Mostly Republican programmingFormer Democratic U.S. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, who represented North Dakota from 2013 to 2019, opened the event. The organization plans to mirror the event in August at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a fresh slate of speakers. Heitkamp hit that topic, telling the students who attended the event that they represent thousands of disengaged young people. Oscar Allen, a 17-year-old senior at the Bronx High School of Science in New York City, said he and a friend started their own voter drive last year for high school students turning 18. “And listen carefully everybody, this is why young men are the most conservative that they have been in 50 years.

Source: CNN July 18, 2024 15:03 UTC