Cabot Phillips

Cabot Phillips (born November 29, 1993) is a conservative political activist and American television personality. He is Editor-in-Chief[1] of the conservative publication CampusReform.org and serves as the Director of Campus Outreach[2] for The Leadership Institute, a conservative grassroots organization[3] in Arlington, Virginia. In 2016, he was named to Red Alert Politics "30 Under 30" list,[4] which recognizes the nation's most influential young conservatives.

Phillips speaking at the 2016 Young Americans for Liberty National Convention

Early life and education

Phillips is from Leesburg, Virginia.[5] He graduated from Liberty University in 2015, where he was a recipient of The Dean's Award and host of a primetime FM radio show on 90.9 WQLU.[6]

Career

Formerly, he served as Digital Grassroots Director on Senator Marco Rubio's 2016 Presidential campaign.[7]

Phillips is a regular guest on Fox News,[8] The Blaze, and Newsmax TV,[9] providing political commentary from a millennial point of view. Throughout the 2016 Presidential campaign, his conservative "man on the street" videos garnered millions of views[10] and appeared on The Drudge Report, The Rush Limbaugh Show, The O'Reilly Factor,[11] Hannity, and more.

Phillips is a YouTube partner,[12] creating and starring in a series of videos which have been viewed over 100 million times on a variety of online platforms. In April 2016, his video "Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse"[13] went viral, landing him and his siblings an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show.[14] The video was viewed over 80 million times online and was named to YouTube's official list of the Top 10 most popular viral videos of the year.[15]

gollark: Excel is Turing-complete isn't it?
gollark: I don't think people do much of the time, though.
gollark: You could use metric prefixes like kilokelvin if you wanted.
gollark: It's as consistent as imperial, if not more so.
gollark: I don't see why you would use imperial when you could use the superior furlong-firkin-fortnight system.

References
  1. Phillips, Cabot. "Writer Biographies". Campus Reform. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  2. Phillips, Cabot. "LI Staff Directory". Leadership Institute Staff Directory. The Leadership Institute. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  3. "Home Page". The Leadership Institute. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  4. Phillips, Cabot. "30 Under 30 Winners". Red Alert Politics. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  5. Loudoun Times Mirror. "UPDATE: Leesburg brothers pull ultimate viral 'zombie apocalypse' prank on their sister". Loudoun Times Mirror. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  6. Red Alert Politics. "30 Under 30 biographies". Red Alert Politics. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. Election Tech. "Follow the strategists running presidential digital campaigns". Election Tech. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. Phillips, Cabot. "Cabot Phillips news reel". YouTube.
  9. Newsmax TV. "America Talks Live- Cabot Phillips discusses "sanctuary universities"". YouTube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  10. Campus Reform. "Hillary's Cribs Shock Young People". YouTube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  11. Fox News. "The O'Reilly Factor discusses Campus Reform video, millennials don't trust Hillary". YouTube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  12. Phillips, Cabot. "Channel Homepage". YouTube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  13. Phillips, Cabot. "Brothers Convince Little Sister of Zombie Apocalypse". YouTube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  14. The Ellen Show. "A Hilariously Epic Zombie Prank". YouTube. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  15. Time Magazine. "The 10 Most Popular Viral Videos of 2016". Time.com. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
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