Meet the Racist MAGA Influencer Selling Politics and OnlyFans

Summary

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Podcast Summary: Meet the Racist MAGA Influencer Selling Politics and OnlyFans

Podcast: The Bulwark
Episode Date: July 30, 2026
Host: Brendan Hartnett (The Bulwark)
Guest: Will Sommer (Author, False Flag newsletter)

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Episode Overview

This gripping episode of The Bulwark deep-dives into the bizarre intersection of right-wing politics, sexualization, and internet celebrity culture through the case of Savannah Cannon—a MAGA-aligned social media influencer leveraging provocative political commentary to funnel followers to her OnlyFans account. Brendan Hartnett and Will Sommer discuss the troubling rise of such figures, the hypocrisy within conservative media around sex work, and the cultural tensions playing out across the MAGA ecosystem.

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Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Who is Savannah Cannon? (00:14 – 01:51)

• Background:
  Savannah Cannon is a viral right-wing content creator with almost 300,000 Instagram followers. Her short-form videos mimic established conservative media clips (à la Daily Wire, Turning Point USA).

• Content Style:
  Cannon often uses sexualized presentation—“reclining in a chair… legs kind of posted up… thin yoga pants… outlining her entire body.”

  • [Will Sommer, 01:16]: “Perhaps designed to provoke more than a political reaction.”

• Motivation:
  She blends political outrage with intentional sexualization to attract attention…and direct traffic to her OnlyFans.

2. The OnlyFans Funnel (02:12 – 03:49)

• Strategy:
  Sommer unpacks Cannon’s approach:

  • Cannon tried “sexy at the gym” content with limited success.
  • Her breakthrough: posing as a conservative commentator while hinting at her OnlyFans.
  • No real podcast—“It has the trappings of a conservative media woman, but instead it’s just… once you dig enough into my link tree, you’re going to find my OnlyFans.”

• Political Marketing:
  Right-wing platforms inadvertently serve as marketing funnels for adult content creators, a dynamic causing friction among conservative women and pundits.

3. Reaction from the Right (03:49 – 04:49)

• Internal Backlash:
  Prominent right-wing women, like former Delaware Senate candidate Lauren Witzke, have criticized Cannon. Witzke argues Cannon’s posts degrade “traditional” values, sparking debate on the place of sex appeal in conservative commentary.

• Irony in the Ecosystem:
  The manosphere and MAGA media scorn OnlyFans as a societal scourge while simultaneously relying on such women for “hot takes” and Internet traffic.

  • [Will Sommer, 04:35]: “These are men…who say women should be at home… And yet all of these manosphere dating podcasts rely on OnlyFans women because they need hot ladies to come in so they can say, ‘What’s your body count?’”

4. Cannon’s Messaging—Racism and Islamophobia (05:46 – 07:01)

• Political Alignment:
  Cannon’s rhetoric is aggressively pro-Israel and anti-Muslim, a stance increasingly rare among younger right-wing influencers.

  • [Will Sommer, 05:59]: “It kind of makes you seem astroturf… what’s going on here with this figure?”
  • Compares Cannon to figures like “Matt Nuclear,” another “pro-Israel gladiator” hired by establishment conservatives.

• Explicit Racism:
  The hosts play clips in which Cannon spouts bigoted tropes about Muslims and immigrants.

  • [Cannon, 06:49]: “70% of all Pakistanis are inbred. Half of everybody living in the Arab world is inbred… It’s sickening.”
  • [Sommer, 07:01] (“What a nice lady”)—sarcastically calling out the overtly racist content.

5. Cultural and Media Commentary (Interwoven throughout)

• Satire of Right-Wing Outrage:
  The hosts lampoon the contradictions of right-wing media: sexual mores and “traditional values” undercut by monetized outrage and sexualization.

• Foot Fetish Subtext:
  Noting Cannon’s frequent display of bare feet, Hartnett states:

  • [Brendan Hartnett, 03:49]: “We at the Bulwark do not kink shame.”
  • Sommer remarks on his own naiveté before realizing it’s part of the overall marketing scheme.

