Alexander rejected the idea of banning Jones. In 2018, Jack Dorsey spoke with Alexander regarding whether it was advisable to ban Alex Jones from Twitter, stating that Alexander had "interesting points" to make. As of August 2019, Alexander had over 100,000 Twitter followers. In July 2019, Alexander attended a social media summit at the White House, an event attended by a mix of politicians and far-right pundits. In early 2019, he was known for his livestream videos published via Periscope, in which he discussed his conservative and pro-Trump opinions. Social mediaĪlexander is a familiar social media personality among American conservatives. Īlexander worked as an advisor for the Kanye West 2024 presidential campaign, alongside other far-right figures including Nick Fuentes and Milo Yiannopoulos. Later, he renamed himself Ali Alexander and became an outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump. Alexander also helped to create a right-wing website titled Culttture, since defunct. Around the time of the 2016 United States presidential election, Alexander was affiliated with a political action committee to which Robert Mercer donated $60,000. In 2015, Alexander worked as the digital director for Republican Jay Dardenne's Louisiana gubernatorial campaign. In 2014, Alexander was involved with the Black Conservatives Fund, which was described by Lamar White as a "mysterious" political action committee that "appear to have largely been a proxy for former Louisiana state Sen. However, he never registered the group with the Internal Revenue Service. Alexander created and became the CEO of a group called the National Bloggers' Club, which he described as a non-profit. According to Salon, Alexander began working in politics in 2007 as a staffer for the John McCain 2008 presidential campaign. Īlexander emerged in right-wing politics around the same time as the Tea Party movement, which came to prominence in the late 2000s. Alexander has worked with other far-right personalities including Alex Jones, Roger Stone, Jacob Wohl, and Laura Loomer. The New York Observer wrote in 2018 that Alexander "has a history of dog whistling to the nationalist wing of the MAGA movement".
ActivismĪlexander has been variously described as a Republican operative, far-right personality, right-wing provocateur, and part of the New Right. Īlexander was convicted of felony property theft and credit card abuse charges in 20. Alexander later said in an interview, "I discovered I really can't do this whole college thing." Īlexander went by his birth name until he renamed himself "Ali Alexander" partway through his career as an activist. Īccording to Alexander, he attended Criswell College, a Southern Baptist institution of higher learning in Dallas, planning to become a minister, before transferring to the University of North Texas. He graduated from Fossil Ridge High School, where he was a self-described "conservative political junkie". His father left when he was two years old, and his mother raised him by herself in Fort Worth, Texas. Early lifeĪlexander was born in 1984 or 1985, one of two children born to a Christian African-American mother, Lydia Dews, and a Muslim father, who he says was an exchange student from a "prominent family" in the United Arab Emirates.
He also helped to organize one of several rallies that preceded the January 6 United States Capitol attack. Alexander is an organizer of Stop the Steal, a campaign to promote the conspiracy theory that widespread voter fraud led to Joe Biden's victory over Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election. 6 rally, and Gosar has not responded yet.Ali Alexander (born Ali Abdul-Razaq Akbar in 1984 or 1985) is an American far-right activist, social media personality, and conspiracy theorist. the 3 Republicans are taking heat for aiding him.īiggs and Brooks have denied involvement with Alexander in organizing the Jan. resulting in 5 deaths.Īlexander and his "Stop the Steal" group have been banned from Twitter, and though he's denied inciting the riot. Capitol, where an angry mob of his supporters violently stormed in. rally for President Trump was followed by a march to the U.S. He adds that they wanted to "change the hearts and the minds of Republicans who were in that body, hearing our loud roar from outside."Īs you know, the D.C. and Ali claims their plan was to put "maximum pressure on Congress while they were voting." VCaiyjf0wQ- Grant Stern Janu 3 GOP lawmakers are hard-line Trump supporters and have links to Alexander through video and social media posts. Paul Gosar (R-AZ) and Mo Brooks (R-AL) helped plan Trump's insurrection mob for "maximum" pressure on Congress according to fellow organizer who already tweeted he is ready to die to overturn the lawful election.
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