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Lucian Wintrich
Wintrich at the Yale Club of New York City
Born (1988-05-24) May 24, 1988 (age 36)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationBard College
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • Artist
Years active2016–present
EmployerGateway Pundit
Notable workTwinks4Trump (2016, photo series)
Websitelucianwintrich.com

Lucian Wintrich (born May 24, 1988) is an American political artist and political commentator and the White House correspondent for the Gateway Pundit. He has frequently been described in media reports as associated with the alt-right though now with the involvement of Richard B. Spencer in the aforementioned movement Wintrich has disavowed the label.[1][2][3]

Biography

Wintrich was born Lucian Einhorn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his BA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he majored in political science.[4][5] Pre-highschool, Wintrich attended the experimental prep school Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, and then Taylor Allderdice High School.[6] Wintrich's paternal grandfather, Jerzy Einhorn, was a medical doctor born in Sosnowiec, Poland, who served as an officer in the Polish resistance.[7][8][9]

Wintrich attained public attention with his pro-Donald Trump presidential candidacy series "Twinks4Trump", photographs of mostly shirtless gay young men sporting the iconic Make America Great Again baseball caps which are a hallmark of the Trump movement.[10] He also organized what is considered to have been the first pro-Trump art show.[11] He is among the first members of the White House Press Corps to be openly gay and is currently at twenty nine one of the youngest. [12][13][14] Wintrich has collaborated with Milo Yiannopoulos, a former editor at Breitbart News.[15]

The day before Donald Trump's inauguration, Wintrich was named as the inaugural White House correspondent for Gateway Pundit, which was newly granted White House briefing credentials by the incoming administration. [16]

Controversies

On February 15, 2017, Wintrich was scheduled to speak to the College Republicans at NYU, but the talk was postponed due to security concerns.[17] On March 23, 2017, he eventually spoke to the NYU College Republicans.[18][19]

On March 10, 2017, Wintrich was accosted by a fellow White House correspondent, Jon Decker of Fox News in the White House Briefing Room,[20][21][22] who loudly accused Wintrich of being a white supremacist. After the briefing at which the event is supposed to have taken place, Wintrich was approached by April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks, who filmed him answering questions about whether or not he was a racist. Ben Jacobs of The Guardian described Wintrich engaging with Ryan as him "holding his own briefing because nothing matters."[23]

References

  1. ^ https://www.google.com/search?ie=UTF-8&client=ms-android-att-us&source=android-browser&q=-the-movement-in-two%2Famp
  2. ^ "Two members of alt-right accused of making white supremacist hand signs in White House after receiving press passes". The Independent. April 29, 2017.
  3. ^ "Alt-right journalist Lucian Wintrich once played clown-zombie". Page Six. April 17, 2017.
  4. ^ "READER ALERT=> Look for TGP's Jim Hoft and Lucian Wintrich at Today's White House Press Briefing". Thegatewaypundit.com. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  5. ^ http://hac.bard.edu/lrc2017
  6. ^ "Local high school students create popular podcast - The Tartan". Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  7. ^ Ove, Torsten (July 24, 2011). "Pittsburgh doctor, Polish warrior: The Jerzy Einhorn story". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  8. ^ Einhorn, Jerzy (2005). Recollections of the End of an Era: Poland 1919-1945. AuthorHouse. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  9. ^ Johnson, Scott (28 April 2017). "48 Hours With the Media Troll Who Is Now Part of the White House Press Corps". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  10. ^ Wintrich, Lucian B. (2016-08-02). "Twinks4Trump Creator: 5 Things the Media Gets Wrong About Gay Conservatives". Advocate.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  11. ^ David Freedlander. "A Pro-Trump Art Show—But the 'Artists' Are…Interesting". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  12. ^ http://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/controversial-twinks4trump-founder-joins-white-house-press-corps-n722791
  13. ^ https://mic.com/articles/168786/nyu-postpones-speech-by-twinks-4trump-creator-white-house-correspondent-lucian-wintrich#.agtxJQGY0
  14. ^ https://nyulocal.com/lucian-wintrich-talk-to-nyu-college-republicans-postponed-717e69681cfb#.c4uhjbucl
  15. ^ Andrew Buncombe (February 14, 2017), Gateway Pundit: Pro-Donald Trump blog granted White House press credentials, New York: The Independent, retrieved February 14, 2017
  16. ^ "'Real News' Joins the White House Briefing Room". Politico.
  17. ^ https://www.nyunews.com/2017/02/15/administration-postpones-nyucrs-guest-speaker-lucian-wintrich-due-to-security-concerns/
  18. ^ Laura Casado. "UPDATE: Lucian Wintrich talk to NYU College Republicans postponed". Thetab.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  19. ^ "Washington Square News : Lucian Wintrich Speaks at NYU After Postponed Visit". Nyunews.com. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  20. ^ "Jon Decker of Fox News radio, Gateway Pundit reporter clash in White House briefing room". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  21. ^ http://www.businessinsider.com/gateway-pundit-lucian-wintrich-john-decker-fox-news-2017-3
  22. ^ http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/03/fox-news-radio-correspondent-gateway-pundit-writer-235942
  23. ^ "Discrediting and Obstructing the Mainstream Media - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
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