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Memorable Quotes

• Will Sommer on the symbiotic grift:
  “She recognizes right wing media as a good client funnel… Her big hit has been… pose as a conservative talking head… as far as I can tell, that’s not real.” (02:12)

• On conservative hypocrisy and frustration:
  “They hate OnlyFans… and yet all of these manosphere dating podcasts rely on OnlyFans women because they need the hot ladies to come in so they can say, ‘What’s your body count?’” (04:35)

• On Cannon's virulent messaging:
  “70% of all Pakistanis are inbred… It’s sickening.” (06:49) — Savannah Cannon
  “What a nice lady.” (07:01) — Will Sommer, deadpan

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Timestamps for Important Segments

• Savannah Cannon’s persona and strategy on the right – 00:14 – 01:51
• How she funnels political followers to OnlyFans – 02:12 – 03:49
• The broader right-wing and manosphere response; internal hypocrisy – 03:49 – 05:46
• Her stances and explicit racism; impact on the MAGA ecosystem – 05:46 – 07:01
• Discussion of conservative outrage and media incentives – Interspersed throughout

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Tone and Takeaways

• Tone:
  Wry, skeptical, occasionally sardonic, with a focus on exposing hypocrisy and absurdity in MAGA media.

• Main takeaway:
  The episode paints a vivid picture of how outrage, sex, and bigotry intermingle in online right-wing spaces, with “influencers” like Cannon exploiting social media and the contradictions of the MAGA ecosystem for profit and visibility—while dragging the movement’s values further into disarray.

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Transcript

[A]

Hey, guys. Brendan Hartnett, rapid response editor here at the Bulwark. Welcome back to Bulwark Takes. I'm joined by Will Sommer, author of our False Flag newsletter. And he's out with a doozy of a piece today titled right wing media and OnlyFans are in a symbiotic Relationship. Will, great piece. Tell us about the piece.

[B]

Thank you. Yeah, this is a trip into a sordid world, a world where sex sells. Okay, so this is a story mostly about a woman named Savannah Cannon. And you know, I suspect that may not be her real name, but, but you know, she's a lovely young lady and she has caused quite a stir on the right over the past week. She's someone who is pumping out short form video content, very stuff that would not be out of place at the Daily Wire, Turning Point usa. Like she kind of shows a video and she's like, it's like an immigrant or a trans person, you know, acting in a crazy way. And she goes like, these people are, these liberals are out of control. But what's unique about her is, and what has agitated a lot of other women on the right is that she is sitting in an unusual way, a way that seems perhaps designed to provoke more than a political reaction. Let's play that clip.

[C]

It blows my mind. She is the opposite of everything that we stand for in this country. And she literally married her brother.

[B]

Sorry about Ilhan Omar.

[C]

Do not marry our brothers here.

[B]

So she has her, her legs, she's kind of reclining in a chair and she has her legs kind of posted up next to her and she's wearing thin yoga pants. You know, those who are just listening, you know, it's, it's, it's really outlining, let's say like her entire body and perhaps the, the lower region in particular. And this is something that if you look at her videos, she has. This woman has nearly 300,000 followers on Instagram on her politics account. And I mean, this is something, if you look at her videos, this is she's doing all the time, she's like hiking up the pants. So, Brennan, you know, I suspected there might be something else going on here.

[A]

Yeah. So how did you come across her? Because I will say this week I've been seeing a bunch of her videos in my timeline as somebody who follows a lot of gripers and it's, I'm

[B]

sure you have been seeing, seeing her in your timeline with your Elgo.

[A]

Yeah. So why is she significant? Like, why does it matter that this woman is out here? Giving hot takes while showing off her crotch.

