Robert McNeily, the former Right Side Broadcasting Network anchor whose question on Air Force One in March 2025 sparked the autopen story, joins Jenny Beth Martin as the newest member of the Tea Party Patriots Action team and the newest voice on The Jenny Beth Show. This is a get-to-know-you conversation that traces Robert's full arc through the conservative movement: from eight years old going door to door for Bob Dole in 1996, to studying opera at the University of Illinois, to serving as president of College Republicans during the 2008 Obama election year, to standing alongside Charlie Kirk when Turning Point USA was just 50 people meeting in St. Charles, Illinois. Robert and Jenny Beth cover Robert's years anchoring city news at KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska, his communications work at Truth Social, his return to RSBN as an infield reporter at Trump rallies, and the values that have shaped him: warrior spirit, grassroots humility, and persistent innovation. The conversation turns deeply personal: surviving papillary thyroid cancer at 15, the recurrence at 18 and the vocal box surgery that almost ended his career in broadcasting, growing up with a single mother who worked three jobs, and the faith that carried him through it all. Robert closes with the three issues he believes define the second Trump term: the judiciary and originalism, the dignity of life, and Iran. Subscribe for daily political commentary from Jenny Beth Martin, co-founder of the Tea Party movement and Chairman of Tea Party Patriots Action. More at jennybethshow.com and teapartypatriots.org.
GUEST: Robert McNeily is a former anchor and infield reporter for Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) who joined Tea Party Patriots Action in May 2026 as Director of Broadcasting and Grassroots Engagement, and on-air contributor for The Jenny Beth Show. A Turning Point USA alum from the organization's earliest days, Robert previously anchored at KTUU in Anchorage, Alaska, worked in communications for Truth Social, and served as student senator and president of College Republicans at the University of Illinois.
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TIMESTAMPED BREAKDOWN:
00:00 — Welcome and Introduction
01:35 — Robert's Political Background: 1996 and Bob Dole
02:30 — The Autopen Question on Air Force One
03:36 — From Turning Point USA to RSBN
07:13 — Opera, Acting, and the Phantom of the Opera Connection
10:04 — College Republicans Presidency in 2008
15:27 — Noticing the Tea Party Movement
17:14 — Peter Roskam and the IRS Targeting Story
18:22 — Meeting Charlie Kirk
21:04 — The First 50 People at Turning Point USA
22:53 — Warrior Spirit, Grassroots Humility, Persistent Innovation
25:30 — Studying the Left: Alinsky vs. Christ
28:50 — The Obama Era and Political Comedy
31:03 — DEI and the Culture Wars
32:14 — The New Security Reality for Conservatives
37:35 — Mark Hamill's "If Only" Post
40:36 — DC Bureaucrats vs. Real America
42:05 — Anchoring News in Anchorage, Alaska
45:15 — Senator Murkowski and the SAVE America Act
46:05 — Growing Up With a Single Mom
48:13 — Diagnosed With Thyroid Cancer at 15
50:54 — Cancer Recurrence and the Vocal Box
52:22 — Faith, Catholicism, and Second Chances
53:53 — Joining the Jenny Beth Show Team
57:13 — Issue One: The Judiciary and Originalism
59:26 — Issue Two: The Dignity of Life
01:00:26 — Issue Three: Iran and the Global Economy
LINKS: jennybethshow.com | teapartypatriots.org