The conservative influencer Jack Posobiec made a name for himself by pulling stunts and mainstreaming the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Now he’s positioned to become the next MAGA star, Ali Breland argues. theatln.tc/cl1tzLRz
Posobiec, who has millions of followers on social media, has an influence among the Republican base that is reminiscent of another high-profile voice within the contemporary right—Charlie Kirk.
Friends of Posobiec emphasized to Breland that he and Kirk have many differences. “Nobody can replace Charlie,” Raheem Kassam, the founder of The National Pulse, a right-wing media site, told Breland. Yet Kassam conceded that if there were any figure who could, “Jack has that ability.”
“Posobiec is better positioned than anyone else to fill at least some of the void Kirk has left as one of the most important figures on the contemporary right,” Breland argues. “He shares one of Kirk’s biggest strengths: his ability to simultaneously reach both the MAGA base and the most prominent Republicans in Washington.” “Posobiec is sufficiently unctuous to the correct people, he espouses the correct ideological positions to align himself with the administration, he triggers the libs, and he can rally the base,” Breland continues. “These are the things that matter to Trump, and Posobiec excels at them—as did Kirk.”
🎨: The Atlantic. Source: Dominic Gwinn / AFP / Getty.
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The conservative influencer Jack Posobiec made a name for himself by pulling stunts and mainstreaming the Pizzagate conspiracy theory. Now he’s positioned to become the next MAGA star, Ali Breland argues. theatln.tc/cl1tzLRz
Posobiec, who has millions of followers on social media, has an influence among the Republican base that is reminiscent of another high-profile voice within the contemporary right—Charlie Kirk.
Friends of Posobiec emphasized to Breland that he and Kirk have many differences. “Nobody can replace Charlie,” Raheem Kassam, the founder of The National Pulse, a right-wing media site, told Breland. Yet Kassam conceded that if there were any figure who could, “Jack has that ability.”
“Posobiec is better positioned than anyone else to fill at least some of the void Kirk has left as one of the most important figures on the contemporary right,” Breland argues. “He shares one of Kirk’s biggest strengths: his ability to simultaneously reach both the MAGA base and the most prominent Republicans in Washington.”
“Posobiec is sufficiently unctuous to the correct people, he espouses the correct ideological positions to align himself with the administration, he triggers the libs, and he can rally the base,” Breland continues. “These are the things that matter to Trump, and Posobiec excels at them—as did Kirk.”
🎨: The Atlantic. Source: Dominic Gwinn / AFP / Getty.
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