{"id":2373328,"date":"2024-11-25T15:50:06","date_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/willie-robertson-argues-it-became-kind-of-cool-to-support-trump-in-2024-washington-examiner-2\/"},"modified":"2024-11-25T15:52:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-25T20:52:51","slug":"willie-robertson-argues-it-became-kind-of-cool-to-support-trump-in-2024-washington-examiner-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/willie-robertson-argues-it-became-kind-of-cool-to-support-trump-in-2024-washington-examiner-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Willie Robertson argues it became \u2018kind of cool\u2019 to support Trump in 2024 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwillie-robertson-argues-it-became-kind-of-cool-to-support-trump-in-2024-washington-examiner-2%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2373328&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Willie Robertson discussed the\u2064 changing perceptions of\u2063 supporting Donald Trump as he prepares for the \u200d2024 election. \u2063During an appearance on Tucker Carlson&#8217;s \u2064podcast, Robertson \u200bnoted that there seems\u200b to be \u2063less stigma\u200b associated with backing \u200dTrump\u2064 now compared\u200c to past elections. \u2062He expressed confidence in Trump&#8217;s chances against \u200dVice President Kamala Harris, mentioning that he sensed Trump would win based on the cultural attitudes of the time. Robertson reminisced about\u200d his \u2063prediction for the 2020 election, where he believed Trump would\u2064 be reelected\u2062 if no unforeseen circumstances arose, citing the COVID-19 pandemic as a significant factor in the election outcome. The conversation highlighted \u200bhow public sentiment\u2062 towards\u2062 Trump \u200bhas\u2063 evolved, making support for\u200c him \u200bmore socially acceptable.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Willie Robertson argues it became &lsquo;kind of cool&rsquo; to support Trump in 2024<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1894217\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Willie Robertson reflected on how President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a> won the election, suggesting there was less stigma to support the former president compared to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-abortion-group-emilys-list-threatens-to-pull-endorsement-of-sinema-if-she-keeps-supporting-filibuster\/\" title=\"Pro-Abortion Group EMILY\u2019s List Threatens To Pull Endorsement Of Sinema If She Keeps Supporting Filibuster\">previous election cycles<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The star of the <em>Duck Dynasty<\/em> reality <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">TV<\/a> show discussed on Tucker Carlson&rsquo;s podcast how he was confident Trump would win the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2024 election<\/a> against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Kamala Harris<\/a>. He said he called the race &ldquo;at 8:33 central time&rdquo; when he saw North Carolina and Virginia &ldquo;sitting sober,&rdquo; as <a href=\"https:\/\/enr.elections.virginia.gov\/results\/public\/Virginia\/elections\/2024NovemberGeneral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Trump only lost the latter state by less than six percentage points<\/a>. He said he had &ldquo;a good sense&rdquo; about Trump&rsquo;s win when assessing the general mood of people.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I was just kind of looking at the culture and looking at what people are saying and it&rsquo;s like &lsquo;he&rsquo;s got a lot of people that are,&rsquo; you know,&rdquo; Robertson told Carlson. &ldquo;Cause it wasn&rsquo;t as weird as it was before. Now, it&rsquo;s kind of cool. You weren&rsquo;t ostracized as much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The great Willie Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>(2:30) Willie&rsquo;s Family and Spiritual Journey<br \/>(13:58) How the Robertson&rsquo;s Shared Their Faith Through Duck Dynasty<br \/>(17:15) How Willie Met His Wife<br \/>(24:00) The Unlikely Origin of Duck Dynasty<br \/>(38:29) Tucker and Willie&#8217;s Bird Hunting Trip<br \/>(43:27) The&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b29b5hlA4R\">pic.twitter.com\/b29b5hlA4R<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1861107792691843162?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 25, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>Robertson noted how the momentum Trump experienced in the 2024 cycle greatly differed from 2020, as &ldquo;people did not like&rdquo; their <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">current president amid<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. When looking back at his initial prediction for the 2020 election, Robertson said Trump would win reelection &ldquo;unless something really weird happens,&rdquo; which ended up being the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson then asked Robertson if he knew of anyone in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/louisiana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Louisiana<\/a>, Robertson&rsquo;s home state, who had questions about the legitimacy of the 2020 election, to which the reality TV star said, &ldquo;We all got questions.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>He noted that &ldquo;there&rsquo;s tons of people&rdquo; who have questioned the election results over time, joking that he did not realize &ldquo;it was a crime&rdquo; to ensure election results are legitimate.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>About Robertson&rsquo;s future, the reality TV star previewed his next show, which he pitched as &ldquo;the next generation of <em>Duck Dynasty<\/em>.&rdquo; He noted a lot has happened with his family in the seven years since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/willie-robertson-argues-it-became-kind-of-cool-to-support-trump-in-2024-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Willie Robertson argues it became \u2018kind of cool\u2019 to support Trump in 2024 - Washington Examiner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disney-rolling-out-childrens-cartoon-featuring-14-year-old-activist-with-interracial-gay-dads\/\" title=\"Disney Rolling Out Children\u2019s Cartoon Featuring 14-Year-Old Activist With Interracial Gay Dads\">original show<\/a> ended<\/a> in 2017, and reflected on how many fans he has met who watched his original show on A&amp;E and have thanked him for the good memories the show provided them.<\/p>\n<p>Robertson said his show&rsquo;s fans want to be entertained while also learning new things, saying some viewers had never prayed before a meal like how every episode of Duck Dynasty would end. He also argued that the concept of families having a meal together every night has become less common and that the country is &ldquo;changing&rdquo; due to people searching for &ldquo;answers.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1894217\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1894217\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Willie Robertson claims supporting Trump in 2024 is now &#8216;cool.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2373329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Willie-Robertson-scaled-1024x682.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[32171,40674,45685],"class_list":["post-2373328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-political-commentary","tag-trump-2024","tag-willie-robertson"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Willie-Robertson-scaled-1024x682.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2373328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2373332,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2373328\/revisions\/2373332"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2373329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2373328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2373328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2373328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}