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New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Meet the NYC singles looking for the 'right' stuff — and to Make America Hot Again
The hottest pickup line in singles bars today? 'Hi, I'm MAGA.' No longer is it a liability to be an out-of-the-closet Republican — it's actually a calling card, young singles told The Post. Comely conservatives are simply looking for a mate to MAGA with — and they're breaking through in big, blue cities, at right-wing ragers, on targeted dating apps and at Trump rallies. Advertisement 'It's never been a better time to date as a conservative,' crowed CJ Pearson, co-chair of the GOP Youth Advisory Council, who punched back against a January New York magazine piece smearing his diverse DC inauguration party as all-white. 'Being conservative right now is the coolest it's ever been,' added the single DC-based political advisor, who boasted that women want to be with a guy who's a 'provider and who they feel safe around.' Good luck finding that in a guy 'with pronouns in his bio,' he added. Advertisement 20 'Being conservative right now is the coolest it's ever been,' CJ Pearson, co-chair of the GOP Youth Advisory Council, told The Post. Getty Images for DailyWire+ Red hot and heavy For MAGA singles looking for love, like Raquel Debono, 'hotness is a bipartisan issue.' That's why she founded Make America Hot Again, a cheeky movement throwing parties for young conservatives around NYC at hotspots like downtown's Sincerely, Ophelia and Trump Tower. 'No more of these stuffy CPAC vibes,' the 29-year-old said. 'We actually have fun and we're normal.' Advertisement 20 Raquel Debono, shown at a Make America Hot Again event, formerly worked for the Date Right Stuff app and now runs Make America Hot Again events. Nick Tan 20 Raquel Debono is shown among singles ready to mingle at a Make America Hot Again black and white party. Alan Shindelman With her regular bacchanals that can swell to as many as 300 people, love is definitely in the air. And apparently in the bathroom stalls. Advertisement 'There was a couple in the bathroom who were doing something highly inappropriate at my last party,' Debono told The Post about the politically-charged passion at a May bash, which attracted 50 sharp-dressed attendees. 20 Paula Scanlan, Raquel Debono and Debra Lea party it up at a Make America Hot Again event. Nick Tan 20 Raquel Debono rocks a signature red Make America Hot Again cap alongside Emily Wilson at a get-together. 'It was getting hot and heavy in there,' she said. 'At least there was a happy ending somewhere.' The 29-year-old single lawyer from the West Village is happy to watch love blossom from the sidelines. 'That's why I throw these — I'm trying to find my husband,' Debono said of the parties that have a lopsided 60-40 split in favor of guys heavily representing the 'bro and tech vote.' 'I have met a few lovely young men, but as they say, the coach doesn't play.' Politically-right prospects 20 Vanessa Simon, a Queens Republican and former city council candidate, told The Post that being a conservative single 'raises your stock' these days. Advertisement In the golden age of conservatism, with control of the House, Senate and White House, singles are feeling fancy-free. 'It raises your stock,' Vanessa Simon, a former Queens Republican city council candidate, told The Post about dating as a female conservative in NYC. 'It's actually a conversation starter — definitely not a deal-breaker.' The 30-something credited the 'silent majority' with the ease of meeting MAGA-adjacent men in the city, even when she drops the Republican-bomb into conversation: 'I've yet to have a guy walk away. 'It's a really good time for conservatives to date.' Advertisement Yet political junkies are nothing if not strategic. 20 Vanessa Simon said she's 'yet to have a guy walk away' when she's identified as being with the GOP. @vanessa4ny/instagram 20 When it comes to finding single allies, conservative Toria Brooke basically feels it 'really matters' to be in the right place at the right time. 'It really matters putting yourself in a place geographically' that's going to yield the 'highest chance of meeting like-minded people,' said 32-year-old Toria Brooke, a conservative commentator and reporter who lives outside of Nashville. Advertisement Back when she worked in NYC, the guys she met mostly leaned left 'unless they were in finance.' Nashville, with its healthy share of 'bigger, bearded, rugged men' — a breath of fresh air from the 'yuppie, feminine' dudes proliferating in other cities — was a big draw. 20 Toria Brooke sees a huge — refreshing — difference between NYC and Nashville. She cites 'patriotism' as being hot — prevalent at the fundraisers and movie premieres at Mar-a-Lago she attends — though she's not found lasting love, yet. Advertisement 'I've made some great connections, but it's just the luck of the draw.' 'We can't give up' 20 Brent Morden, vice president of the New York Young Republican Club, said you just need to 'know where to look' to find conservative singles in the Big Apple. 