“I’m Allen West and this is Next Generation,”
he said in a clip posted on the show’s website. “We’ll shine
a spotlight on the challenges facing young Americans,
whether it be out-of-control spending, crushing debt or
unacceptable levels of unemployment. These issues threaten
the opportunities of the next generation, our nation’s
collective future.”
The program is part of the conservative PJ Media outlet.
West will serve as director of Next Generation’s
programming, he said in a statement. The show will offer videos,
talk shows, newsletters and events across the country,
according to the introductory video. The first broadcast is
expected to air Feb. 4.
“We don’t want the American Dream to fall by the wayside,”
West said in the video. “We want to leave things better for
those that come after us. That’s why we’re standing up for
the next generation.”
Michelle Fields, formerly of the conservative Daily Caller,
is slated to serve as a correspondent, and John Phillips, a
talk radio host out of Los Angeles, will also be involved
with the project, according to a release from PJ Media.
Membership packages range from $5 a month or $40 a year, to
$30 a month or $170 a year, the website says.
West discussed his move to Next Generation in an interview
with Fox News’s Greta Van Susteren on Tuesday night.
“The key thing that we’re going to talk about, we’re going
to look at the news, the current news through the lens of
young Americans, and we’re going to start to stand up for
that next generation,” West said on “On the Record with
Greta Van Susteren. “We want to be able to engage, you know,
the grandparents, the parents, the children and the
grandchildren.”
Going forward, he said, the initiative’s focus will turn to
legislation and policy.
“I have a platform to talk about that which is great about
America, how the previous generation always wants to make it
better for the next generation,” he said.
