Leftist “The Young Turks” co-host and longtime anti-Trumper Cenk Uygur admitted that President-elect Donald Trump’s victory earlier this month brings him “optimism
Uygur, who routinely railed in opposition to Trump for years on his progressive on-line discuss present, posted to his X account on Friday that he had accepted Trump’s win as a result of it meant that “the institution” had been defeated.
“I have been making an attempt to determine why I am extra optimistic now than I used to be earlier than the election, though I used to be so in opposition to the man who received. I do know now. MAGA is just not my mortal enemy (and neither is the acute left). My mortal enemy is the institution. And so they have been defeated!” he wrote.
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Cenk Uygur, host of “The Younger Turks,” admitted on Friday he’s feeling “optimistic” following President-elect Trump’s win. (Seb Daly/Sportsfile via Getty Images)
The point represents a notable turnaround for the progressive host who, just weeks before the election, was calling Trump an “unstable madman” during an episode of “Piers Morgan Uncensored.”
During the British journalist’s popular web show, Uygur trotted out various anti-Trump talking points. “He thinks we should always terminate our Structure. He had no drawback trampling our democracy. I’m not letting that clown are available in right here and destroy this nation,” he told Morgan and his guest panel.
But on Friday, Uygur seemed pleased that not only the “institution candidate” was overwhelmed, however that the mainstream media suffered a serious blow as properly.
In a follow-up X put up he added, “It isn’t simply that the institution candidate misplaced, it is that their media is mortally wounded. The supply of their energy was not insipid politicians like Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden. The supply of their energy was their propaganda machine – the mainstream media.”
He continued, noting that independent media is now freer following Trump’s win.
“Now, on-line media is robust sufficient that their oppressive monopoly on the American thoughts has been damaged. Now, we’re within the jungle. They hate that! I adore it! This uncontrolled market of concepts is the place I am residence. I might somewhat be within the populist woods than an institution jail.”
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Uygur claimed that Trump’s win was also a win for “unbiased media” like Joe Rogan’s podcast. (Screenshots/The Joe Rogan Experience)
Various commentators and the Trump campaign itself have credited independent media for the president-elect’s victory on Election Day. Ahead of the vote, then-candidate Trump chose to appear on popular podcasts and take interviews with major influencers, including Joe Rogan, The Nelk Boys, and others.
Trump leaning into podcasts this election cycle, as opposed to traditional media interviews, paid off among Gen Z men and millennials. The Fox News Voter Survey published earlier this month found that men aged 18-44 supported Trump at 53% compared to Vice President Kamala Harris’ 45%.
Ex-Young Turks alum Jimmy Dore wasn’t convinced of his former colleague’s new stance, posting on X, “Cenk is a phony & a keen propagandist who’s a most cancers on the political discourse in America.”
Uygur made headlines earlier this month for calling out presidential historian Allan Lichtman on Morgan’s discuss present for getting his 2024 election prediction flawed together with his well-known “Key to the White Home” prediction mannequin.
The historian had predicted that Harris would win.
“Look, I debated Professor Lichtman earlier than. I advised him his theories in regards to the keys are absurd. I used to be proper. He was flawed. I mentioned he’d lose his keys,” Uygur told the panel about Lichtman, who was present as well.
Lichtman fired back, “No, you weren’t proper, and I used to be not flawed!” He added, “And that is an affordable shot. And I cannot stand for it.”
Fox Information Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.
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