All posts tagged "Riley Gaines"

MAGA influencer Riley Gaines is facing ruthless ridicule after a new video showed her asking what her core beliefs are.

The reportedly leaked video shows Gaines asking her sponsors from the MAGA-friendly Patriot Mobile what the "pillars" are of her beliefs and counting on her fingers, as she says, "the First Amendment, the Second Amendment."

"There's virtually no sincerity left in the MAGA media ecosystem," wrote liberal writer and activist Joshua Reed Eakle. "All that remains are grifters parroting talking points that someone higher up the chain provided them, and this cycle repeats all the way down."...

A high-schooler seemed to momentarily confuse MAGA acolyte Charlie Kirk when she asked about the contradictory messaging emanating from his ultra-conservative "Young Women's Leadership Summit," The Washington Post reported.

Kirk is the founder of Turning Point USA, with a mission to empower "citizens of all ages to Rise Up against the radical Left in defense of freedom, free markets, and limited government," according to the group's web site.

Kirk would later tell the women that college was a “scam” but a good place to find a husband, and he "admonished that if they’re not married with kids by age 30, the chances of either happening for them will drop precipitously," the Post reported....

A self-proclaimed journalist who has been floated as a potential press secretary if Donald Trump secures a second term was accused Friday of doxxing fellow Republican Riley Gaines, a former collegiate swimmer who gave a speech for Trump's rival also seeking the GOP's nomination for president in 2024.

Laura Loomer, a Trump-defending conservative who earned a shout out from the ex-president at his recent rally in Florida, has herself run for office in the past. Recently, Donald Trump Jr. said he'd like to see his father choose Loomer as an interim press secretary.

Now, however, she's attacking Trump's enemies, including Ron DeSantis-supporting Riley Gaines, the swimmer who is known for her views against allowing trans women to compete in any womens' sports....