20 Dan Huff (center) is the founder of Date Right Stuff for conservative singles. Nick Tan But don't count out the Big Apple, said singles. 'There are plenty of options in New York — if you know where to look,' claimed Brent Morden, vice president of the New York Young Republican Club, whose wild December gala made Post headlines. Date Right Stuff, an app for singles with shared values, has seen 'tens of thousands of downloads right after the election,' according to 40-year-old co-founder Dan Huff. The 'big bump' adds to the app's some 400,000 total downloads as the team focuses on New York with sought-after events that have drawn 'hundreds of attendees and generated strong buzz.' 20 The Date Right Stuff party attracted loads of well-dressed singles on Election Night. Nick Tan 'There's a spark in New York now, a reawakening,' added Huff, a former lawyer in the Trump White House who said the app boasts at least 75 marriages. 'Our main focus is to build critical masses in these Democratic cities to make sure these people have somewhere to go,' added Micaela Bishop, the app's 29-year-old New York-based chief growth officer. 20 Micaela Bishop works as the chief growth officer for Date Right Stuff. Nick Tan 20 Gianna Prignano said the number of Republican men in NYC is in women's favor. 20 A Date Right Stuff party draws right-leaning singles in New York City. Nick Tan 'It's probably easier for a woman to find a conservative guy than it is reversed,' asserted New York Young Republican Club recruitment chair Gianna Prignano. However, the 25-year-old Westchester native admitted the climate is better now than it was four years ago. 'I feel like it's at the beginning of us turning around. We can't give up on New York.' 20 Members of the New York Young Republicans Club gather to celebrate NYYRC's 114th anniversary and the inauguration of the club's new president, Stefano L. Forte, late last month in New York. REUTERS 20 'Our main focus is to build critical masses in these Democratic cities to make sure these people have somewhere to go,' Micaela Bishop told The Post. Nick Tan 'In such high demand' MAGA men insist the pendulum has already swung back in favor of 'traditionalism.' Trad wife is in and 'girlboss is out,' asserted the 22-year-old Pearson, adding that women are 'over it' when it comes to 'beta male cucks.' 'Right now, liberal women are super into conservative men,' he said. 'It feels a little rebellious.' Pearson said he's turned the heads of women in bars when he evangelizes about the issues he holds dear, like not splitting the bill anymore. 'Conservative men are in such high demand,' adding that women are done 'splitting the bill or Venmo-ing someone for a $5 cup of coffee.' 'Gen Z is yearning for a return to tradition,' asserted Pearson, 'and we're actively bringing that about.' 'If I can spread the good word and bring them over to our side, I've done my duty.' For Nashville's Toria Brooke, it's self-defeating to soften values for the sake of a potential romance that's doomed to fail along political divides. 'You save yourself a lot of trouble by trying to fit a square peg in a round hole,' she lamented. 'There's nothing better than a conservative woman,' Pearson said, specifically someone who knows she doesn't 'need' a guy, but wants a man 'being a man.' 20 Toria Brooke shuns 'trying to fit a square peg in a round hole,' she told The Post. He believes the concepts of 'emasculation' and the 'obsession over toxic masculinity' are finally being put out to pasture. 'Conservatives have the most fun,' he said. 'You can be unfiltered and not worry about getting cancelled or losing your livelihood.' As Debono said in her video: 'Who would disagree with a hotter America? Well, liberals would. That's who.' 'The best is yet to come' 20 Isabella DeLuca slaps down stereotypes and assumptions about conservatives. Stephen Yang For Isabella DeLuca, the narrative that conservatives are 'close-minded, xenophobic and bigoted couldn't be further from the truth.' The 25-year-old conservative, who spoke openly about her arrest and pardon for her two-minute entry into the Capitol on January 6, thought she would have been married 'with at least a kid or two by now,' like her mom was at her age. 'Friends my age feel behind,' said the Long Islander, who knows 'getting married and having a family' would 'fulfill' her. 'I don't want to spend the duration of my 20s partying and quote-unquote living my life to come into my 30s and realize I made a mistake.' 20 Long Island resident DeLuca says she would be 'fulfilled' starting a family. Stephen Yang For the single Morden, thinking of the New York Young Republican Club's upcoming 'Sail Away Summer Soiree' evokes the president's favorite mantra, 'The best is yet to come.' 'I haven't found love yet,' said the New Yorker, 'but I'm very optimistic for myself.'
Yahoo
11-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Analyzing Trump's growing appeal among young voters
President Trump likes to boast about how well he did with young voters in the 2024 election. He credits a wave of Republican podcasters and social media influencers for his growing support among that group. One of those influencers, CJ Pearson, joins "America Decides" to discuss.
