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‘You Can Be Any Demographic and Be a Conservative’: Meet the RNC Influencers
Conservative influencer Xaviaer DuRousseau with his friend Amber Rose, who spoke on the first night of the RNC. (Credit: Pep Williams)
With his bleach-blond hair and ‘very left wing’ upbringing, Xaviaer DuRousseau is an unlikely Republican. But what matters are principles, he tells The Free Press.
By Olivia Reingold
07.18.24 — U.S. Politics
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Xaviaer DuRousseau, a 27-year-old conservative influencer, knows he looks like he belongs at the Democratic National Convention. His bleach-blo…

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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