Why young conservatives are turning on Trump | Trump's America: The Content Wars | Documenatry

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The online right helped put Donald Trump back in the White House. Now it's turning on itself. In episode two of Trump's America, 9News US Correspondent Reid Butler goes inside the content wars. On phones and university campuses, the right and the left are racing to redefine themselves before the midterm elections, and things are getting ugly. Tucker Carlson, Ben Shapiro, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens and Joe Rogan are the faces of America's "new media": an army of podcasters with enough political sway to help win elections. In this economy, engagement is the currency, and opinion often beats fact. No one did more to take that style onto campuses than Charlie Kirk. Now Reid returns to Provo to meet Kai Schwemmer, a rising conservative creator trying to carry the movement forward. Kai's verdict is blunt: the right hasn't consolidated since Kirk's death, and more extreme voices like Nick Fuentes are rushing to fill the void. The fault lines are showing. Multiple issues are splitting the MAGA

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