Yahoo
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Pro-Trump influencer will take legal action against New York magazine over ‘despicable' cover story
FIRST ON FOX: CJ Pearson is taking legal action against New York Magazine after its "despicable" cover story that he feels falsely painted pro-Trump conservatives as racist. New York Magazine writer Brock Colyar warned that a new generation of "casually cruel Trumpers" are "conquering Washington" in a cover story headlined, "The Cruel Kids' Table." The glossy feature has since come under fire for cropping Black attendees out of the cover image while quoting an attendee who complained "the entire room is White." Pearson has not yet filed a lawsuit but provided a formal notice to the magazine that he plans to sue. "They don't get to slander us as racist. They don't get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire," Pearson told Fox News Digital. Ny Mag Cover Accused Of Cropping Out Black Attendees Of Trump Inauguration Event "I am sick and tired of the left-wing mainstream media having a license to lie about conservatives and never be held accountable," he continued. "If they want to slander us as racist, they ought to pay the cost when they do it." Read On The Fox News App Pearson, the national co-chair of the Republican National Committee's Youth Advisory Council, said his party was intended to honor key influencers of the election. "The party blew up because a New York Magazine reporter… decided to essentially slander everyone in the room, trying to depict the event as if it was some KKK kumbaya pizza party," Pearson said. "This was a jubilant celebration celebrating the fact that we are back and that we finally have someone who's coherent, someone who actually cares about the American people in the White House," he added. "I think the New York Magazine was very clear in the body of their piece that they wanted to, you know, describe this and depict this as an all-White exclusive affair." Pearson, who previously spoke out on X, said nothing can be further from the truth, and the party was not only organized by a Black man but also attended by "many Black men." "The headline performer was a Black man, Waka Flocka Flame, it doesn't get more Black than that," Pearson added. Pearson's hand is visible in the cover photo, but his body and face were cut out. He said he was "disgusted" to realize he was cropped out of the cover image, but his outrage didn't stop there. "I was even more disgusted when I realized that the other people that were cropped out had one pretty striking similarity to me. We were all people of color. And I think that it was absolutely intentional," he said. "They wanted to make us look like KKK lite, and that's why they excluded all the Black people from the photo. It's why they excluded all the Black people from the piece as a whole," Pearson continued. "It's why they excluded me from the story and didn't do the basic journalistic duty of reaching out to me for comment because they already had their narrative before they entered the door. They already had, you know, the lies that they were going to tell before they even sat down to write the article." Trump Scores Big Legal Win Against Pulitzer Prize Board Members As Lawsuit Moves To Discovery Pearson said his legal team is evaluating the facts of the situation and applicable statutes and plans to move "fairly quickly." "I think if anyone's going to hold the media accountable, we ought to start now. And I think in the spirit of President Trump, we've got to we've got to fight back, and we've got to fight back hard. They don't get to slander us as racist," Pearson said. "They don't get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire," he added. "And once we do that, I guarantee you will think a lot harder the next time they want to defame a bunch of people for simply loving America, loving their country and loving President Donald J. Trump." Pearson feels it's time to "usher in a new era of accountability in media," and feels Trump has set the tone. His comments come on the heels of ABC News' $15 million settlement and Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump, along with reports that CBS News' parent company Paramount is reportedly mulling its own settlement to end the network's high-stakes legal battle against Trump. Trump Threatens More Lawsuits Against Media As Abc To Pay $15 Million To Settle Case Trump also has filed lawsuits against The Des Moines Register and veteran pollster Ann Selzer along with members of the Pulitzer Prize Board. New York Magazine did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Pearson taking legal action. New York Magazine previously provided the following statement to Fox News Digital: "The magazine's most recent cover story explores the new class of conservatives taking Washington by storm, through the lens of inauguration weekend. The cover was cropped to the center of a picture that was published in full online, and we believe both the cover and story provide an accurate impression of the weekend." Fox News Digital's Alexander Hall, Joseph A. Wulfsohn and Hanna Panreck contributed to this report. Original article source: Pro-Trump influencer will take legal action against New York magazine over 'despicable' cover story
Fox News
05-02-2025
- Politics
- Fox News
Pro-Trump influencer will take legal action against New York magazine over ‘despicable' cover story
