From former US Congressman and CIA Officer Will Hurd, a âhow-to guide with a prescription for getting the nation on the right footingâ (Politico) and âa clarion call for a major political pivotâ (San Antonio Report) rooted in the timeless ideals of bipartisanship, inclusivity, and democratic values.
âHurd has the biography and the charisma and the God-given political chops to put the Republican Partyâand the rest of the countryâon notice.â âTHE ATLANTIC
Itâs getting harder to get big things done in America. The gears of our democracy have been mucked up by political nonsense. To meet the era-defining challenges of the 21st century, our country needs a reboot.
In American Reboot, Hurd, called âthe future of the GOPâ by Politico, provides a âdetailed blueprintâ (Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense, 2006â2011) for America grounded by what Hurd calls pragmatic idealismâa concept forged from enduring American values to achieve what is actually achievable.
Hurd takes on five seismic problems facing a country in crisis: the Republican Partyâs failure to present a principled vision for the future; the lack of honest leadership in Washington, DC; income inequality that threatens the livelihood of millions of Americans; US economic and military dominance that is no longer guaranteed; and how technological change in the next thirty years will make the advancements of the last thirty years look trivial.
Hurd has seen these challenges up close. A child of interracial parents in South Texas, Hurd survived the back alleys of dangerous places as a CIA officer. He carried that experience into three terms in Congress, where he was, for a time, the Houseâs only Black Republican, representing a seventy-one percent Latino swing district in Texas that runs along 820 miles of the US-Mexico border. As a cyber security executive and innovation crusader, Hurd has worked with entrepreneurs on the cutting edge of technology to anticipate the shockwaves of the future.
Hurd, who the Houston Chronicles calls âa refreshing contract to the panderers, petty demagogues, and political provocateurs who reign these days,â draws on his remarkable experience to present âa call to Americans to consider the most contentious issues of our times more holisticallyâ (The Atlantic). He outlines how the Republican party can look like America by appealing to the middle, not the edges. He maps out how leaders should inspire rather than fearmonger. He forges a domestic policy based on the idea that prosperity should be a product of empowering people, not the government. He articulates a foreign policy where our enemies fear us and our friends love us. And lastly, he charts a forceful path forward for Americaâs technological future.
We all know we can do better. Itâs time to hit âctrl alt delâ and start the American Reboot.