Jack Posobiec is Running Trainings for Team Trump 2024
Perhaps more concerning than a book blurb
If you’re on social media (or at least on Twitter), you’ve likely seen that JD Vance endorsed Jack Posobiec’s new book, Unhumans. On the publisher’s website, Vance’s praise of Unhumans is followed by blurbs of support from Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump Jr, and Michael Flynn; all mainstream figures within the MAGA movement.
As online MAGA has become increasingly aligned with the once-fringe, I sometimes often find myself lost trying to determine what is horrifying or new to a mainstream audience. In the case of Posobiec and Vance, this is particularly true.
The book is bad, of course (“the 283-page screed reads like an effort to incite a civil war,” wrote one reviewer). And of course it’s alarming that JD Vance, a man who could end up in charge of the White House if his ticket won and something happened to his 78 year old running mate, is a fan of Posobiec. But do we really need the Vance connection when former President Donald Trump openly associates with Jack Posobiec?
Posobiec is running a series of virtual captain’s trainings for Trump Force 47, the group attempting to gather an army of grassroots volunteers for the Trump 2024 campaign. Posobiec’s first training appears to have been on August 6th, with a second session coming up on August 13th.
TF47’s model relies on salaried field directors recruiting and training unpaid volunteers. James Blair, the Trump campaign’s political director, told me that Posobiec is not being compensated for his work (FEC reports for August are not due until September 20th). While Posobiec might not be receiving a paycheck, his appearances are being touted as a way to “receive insider insights from Jack Posobiec on the campaign's efforts.”
Beyond this, Posobiec is a frequent guest of Mar-a-Lago. In fact, he was there yesterday for Trump’s disastrous press conference.
You should be upset by Vance’s endorsement, but let’s try to not lose sight of the fact that the you don’t need Vance to directly connect Posobiec to Trump.
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