Batya Ungar-Sargon contends that the perceived conflict on the right is primarily a media-driven turf war rather than a genuine ideological division within the broader movement.

“So I really think this is a divide about media and a sort of media turf war rather than really dividing the right.”

Bill O'Reilly claims there is no actual civil war in the Republican party beyond the practical struggle of achieving economic success for voters.

“There is no civil war in the Republican party other than whether President Trump's going to be able to get prices down so the Republicans can win the midterms.”

The conservative movement must address the underlying tensions within the country regarding foreign policy and immigration rather than dismissing discourse as purely foreign interference.

“They can they can either they can say okay it's no it's not real la it's just the Qataris la but that will be to their own to their own peril because the foreign actors were smart. They exploited things that already exist and the GOP needs an answer for that.”

The current conservative movement represents a necessary reformulation that applies foundational principles to modern socioeconomic and cultural realities.

“what we're doing is obviously we have no power over Eternal principles the power we have hence the second chapter is how we apply that given the socioeconomic political cultural circumstances we find ourselves in”