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David Smith in Washington

‘It’s all about trolling’: how far-right influencers are shaping Republican narrative

A cadre of online influencers now shape the far-right and could determine Republican primary results.
A cadre of online influencers now shape the far-right and could determine Republican primary results. Composite: The Guardian/Getty Images

He has a platform that most politicians would envy. But Jack Posobiec is not to be found on America’s major TV networks or in its newspapers. He is among a cadre of online influencers who now shape the far right – and could help decide the Republican presidential primary race in 2024.

“Two operatives made the very same prediction, that Posobiec will matter as much to future GOP voters as Washington Post columnist George Will did to Republicans a generation ago,” political journalist David Weigel wrote in a Semafor newsletter last week.

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