Dan Bongino leads the MAGA field in stolen-election messaging
As far-right media entrepreneurs seize on Trump’s fraud claims to build new audiences, a former Secret Service agent rises to the front of the pack. Dan Bongino speaks onstage during Politicon 2018 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
[Dan Bongino, a latecomer to the talk-show world, is the surprise leader in the far-right media sweepstakes set off by the president's refusal to concede the election. | Phillip Faraone/Getty Images for Politicon]
By MAGGIE SEVERNS
11/18/2020 04:30 AM EST
As President Donald Trump pushed his theory last week that the presidential election had been stolen from him, the three-time failed congressional candidate turned prolific commentator Dan Bongino was penning dozens of Facebook posts and generating hours of podcast programming, pointing out “anomalies” in the election results and telling his listeners he’s “never been more fired up” in his life.
“You wanted us to quit? How about you go [bleep] yourself, I’m not going anywhere. You ain’t either,” Bongino said on his podcast.