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<\/a><\/p>\nDeplorable right-wing gay<\/a> blogger Jim Hoft (above left) now has his very own White House correspondent in the form of non-journalist <\/span>Lucian Wintrich<\/a>\u00a0<\/b>(above right).<\/p>\n Twinks4Trump<\/b><\/a>\u2019s Wintrich was announced by Gateway Pundit\u2019s Hoft on Monday and both attended the White House briefing on the same day.<\/span><\/p>\n In photos published on Twitter, Haft and Wintrich are seen standing behind the lectern in the press briefing room, displaying a hand signal <\/span>associated<\/b><\/a> with the racist \u201cPepe\u201d meme.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2018Real News\u2019 Joins the White House Briefing Room t.co\/Iv3QVHVhQI<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Jim Hoft (@gatewaypundit) February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Yes, you read that correctly \u2013 in the press briefing room. Displaying a hand signal <\/span>associated<\/b> with the racist \u201cPepe\u201d meme.<\/span><\/p>\n Because that\u2019s ok.<\/span><\/p>\n A historic and packed press conference with @netanyahu<\/a> & @realDonaldTrump<\/a> today! pic.twitter.com\/hzZtPg2NvC<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Lucian B. Wintrich (@lucianwintrich) February 15, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Media Matters<\/b><\/a> explain more about Hoft, their \u201c<\/span>dumbest man on the internet<\/b><\/a>\u2019s\u201d day trip:<\/span><\/p>\n Hoft\u2019s political blog has often served as the single source for completely unfounded reporting that nonetheless catches fire in the right-wing internet world, until it becomes what Kellyanne Conway might deem an \u201calternative fact.\u201d The frequency with which he posts hoaxes and complete fabrications as fact suggests Hoft either has a reckless and total disregard for the truth or is so incompetent he cannot separate fact from fiction.<\/p>\n On Wintrich, Media Matters notes:<\/span><\/p>\n The Gateway Pundit\u2019s new White House correspondent is now attending press briefings, and it\u2019s unclear how \u201cbrand strategist and digital creative\u201d Lucian Wintrich, who frequently refers to the new president endearingly as \u201cdaddy,\u201d will approach this responsibility. If his past actions and social media persona are any indication, Wintrich will follow the Gateway Pundit formula for irresponsible and dangerous reporting, and perhaps even more explicitly incite harassment from his new White House platform.<\/span><\/p>\n \u2026He recently <\/span>wrote<\/span><\/a> on social media, \u201cI don\u2019t consider myself a journalist, I consider myself the future of journalism.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n Indeed, Wintrich does not appear to have much experience as a political reporter prior to joining The Gateway Pundit; a Nexis search of his name for the last five years reveals only a handful of articles in which he is quoted, and no bylined pieces. <\/span><\/p>\n \u2026Wintrich\u2019s experience as a writer seems to have begun with his tongue-in-cheek approach to personal harassment in college. According to <\/span>a VICE profile<\/span><\/a> of Wintrich, \u201chis writings were rejected by the student newspaper\u201d at Bard College while he was a student there, so Wintrich subsequently started a rival blog, which <\/span>posted<\/span><\/a> an anonymously written column referring to a fellow student\u2019s vagina as \u201ccold and damp\u201d and linking to her personal Facebook page.<\/span><\/p>\n @lucianwintrich<\/a> @sartoris1960<\/a> No worse than allowing CNN to keep press passes!<\/p>\n \u2014 D. Scott (@eclipsethis2003) February 14, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Wintrich is known to be close to or associated with such alt-right figures as Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos<\/a>, \u201cPharma bro\u201d Martin Shkreli<\/a>, Gavin McInnes, and \u201ccitizen journalist\u201d vigilante James O\u2019Keefe.<\/p>\n (Wintrich image via Twitter<\/a>. Haft image via YouTube<\/a>)<\/p>\n The post Twinks4Trump\u2019s Lucian Wintrich Is Now a Credentialed White House Reporter. No, Seriously<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\nRELATED:\u00a0There Was a \u2018Gays for Trump\u2019 Party at the RNC and It Was Absolutely\u00a0Insane \u2013 VIDEOS, PHOTOS<\/a><\/em><\/h2>\n
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