New MAGA Divide Erupts Over Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate [View all]

Source: The Daily Beast

New MAGA Divide Erupts Over Accused Sex Trafficker Andrew Tate

Janna Brancolini
Tue, January 14, 2025 at 11:35 AM EST·3 min read

Conservative pundit Ben Shapiro has called out his MAGA brethren over their support of accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate.

Discussing a controversy that he considers “indicative of a broader problem that the right currently has with the influencer class,” Shapiro recapped how, during an appearance on the right-wing podcast The Benny Show, Donald Trump’s attorney Alina Habba gushed to Tate about what a fan she was and glowingly compared him to her boss.

The fact that Tate has been arrested and charged in Romania—and faces separate allegations in the U.K.—on suspicion of rape, human trafficking, and forming and organizing a crime group to sexually exploit women didn’t temper her praise.

The 38-year-old British-American former kickboxer and reality TV star had been under house arrest in Romania since August, until a court ruled Tuesday that he could move freely around the country while the criminal investigation plays out, Reuters reported.

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Previously from The Daily Beast: Trump’s Lawyer Drools Over Accused Sex Trafficker and Rapist Andrew Tate