Peter Ticktin, an attorney for former President Donald Trump, has repeatedly gone on online shows hosted by supporters of the QAnon conspiracy theory. During some of these appearances, hosts have asked Ticktin to connect them with Trump, and in one instance
Conservative Republican activist Joe Budd is running for Congress, hoping to pick up a South Florida district held for decades by the Democrats. Budd hasn’t yet made a splashy public announcement, but his intentions are clear. “I’m Joe Budd. I’m going to be your next congressman in District 23,” Budd says in a video posted to his Joe Budd for Congress Facebook page.
Conservative pundits Rush Limbaugh, Bill O’Reilly, Matt Drudge and Ann Coulter all blogged or broadcast from the Sunshine State when Trump was still a local punchline. But the recent concentration of MAGA acolytes represents a significant break with country club conservatism.