[B]

Yeah. So what's going on here is, let's just establish this. She's an only fans model and she's trying to get subscribers by hook or by crooked to sign up to see, you know, sexy pictures of her and pay for them on OnlyFans. Now what we're seeing is that she recognizes right wing media as a good client funnel. Customer funnel. And so she, she tried other stuff. Oh, here's me being sexy at the gym. I did okay, you know, whatever. But her big hit has been I just need to sort of pose as a conservative talking hat. Maybe these are really her politics. But, you know, she, it kind of looks like she has a podcast and stuff. As far as I can tell, that's not real. It's basically like it has the trappings of a conservative media woman, but instead it's just like, by the way, you know, once you kind of dig enough into my link tree, you're going to find my only fans. And the reason this is relevant is because this came across my feed when Lauren Witzke, who's sort of a far right woman, she, she was actually a Delaware Senate candidate. She was a Republican nominee in Delaware a few years back. She's kind of affiliated with like Milo Yiannopoulos. So she's like kind of coming from that world. She's like, I guess it's like kind of Nick Fuente's adjacent. But basically she was. Savannah Cannon had some kind of like pro Israel or like anti Muslim comments. And Lauren was like, look at these kind of traditional or these, these kind of conservative establishment media women. You know, these are tramps, essentially. You can see, you know, look at how she puts her legs up. And so this sort of started a whole debate on the right about, you know, the place of sex appeal in political commentary. Are all these right wing boomer men just simps being preyed on by Savannah Cannon and her ilk. Conversations like this.

[A]

And I should say for those watching at home, it's not just her crotch and butt crack that's in the video. She is also showing her feet. And we at the Bulwark do not kink shame. So I know there's some people who are into that, but it's a really interesting strategy. Has it proven successful at driving subs to her only fans?

[B]

You know, her sub count isn't, isn't public. And, you know, I'll give you an example, Brennan, of how innocent my mind is. The first thing I noticed was the bare feet, was I was like, oh, she's doing like, you know, because you'll see, you know, social media influencers will sometimes block out their fe feed in pictures to like keep the ward away the sickos or you know, or whatever. But the. In this case. And then I thought, oh my goodness, there's even more going on here. What's with these legs? Why, why is she crouching in this particular way? It's, you know, in a way I think it's. I feel like sort of like I'm taking you down to the peep show and we're reviewing it or whatever and it's like, what's the point of this? But I think it illustrates, it points to something larger which is there is this relationship between conservative media and which is to say that there is often this. These are men who ha women who talk about women in awful ways, who say that women should be, you know, at best at home raring, raising children, have no other role in society. And yet. And they hate only fans. You have to understand, really, these young Gen Z creators, they see only fans as not just like a day class A operation or whatever, but like something that is like a scourge upon society because they believe it basically has turned every woman that would normally be dating them has turned them into like a trollop who's on OnlyFans and has just so warped the market that, you know, this is like goes into hypergamy. The idea that the top 20% of men are taking 80% of the women, all this stuff. And so they hate OnlyFans. And yet all of these manosphere dating podcasts rely on OnlyFans women because they need like the hot ladies to come in so they can say what's your body count? And so I get into that a little in the piece as well.

[A]

So you mentioned she had pro Israel comments, which I feel like is pretty rare for most new New Right influencers. What's her. Where does she fit in the current maga media ecosystem amid this current civil war that's dividing them?

[B]

Yeah, you know, this is something that, that's always interesting is when people who are like Gen Z or Gen Alpha really come out and are like trashing Muslims and are very pro Israel. And I think it gives because we're seeing on the right even increasing kind of antipathy towards Israel among young people. It kind of makes you seem astrotur like right out of the gate. And I think that's partially what it would attracted people to this controversy and made them think like, what's going on here with this figure. You know, we saw this also with Matt Nuclear, who is this like 19 year old Ben Shapiro hired who was going to be like his, you know, pro Israel gladiator and, you know, pretty, pretty quickly got got owned by the gripers. So I guess my point is her politics are very kind of like mainline FOX News. It's just she's doing this like crazy pose as well. You know, let's play another video here and kind of get, get a glimpse into, into what we're, what we're doing, what we're talking about ideologically.

[C]

70 of all Pakistanis are inbred. Half of everybody living in the Arab world isn't bred. They marry their first cousins and are the reason for all these disorders and children at the highest rate ever. It's sickening.

[B]

What a nice lady. So the other aspect here that I think is interesting is this has created a lot of commentary among the, you know, conservative pundit class. And so I'd like to play a video from Steven Crowder. Now, Steven Crowder, folks, he was once a child actor. He played the voice of one Arthur the aardvark's friends on that show. And since then his dreams have gone sour and he's become a conservative podcast guy. And let's say he's no friend to one.