Politico: Influencers Were Offered Five Figures To “Post Favorably” About Naming Grenell As Secretary Of State

Politico reports:

As Ric Grenell made a bid after the election to be Donald Trump’s secretary of State, a flurry of social media posts from MAGA influencers started popping up, advocating for the president-elect to pick him. Around the same time, an associate of Grenell had approached conservative social media influencers, according to two people with knowledge of the situation, offering paid contracts of as much as five figures to post favorably about Grenell.

One such contract, obtained by POLITICO and not previously reported, outlined that the influencer would do so during “peak posting times,” that “content must appear genuine,” and it could not “appear as an overt advertisement or promotional message.” The proposed paid social media campaign, which the organizers told POLITICO never took off, illustrates the lengths to which people close to Grenell went to ensure he got the job.

Read the full article. There’s much more. According to Politico, Grenell’s lobbying for the Secretary of State job “grated” on Trump’s inner circle. But he still may get some other post.

Politico, specifically @natalie_allison and @meridithmcgraw, report that Ric Grenell allies were offering 5 figure contracts to post favorably about Grenell being nominated for Secretary of State https://t.co/ZFix0YHPk1

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 5, 2024