Last week in right-wing trolling
Here's what you may have missed from the worst people on the internet
MAGA absolutely loves James O’Keefe, the founder of the right-wing undercover video operation Project Veritas. O’Keefe was recently forced out of the group, and MAGA is none too pleased about it. They're blaming Matthew Tyrmand for ousting O’Keefe. He’s their former ally, a Steve Bannon protégé and a Project Veritas board member. Tyrmand recently criticized Trump and endorsed DeSantis for 2024.
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Not everyone is willing to blame the Project Veritas / Matthew Tyrmand “coup” on DeSantis yet, but quite a few are blaming DeSantis directly.
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Project Veritas “coup leader” Matthew Tyrmand was once called Steve Bannon’s protégé. Now Tyrmand is dead to him.
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Everyone is sprinting away from Matthew Tyrmand as quickly as possible.
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Except for the DeSantis 2024 supporters who have been very timidly criticizing James O’Keefe and defending their fellow DeSantis supporter Matthew Tyrmand and/or the Project Veritas board.
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Supporting the Project Veritas board—and board members who support DeSantis—isn’t supporting the board, you see.
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MAGA is eating the DeSantis folks alive. They’re forcing them to pick a side.
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But the backpedaling has already begun.
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Remember to … Let. Them. Fight.
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I’ll be expanding on this story in tomorrow’s update. Stay tuned!