Immigration hawks only: What made you tough on immigration and when did you become tough?

[Saint Milei]

And by immigration hawks, I mean the cultural conservatives. Not the cruz types

[Saint Milei]

Why don’t you think the Cruz types are cultural conservatives? If anyone was the champion of cultural conservatism it was Ted Cruz.

When I think of a cultural conservative, I think of someone like Pat Buchanan, Paul Gottfried, Hawley/Cotton (to a lesser extent), and members of the alt right. Ted Cruz is clearly very socially conservative, but there's a difference between being socially conservative and culturally conservative. You can obviously be both. A cultural conservative is also more likely to be a paleoconservative.

[Saint Milei]

Why don’t you think the Cruz types are cultural conservatives? If anyone was the champion of cultural conservatism it was Ted Cruz.

When I think of a cultural conservative, I think of someone like Pat Buchanan, Paul Gottfried, Hawley/Cotton (to a lesser extent), and members of the alt right. Ted Cruz is clearly very socially conservative, but there's a difference between being socially conservative and culturally conservative. You can obviously be both. A cultural conservative is also more likely to be a paleoconservative.

I guess, but at the same time, I don't know what other label really makes sense for someone like me. On the other hand, I only even somewhat like 1 of those politicians. Maybe if we had some more specific definitions?

Cultural conservatism deals with the heritage of a nation, the identity, tradition, etc. Very few current politicians address this. To be completely honest, cultural conservatism deals with a lot of the alt right's concerns