This Ex-MAGA Influencer Was Offered the 'GDP of a Small Nation' to Keep Their Secrets. She Spills All With Mehdi
5/18/202625 min
Ashley St. Clair was a MAGA influencer for nearly a decade. In this episode of 'Mehdi Unfiltered,' she spills all their secrets – from coordinated group chats with the White House to Elon Musk's Twitter takeover.
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Mehdi Hasan· Host0:52
Is it that MAGA influencers, the people you see on Twitter, the people who are pundits on cable news, they are all in one chat, and they are getting specific talking points sent to them by Karoline Leavitt and the White House?
Ashley St. Clair· Guest1:04
Some are just sequestered to large MAGA influencers in which they send these paid campaigns. Others have members of the administration. Others have, you know, the Trump children. I was offered something rather substantial to not speak.
Mehdi Hasan· Host1:18
You turned down that offer?
Ashley St. Clair· Guest1:20
I've turned down enough money that it is the GDP of a small nation.
Mehdi Hasan· Host1:23
You spoke about the first time you met Musk. What was it about him that interested you, and were his many