Jordan Sekulow, a well-known conservative attorney and media figure who has championed the rights of Christians through legal advocacy, has been named an adviser to a political action committee for likely GOP presidential hopeful Jeb Bush,
Business Insider reports.
Sekulow, 32,
Tweeted his new role as a senior adviser to Bush's Right to Rise PAC on Sunday, noting that he was "excited.
Noted Sekulow in a Friday statement to David Brody, chief political correspondent at CBN News: "Governor Bush knows how to take bold, conservative ideas and put them into action. While we must continue to fight the bad policies and unconstitutional overreaches of the current administration, it is time for conservatives to start talking to all Americans about how we, as a nation, can lead again at home and abroad.
"I am excited to begin a conversation with conservatives about Governor Bush's pro-life, pro-family, tax-cutting record in Florida and the ideas we need to put into action to give every American a chance to rise up."
Brody called the hire "a big get" for team Bush.
"It provides him with an important evangelical voice that can help trumpet his conservative credentials within the evangelical community," Brody wrote on his
"The Brody File" blog.
"He's super smart so can help not only with strategy but policy, too. Sekulow is well respected in these circles and getting him on board is a sign that Bush is serious about courting the evangelical vote."
Sekulow, who graduated from George Washington University and received his law degree from Georgetown, has served as the executive director of the American Center for Law & Justice. He has also been heard on air as co-host of the nationally syndicated "Jay Sekulow Live" show, alongside his father.
His party ties run deep. He served as national youth director in 2004 to the Bush-Cheney re-election bid and also was a consultant to Mitt Romney's presidential campaign in 2008.
Slate magazine quickly slammed Sekulow as "Jeb's scary new adviser," who it said "will act as an emissary between Bush and a decidedly skeptical GOP base."