{"id":2399549,"date":"2025-02-06T07:14:02","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T12:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-maga-supporter-to-sue-magazine-for-making-it-look-like-he-attended-kkk-style-party\/"},"modified":"2025-02-06T07:15:25","modified_gmt":"2025-02-06T12:15:25","slug":"black-maga-supporter-to-sue-magazine-for-making-it-look-like-he-attended-kkk-style-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/black-maga-supporter-to-sue-magazine-for-making-it-look-like-he-attended-kkk-style-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Black MAGA Supporter to Sue Magazine for Making It Look Like He Attended KKK-Style Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/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%2Fblack-maga-supporter-to-sue-magazine-for-making-it-look-like-he-attended-kkk-style-party%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=2399549&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>A writer from New \u2062York Magazine, \u2064Brock Colyar,\u200c has faced backlash for an article portraying a gathering of young Republicans as predominantly white and racially \u2063insensitive, labeling them \u200das \u2063&#8221;evil racists.&#8221;\u2063 This piece was criticized by CJ Pearson, a black co-chair of \u200cthe \u2064Republican National Committee&#8217;s Youth Advisory Council and host of the event,\u2064 who intends to \u200dsue the magazine for defamation. Pearson highlighted that \u200bthe\u200d article misrepresented\u2063 the party by cropping out several \u200dblack attendees\u2064 from photographs,creating\u2064 a misleading impression that\u2064 the gathering\u200c was an\u200d all-white affair. He asserted that the portrayal was not only false \u2062but part of \u200da broader bias against conservatives in the media.This incident reflects a\u2062 growing frustration among Republicans \u200dwith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/herschel-walker-leads-in-senate-poll\/\" title=\"Herschel Walker leads in Senate Poll\">mainstream media narratives<\/a> and a willingness to take \u200blegal action against perceived misrepresentations.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A writer for New York Magazine recently blasted an entire party full of young Republicans as evil racists, prompting the host of that party, who just so happens to be black, to file suit.<\/p>\n<p>Brock Colyar wrote a feature <a href=\"https:\/\/nymag.com\/intelligencer\/article\/inauguration-trump-supporters-conservative-movement-post-maga.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a> last week entitled &ldquo;The Cruel Kids&rsquo; Table&rdquo; that emphasized the supposed racial elements of a Trump inaugural party attended by young MAGA enthusiasts.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Have you noticed the entire room is white?&rdquo; the piece quoted one attendee as saying, before claiming that &ldquo;it wasn&rsquo;t entirely clear whether she thought that was a good thing or a bad thing.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But that wasn&rsquo;t even close to true.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/liberal-outlet-puts-reporter-leave-relationship-subject-relevant-2024-campaign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Magazine<\/a> appeared to crop the cover photo for their story to omit several black attendees, giving off the impression that the attendees were indeed all, or mostly, white.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">New York Magazine literally cropped all the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">black people<\/a> out of this cover photo and then complained that &ldquo;the entire room is white&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCatY1lZzG\">https:\/\/t.co\/gCatY1lZzG<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VhoaiJhqg1\">pic.twitter.com\/VhoaiJhqg1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Christopher Barnard (@ChrisBarnardDL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBarnardDL\/status\/1884028088843190523?\">January 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>  CJ Pearson, the national co-chair of the Republican National Committee&rsquo;s Youth Advisory Council, and a <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/thecjpearson\/status\/1883992066784416231\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">host<\/a> of the party, revealed in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/pro-trump-influencer-take-legal-action-against-new-york-magazine-over-despicable-cover-story?intcmp=tw_fnc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Fox News that he intends to sue New York Magazine over the hit piece.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They don&rsquo;t get to slander us as racist. They don&rsquo;t get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire,&rdquo; Pearson told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am sick and tired of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">left-wing mainstream media<\/a> having a license to lie about conservatives and never be held accountable,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If they want to slander us as racist, they ought to pay the cost when they do it.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pearson explained that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/goodie-bags-vip-inauguration-attendees-got-leaving-diet-coke-bottle-first\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">party<\/a> was meant to recognize the internet influencers who played a role in electing President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>He asserted that the reporter &ldquo;decided to essentially slander everyone in the room, trying to depict the event as if it was some KKK kumbaya pizza party.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>New York Magazine did this even though several black people were in attendance &mdash; and even though the headline performer was black rapper Waka Flocka Flame.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was a jubilant celebration celebrating the fact that we are back and that we finally have someone who&rsquo;s coherent, someone who actually cares about the American people in the White House,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;I think the New York Magazine was very clear in the body of their piece that they wanted to, you know, describe this and depict this as an all-white exclusive affair.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Pearson added that he was especially disgusted that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/five-people-who-live-rent-free-in-the-minds-of-the-left\/\" title=\"Five People Who Live Rent Free In The Minds Of The Left\">fellow black people<\/a> were cropped out of the picture, seemingly in an intentional manner.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They wanted to make us look like KKK lite, and that&rsquo;s why they excluded all the black people from the photo,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s why they excluded all the black people from the piece as a whole.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s why they excluded me from the story and didn&rsquo;t do the basic journalistic duty of reaching out to me for comment because they already had their narrative before they entered the door.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/black-men-respond-obamas-scolding-double-support-donald-trump-got-dad-know-aint\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pearson<\/a> contended that the outlet already decided on &ldquo;the lies that they were going to tell before they even sat down to write the article.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The willingness of Pearson to file a lawsuit over this hit piece shows a shifting attitude toward the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">legacy media<\/a> among Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the fact that Americans are sick and tired of the slander and slant, and the fact that Americans are tuning out of the legacy media more often as a result, Republicans are now refusing to let them set the narrative in dishonest ways.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/abcs-decision-settle-trump-came-top-causing-internal-problems-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">proven<\/a> this can be done by settling several lawsuits with media outlets and using the millions of dollars he is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-hits-cbs-hurts-slaps-network-massive-lawsuit-handling-kamala-harris-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winning<\/a> in the process to build his presidential library.<\/p>\n<p>Now his supporters are following suit.<\/p>\n<p>All the best to them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; 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Brock Colyar authored an article titled &#8220;The Cruel Kids&#8217; Table,&#8221; highlighting alleged racial aspects of a Trump inaugural party attended by young supporters. The piece quoted an attendee questioning the lack of diversity in the room, suggesting ambiguity about whether this was viewed positively or negatively. However, this portrayal was misleading; New York Magazine appeared to edit out several black attendees from their cover photo, creating the impression that the crowd was predominantly white. CJ Pearson, co-chair of the Republican National Committee\u2019s Youth Advisory Council and one of the party&#8217;s hosts, announced plans to sue New York Magazine over what he deemed defamatory claims. He expressed frustration with left-leaning media misrepresenting conservatives and emphasized that they should face consequences for such accusations. Pearson clarified that the event aimed to celebrate internet influencers who supported Trump&#8217;s election and criticized how it was depicted as an exclusive white gathering despite notable black attendees like rapper Waka Flocka Flame being present. He condemned the intentional exclusion of black individuals from both coverage and imagery in order to promote a false narrative about racism at their event. Pearson&#8217;s willingness to take legal action reflects a growing resistance among Republicans against biased media portrayals<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2399550,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CJ-Pearson.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[49914,17269,4585,36172,35485],"class_list":["post-2399549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-black-maga","tag-kkk","tag-lawsuit","tag-media-representation","tag-racial-discrimination"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CJ-Pearson.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399549","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2399549"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2399553,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2399549\/revisions\/2399553"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2399550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2399549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2399549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2399549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}