What Will Sommer has said about Paid influencer campaigns
2 quotes · 1 episode · Jun 7, 2026
Will Sommer, Reporter at The Bulwark who wrote about Bill Pulte, has been quoted on Paid influencer campaigns 2 times in 1 episode of Pod Save America, most recently on June 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Sommer agrees with Ashley St. Clair that pay-to-play arrangements are widespread among right-wing influencers.
“I think there's like a huge amount of pay to play or payola washing around”
Pod Save America: The Splintering MAGA Media Rage Machine (Jun 7, 2026) · Listen from 49:29
Sommer believes a sudden influencer campaign calling Harley-Davidson woke was a paid effort, though he has not proven it.
“I haven't proven it, but I think it's clear that this is a paid campaign”
Pod Save America: The Splintering MAGA Media Rage Machine (Jun 7, 2026) · Listen from 50:07
Episodes
The Splintering MAGA Media Rage MachinePod Save America · Jun 7, 2026 · 1 h 3 min
Tommy Vietor and The Bulwark's Will Sommer survey the fracturing MAGA media world, from Candace Owens and Tucker Carlson to the Daily Wire, manosphere streamers and far-right candidates.
Will Sommer on other topics
- The Daily Wire · 2 quotes
- Antisemitism · 1 quote
- 2026 Florida gubernatorial election · 1 quote
- Manosphere · 1 quote
- The Free Press · 1 quote
- 2028 Republican Party presidential primaries · 1 quote
- Tucker Carlson interview of Nick Fuentes · 1 quote
- Turning Point USA · 1 quote