Saagar Enjeti | |
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 Enjeti in 2020 | |
| Born | April 21, 1992 |
| Alma mater | George Washington University (BA) Georgetown University (MA) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist and political commentator |
| Political party | Republican [1] [ failed verification ] |
| Movement | Right-wing populism [1] Welfare conservatism [1] |
Saagar Enjeti (born April 21, 1992) is an American journalist, [2] podcast host, and political commentator currently co-hosting the American political news and opinion series Breaking Points .
Enjeti born on April 21, 1992 to an immigrant Indian family, [3] and was raised in College Station, Texas. His parents are Prasad Enjeti and Radhika Viruru, both professors at Texas A&M University. [4] He graduated from George Washington University in 2014 where he majored in economics. [5] In 2018, he received a masters in security policy from Georgetown University. [6]
Enjeti served as a media fellow for the Hudson Institute, specializing in government and politics, international relations, and technology & Applied Sciences. [7] He co-hosted the podcast The Realignment with Marshall Kosloff. [8] He currently serves as a Tony Blankley fellow at the Steamboat Institute. [9]
Enjeti worked at The Daily Caller [10] as its White House Correspondent. [11]
He co-hosted Rising with Krystal Ball and wrote for The Hill from 2019 to 2021. [12]
In 2021, Enjeti and Ball left Rising to start their own show called Breaking Points . [13] That show became the number one political podcast one week after launching [14] and reached one million subscribers on YouTube in 2023.
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