitation-isnt-working-n2661170</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Polls indicate Trump's immigration policies remain popular despite opposition from Democrats.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Yes, Mamdani Is a Communist]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2025/07/01/yes-mamdani-is-a-communist-n2659710</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Examining Zohran Mamdani's claims and contradictions regarding his views on police funding and communism.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Pro-Palestine Movement Is a Violent Movement]]></title>
							<link>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2025/06/02/benson_the_pro-palestine_movement_is_a_violent_movement.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2025 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[FOX News contributor Guy Benson reacted to the antisemitic attack in Boulder, Colorado on Sunday on "Special Report."]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[2024 Closers: Horrible Jobs Report, Illegal Immigrant Attack]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/11/01/campaign-closers-horrible-jobs-report-illegal-immigrant-terror-attack-n2647122</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 03 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The election is exceptionally and historically close. Not only does the presidential contest sit on a knife's edge, per polling averages, the House and Senate are also in flux. If aggregated state-level polling is approximately accurate, the battle for the White House is a coin flip.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's 'Garbage-gate' Perfect Example of Media's Partisan Hackery]]></title>
							<link>https://x.com/guypbenson/status/1851596977374457931</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('˜').';'garbage'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';' contretemps is a perfect distillation of why media trust is catastrophically low.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Stat That Might Worry Democrats the Most]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/10/25/the-wsj-polling-statistic-that-might-worry-democrats-the-most-n2646717</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 26 Oct 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Kamala Harris set out to run a vibes-based campaign, and the vibes appear to have shifted. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Over the course of a few weeks, the Democratic nominee's national polling lead has evaporated, according to the'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' RealClearPoltics'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' average. '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' Late Wednesday, the polling aggregator's founder...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Is This the Best Poll for Trump Yet?]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/09/26/is-this-the-best-poll-for-trump-yet-n2645256</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Read on for the new Gallup data referenced in the headline, but first, let's back up for a moment.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Gallup: Significant Swing in Trump and Harris Favorability]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/09/19/gallup-significant-swing-in-trump-and-harris-favorability-n2644957</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 19 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A new national survey from Gallup contains positive news for the Trump campaign, and concerning data for Team Kamala. While the poll does not test the head-to-head presidential matchup, it does measure voters' impressions of the two major parties' nominees.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Shocking: Illegal Immigrants' Ongoing Crime Spree]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/09/10/shocking-news-developments-illegal-immigrants-ongoing-crime-spree-n2644500</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 10 Sep 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Posts like this are becoming a weekly installment at this point -- and not because we are straining to find content to fit a certain narrative.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Walz's Awful Views Seem To Match His Character]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/08/09/shameless-democrats-media-move-goalposts-on-walzs-stolen-valor-controversy-n2643166</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 11 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Here's what we know about the 'Stolen Valor' allegations against Kamala Harris' running mate, Gov. Tim Walz: (1) Multiple accounts over the years have described him as an Iraq or Afghanistan War veteran, which he is not -- including a book Walz endorsed. (2) Walz has repeatedly and...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Border Crisis Triggers Urgent Terrorism Warnings]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/06/28/immigration-gaslighting-and-ticking-bomb-n2641024</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The border crisis created by Joe Biden and his administration has allowed roughly ten million illegal border crossings since he took office, including nearly two million known 'got-aways.']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Fauci Keeps Lying]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/06/04/faucis-flagrant-falsehood-n2639933</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Dr. Anthony Fauci -- the embodiment of Science Itself, in his own mind -- appeared before a House panel yesterday, his first testimony since quasi-retiring from public life. The session arrived on the heels of several revelations, including Fauci's apparent admission that some of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[New Data Should Have Team Biden Sweating]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/05/07/new-data-biden-losing-ground-among-multiple-key-demographics-n2638696</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[A recent analysis published by the left-leaning Brookings Institution -- which highlights Pew data -- demonstrates significant erosion within Joe Biden's 2020 victory coalition, across multiple key demographics.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA['Don't': Biden's Failed Foreign Policy Legacy]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/04/16/dont-bidens-failed-foreign-policy-legacy-n2637807</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2024 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Biden's foreign policy and leadership legacies were cemented in American voters' minds back in the summer of 2021, just months into his term.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Would Democrats Really Stick With Biden After This?]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/02/09/are-democrats-really-going-to-stick-with-biden-after-this-n2635025</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You know, I think they are. I've even made a handshake bet that they will. But I'll confess to questioning my end of that wager more than ever, after the events of Thursday afternoon and evening.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Surprise: Another Sanctuary City Pushed to the Brink]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2024/01/31/denver-sanctuary-city-n2634339</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA['Sanctuary' Democrats will never forgive Texas Governor Greg Abbott for forcing them to live with even a small taste of the consequences created by their reckless pro-illegal immigration posturing.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Trump the Frontrunner in Race Against Biden]]></title>
							<link>https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2023/10/20/analysis-is-trump-now-the-2024-frontrunner-n2630128</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Guy Benson</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two points of clarification, right out of the gate. First, the word 'now' in the headline question refers to right now -- not necessarily moving forward, or indefinitely. There are reasons to suspect that former President Donald Trump's numbers make a turn for the worse over the coming...]]></description>
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