“With the dramatic increase in ease of transportation and the incredible decrease in the amount of time required to travel between far-flung areas of the United States, representatives began spending more and more time in Washington and less and less time in their home districts.”

American conservative political commentator and media host

Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator and media host. He writes for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and he is editor emeritus of The Daily Wire, which he co-founded in 2015. He hosts The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News from 2012 until 2016, and he has written 16 non-fiction books.