FIRST ON FOX: CJ Pearson is taking legal action against New York Magazine after its "despicable" cover story that he feels falsely painted pro-Trump conservatives as racist. New York Magazine writer Brock Colyar warned that a new generation of "casually cruel Trumpers" are "conquering Washington" in a cover story headlined, "The Cruel Kids' Table." The glossy feature has since come under fire for cropping Black attendees out of the cover image while quoting an attendee who complained "the entire room is White." Pearson has not yet filed a lawsuit but provided a formal notice to the magazine that he plans to sue. "They don't get to slander us as racist. They don't get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire," Pearson told Fox News Digital. "I am sick and tired of the left-wing mainstream media having a license to lie about conservatives and never be held accountable," he continued. "If they want to slander us as racist, they ought to pay the cost when they do it." Pearson, the national co-chair of the Republican National Committee's Youth Advisory Council, said his party was intended to honor key influencers of the election. "The party blew up because a New York Magazine reporter… decided to essentially slander everyone in the room, trying to depict the event as if it was some KKK kumbaya pizza party," Pearson said. "This was a jubilant celebration celebrating the fact that we are back and that we finally have someone who's coherent, someone who actually cares about the American people in the White House," he added. "I think the New York Magazine was very clear in the body of their piece that they wanted to, you know, describe this and depict this as an all-White exclusive affair." Pearson, who previously spoke out on X, said nothing can be further from the truth, and the party was not only organized by a Black man but also attended by "many Black men." "The headline performer was a Black man, Waka Flocka Flame, it doesn't get more Black than that," Pearson added. Pearson's hand is visible in the cover photo, but his body and face were cut out. He said he was "disgusted" to realize he was cropped out of the cover image, but his outrage didn't stop there. "I was even more disgusted when I realized that the other people that were cropped out had one pretty striking similarity to me. We were all people of color. And I think that it was absolutely intentional," he said. "They wanted to make us look like KKK lite, and that's why they excluded all the Black people from the photo. It's why they excluded all the Black people from the piece as a whole," Pearson continued. "It's why they excluded me from the story and didn't do the basic journalistic duty of reaching out to me for comment because they already had their narrative before they entered the door. They already had, you know, the lies that they were going to tell before they even sat down to write the article." Pearson said his legal team is evaluating the facts of the situation and applicable statutes and plans to move "fairly quickly." "I think if anyone's going to hold the media accountable, we ought to start now. And I think in the spirit of President Trump, we've got to we've got to fight back, and we've got to fight back hard. They don't get to slander us as racist," Pearson said. "They don't get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire," he added. "And once we do that, I guarantee you will think a lot harder the next time they want to defame a bunch of people for simply loving America, loving their country and loving President Donald J. Trump." Pearson feels it's time to "usher in a new era of accountability in media," and feels Trump has set the tone. His comments come on the heels of ABC News' $15 million settlement and Meta's $25 million settlement with Trump, along with reports that CBS News' parent company Paramount is reportedly mulling its own settlement to end the network's high-stakes legal battle against Trump. Trump also has filed lawsuits against The Des Moines Register and veteran pollster Ann Selzer along with members of the Pulitzer Prize Board. New York Magazine did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Pearson taking legal action. New York Magazine previously provided the following statement to Fox News Digital: "The magazine's most recent cover story explores the new class of conservatives taking Washington by storm, through the lens of inauguration weekend. The cover was cropped to the center of a picture that was published in full online, and we believe both the cover and story provide an accurate impression of the weekend."
Express Tribune
29-01-2025
- Entertainment
- Express Tribune
Who is the 'mysterious woman' on NYMag's controversial cover? MAGA fans can't get enough
A mysterious woman in a black lace dress has taken social media by storm after appearing on the cover of New York Magazine's controversial article on young MAGA supporters. The cover, which featured a group of well-dressed conservatives at a Washington inauguration party, quickly became a viral sensation, with many fans dubbing the unidentified brunette their 'Roman Empire.' For our latest cover story, — New York Magazine (@NYMag) 'Bottom left is my Roman Empire,' a user wrote on X, with others praising her appearance and speculating about her identity. 'Legit beautiful. Could be a low-tier model or influencer, I'm sure,' one user commented, while another joked, 'Thanks to this picture, I just joined the Republican party, and I'm not even American.' Bottom left is my Roman Empire. — Jack Mac (@JackMacCFB) Thanks to this picture, I just joined the Republican party and I am not even American. — Jürgen Ignoto (@jurgenignoto) However, the magazine's cover has also sparked backlash after critics accused it of selectively cropping out Black attendees to push a misleading narrative. The event's host, conservative activist CJ Pearson, took to X to call out New York Magazine , writing, 'This is insane. I hosted this event and @NYMag intentionally left me out of their story because it would have undermined their narrative that MAGA is some racist cult.' 🚨🚨This is insane. I hosted this event and You don't hate the… — CJ Pearson (@thecjpearson) Other attendees also voiced their frustration, with one stating, 'I was at this party, as were MANY other Conservative media influencers who are Black, Latino, Asian, etc.' The article itself painted the attendees as 'young, gleeful, and casually cruel,' describing them as a new wave of urban, well-connected conservatives breaking away from the traditional Trump supporter mold. The journalist noted that the event was filled with 'crypto nerds, influencer girlies, and recent MAHA (Make America Hot Again) converts,' while also describing the women as 'hot enough to be extras in the upcoming American Psycho remake.' As the controversy continues to unfold, the magazine's journalist has since locked their X account in response to the growing backlash. Meanwhile, the viral partygoer remains unidentified, adding to the intrigue surrounding the now-infamous cover photo.
