Dave Portnoy, the founder and proprietor of media big Barstool Sports, stated he would contemplate voting for Democrats within the midterm election if the inventory market continues to go down.
“I am not somebody who would just strictly vote based on Republican or Democrat,” Portnoy instructed Dana Bash in an interview Wednesday. “I vote on the people running, how I think they speak to me, the issues that are important to me. I will vote how I feel is the best interest of what I believe in.”
Portnoy, who has been a vocal supporter of Donald Trump and even attended his inauguration, spoke to Bash about his outspokenness for the reason that inventory market has fallen after Trump stated he would implement tariffs on virtually each nation. Portnoy stated he had misplaced $20 million in crypto and shares.
Portnoy admitted within the interview that Trump ran his presidential marketing campaign on implementing tariffs, in order that they don’t come as a shock to Portnoy, however stated Trump can’t faux the inventory market isn’t a “major issue,” and if it retains “tanking,” America could have an “economic meltdown” sooner or later.
“This is who I voted for and time is going to bear it out,” Portnoy stated. “He’s playing an extremely high-risk game of poker, and if it turns out great, it will be a great move and one of the great things he’s done. If not, I think the voters will speak at midterms.”
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Barstool Sports has been described because the “Bible of Bro Culture,” and NBC Information wrote that Portnoy understands the “elusive 18- to 35-year-old male demographic.” Portnoy instructed Bash that his and Barstool Sports’ viewers is within the inventory market like he’s, however he doesn’t assume that demographic is “jumping ship right now.” He added that the left is “far more intolerant” of him than the appropriate is, and he doesn’t assume individuals like him have a spot within the Democratic get together.
Portnoy stated individuals name him racist and sexist on social media on a regular basis, and there’s “nothing to add up to that.” In a Business Insider article, a number of girls have accused him of alleged sexual assault. Portnoy stated the intercourse was consensual and that the article was a “hit piece.” He later sued the publication, however a choose dismissed the lawsuit.
In a 2010 submit, Portnoy wrote on Barstool Sports, “[E]ven though I never condone rape if you’re a size 6 and you’re wearing skinny jeans you kind of deserve to be raped right?” And in 2012, he stood by the assertion.
In 2020, Portnoy stated he was “uncancellable” after movies resurfaced of him utilizing the N-word.
Final month, Portnoy spoke out towards the Trump administration and stated nationwide safety adviser Michael Waltz ought to have misplaced his job after it was revealed that the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic was inadvertently added to a bunch chat with the nationwide safety staff as they mentioned battle plans.
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“Trump, you may love Michael Waltz, you may love Pete Hegseth, you may love these guys, somebody has to go down,” Portnoy stated in a video posted on his social media. “To me, it’s Michael Waltz. He’s the one who added him to this conversation. But you can’t have the top of the top security people in the United States with the most sensitive information in the world adding random editors of a magazine that hates Trump’s guts to a group chat talking about an attack before it happens on a terrorist group.”
Portnoy stated Trump has not reached out to him.
The White Home didn’t instantly reply to HuffPost’s request for remark.
