“I never understood how, when if so many businesses can make a profit delivering services and products to state education, you could not take it further and allow for-profit operators to run some schools. Most people care about good outcomes, not whether something is for-profit or not.”

British-born American conservative political commentator

Steve Hilton is a British-born American conservative political commentator and former political adviser. He served as director of strategy for British prime minister David Cameron from 2010 to 2012 and later became a Fox News contributor and host. He hosted The Next Revolution, a weekly current affairs program on Fox News, from 2017 to 2023. Hilton also co-founded the crowdfunding platform Crowdpac and served as its chief executive until 2018. He is known for his support of Donald Trump and for promoting what he calls “positive populism,” and he is the Republican Party’s candidate for governor of California in the 2026 election.