Taylor Lorenz

Like it was pink pussy hat, women's march,

girl boss, I think that she was able to position herself as countercultural at that sort of pivotal time.

And she started to ride that MAGA wave.

A hundred percent.

She was right place, right time.

Now it's just this well-trod path and you have to be so compelling.

Like it's really hard.

I just think of the way the influencer landscape has like fragmented and it's become so like nichified.

It's so hard to amass the amount of attention and power and money.

And I do think that the conservative influencers that were in there early were able to do that.

But it's funny because a lot of them have flamed out or crashed out or been involved in controversy or Charlie Kirk is dead now.

So it's like she is kind of like one of the few remaining ones who's been able to hold on to her audience and continue to become more relevant.

Right.

Also, she was so tied to Facebook video.

And I think Candace tied herself to YouTube very early.

And I think that was also very smart.

Oh my god, let's do it.

First of all, it was just a shitty Chinese Android.

Let's just be clear.

So throughout Trump 1.0, we saw the beginnings of the tech clash and you started to see liberals be like, why did Donald Trump win?