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An influencer who gained notoriety for his support of President Donald Trump revealed his plan to take legal action against New York Magazine over what he called a "despicable" cover story painting Trump supporters as racist.
CJ Pearson, 22, a Black man who serves as the co-chair of the Republican National Committee's Youth Advisory Council, provided a formal notice to the magazine that he plans to sue over an article entitled 'The Cruel Kids' Table' written by Brock Colyar. Colyar describes a new generation of "casually cruel Trumpers" as "conquering Washington" while allegedly claiming the party excluded people of color, despite being organized by Pearson.
“They don’t get to slander us as racist. They don’t get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire,” Pearson told FOX News Digital in an article published Wednesday (February 5) morning.
“I am sick and tired of the left-wing mainstream media having a license to lie about conservatives and never be held accountable,” he continued. “If they want to slander us as racist, they ought to pay the cost when they do it.”
Pearson previously complained that New York Magazine edited people of color out of photos from a party for young conservatives celebrating Trump's election victory that he personally hosted in an effort to push a racist narrative.
“The party blew up because a New York Magazine reporter… decided to essentially slander everyone in the room, trying to depict the event as if it was some KKK kumbaya pizza party,” Pearson said via FOX News Digital.
“This was a jubilant celebration celebrating the fact that we are back and that we finally have someone who’s coherent, someone who actually cares about the American people in the White House,” he added. “I think the New York Magazine was very clear in the body of their piece that they wanted to, you know, describe this and depict this as an all-White exclusive affair.”
Pearson claimed that he not only organized the party but it was also attended by "many Black men" and included rapper Waka Flocka Flame as the "headline performer" in a post shared on his X account.