Steve Deace

Steven James Deace (born July 28, 1973) is an American conservative political activist and talk show host.[2][3][4][5] His show The Steve Deace Show is on the Blaze Media platform.

Steve Deace
Deace in 2016
Born
Steven Deace

(1973-07-28) July 28, 1973
Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
CitizenshipUnited States
Occupation
  • Conservative activist
  • Talk show host
Political partyIndependent [1]
Spouse(s)Amy Deace
Children3

Childhood and personal life

Deace's mother, Vickie McNeeley, became pregnant – outside of marriage, and decided to not have an abortion, bringing the pregnancy to full term. McNeely raised Steve and three other children as a single mother. He grew up in the Grand Rapids, Michigan area.[3] McNeely married when Deace was three years old and he bears his stepfather's surname, although he was not formally adopted.[3] Deace became a Christian in 2003 while attending a Promise Keepers rally.[3]

Career

Deace's first job was as a sports reporter for The Des Moines Register. He then hosted a sports talk show KXNO (AM), and later an evening drive talk show on WHO (AM).[3] Deace has been backed Christian conservative businessmen in Iowa since 2010 when Deace helped to defeat three members of the Iowa Supreme Court who approved same-sex marriage.[3] During Obama's presidency, Deace promoted birther conspiracy theories and hosted birther conspiracy theorists on his show.[6][7]

Deace now hosts The Steve Deace Show, formerly on Conservative Review Television, and now on Blaze TV since the merger of those two companies. He also co-hosted We Talk Sports on Blaze TV with former professional baseball player Curt Schilling.

Deace was a senior campaign operative in Iowa for Ted Cruz's presidential campaign in 2016. In May 2016, posted a voter registration form with a check mark next to "no party", after RNC chairman called for Republican unity behind presumptive 2016 Republican candidate Donald Trump.[8] When Ted Cruz endorsed Trump in September 2016, Deace said it was "the worst political miscalculation of my lifetime."[9][10] In 2017, he defended Steve Bannon's role in the White House, arguing that it would be a mistake for Trump to fire Bannon because of the signal it would send to conservatives.[11]

References
  1. Berenson, Tessa. "Meet the Republicans Who Say They'll Vote for Clinton". Time. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  2. Alberta, Tim. "The Governor of Trump's America". POLITICO Magazine. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  3. Calmes, Jackie (November 3, 2015). "Steve Deace and the Power of Conservative Media". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  4. Walshe, Shushannah (December 9, 2011). "Meet Steve Deace: Iowa Radio's Christian Conservative Hitmaker – and Hitman". ABC News. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
  5. Glueck, Katie. "Evangelicals still peeved over Pence's religious freedom act flip". POLITICO. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  6. "Deace lends show to birther movement | Iowa Independent". web.archive.org. March 9, 2011. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  7. Angster, Daniel. "Former Obama Birther Steve Deace Rushes To Defend Ted Cruz's Presidential Eligibility". Media Matters for America. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  8. Berenson, Tessa. "Meet the Republicans Who Say They'll Vote for Clinton". Time. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  9. "After bitter battles, Cruz says he will vote for Trump". WMAZ. Archived from the original on 2020. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  10. "Ted Cruz backs down, endorses Donald Trump". Dallas News. September 23, 2016. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
  11. Peters, Jeremy W.; Haberman, Maggie (April 12, 2017). "Trump Undercuts Bannon, Whose Job May Be in Danger". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 15, 2020.
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