Red Eagle Politics
Red Eagle Politics, sometimes shortened to REP, is an Armenian-American YouTuber, political strategist, and conservative political commentator. He has described himself as a National Populist and a Paleoconservative with a few "civil libertarian" tendencies.
Red Eagle Politics began uploading YouTube videos in February 2019. A few months later, his channel hit 1,000 subscribers due to his "WHY TRUMP WILL WIN" video that went viral, reaching over 140,000 views in just a couple of months. The channel early on focused mainly on election analysis early on, however, it did upload videos that dealt with current events and policy, as well as talked about them in livestreams, known as the REPCasts. The channel got up to 6,000 subscribers before stagnating in August 2019. However, in August, REP uploaded a video explaining how Trump could win the 2020 Election in a 400+ Electoral Vote landslide. REP later stated that the video was done as a semi-serious joke showing what a 400 Electoral Vote landslide for Trump would look like. To date, it is REP's most viewed video with nearly 300,000 views.
This video helped REP jumpstart his channel growth again, as he crossed 10,000 subscribers on September 10, 2019, during his live stream of the NC-09 Special Election. Several other videos regarding the 2020 Election released in late 2019 powered him over the 20,000 subscriber mark by Christmas. In early 2020, REP continued to post polling and election analysis videos as well as videos regarding topics such as current events and strategy. REP's ideology became a bit less libertarian and neoconservative over time, and he began to embrace a more National Populist worldview, criticizing establishment conservatism and many aspects of Donald Trump's administration that he felt insufficiently represented his 2016 campaign. His channel became a big hub for the 2020 primaries and general election, as well as news and commentary that surrounded the election. By early October, his channel crossed 50,000 subscribers. He became sponsored routinely by companies such as My Patriot Supply and Noble Gold.
In the month of October, REP's channel received over 2 Million views, and over 30,000 more subscribers. It became one of the highest-volume channels in terms of election analysis content during this time. In mid-October, REP did a live stream after the Vice Presidential debate that featured David Carlson (from the DC Perspective channel) and Arizona political guru Everardo "Lalo" Mercado. Carlson instantly became REP's cohost in the ensuing streams, leading up to the election and on election night.
REP's 2020 Election Night stream amassed over 500,000 different viewers. REP's election prediction did call four states incorrectly, however, it was one of the most accurate per the margins in each state, even more so than FiveThirtyEight and leading election YouTuber Let's Talk Elections. In three of the four states he called incorrectly, his margin was closer to the result than FiveThirtyEight's. REP called every governorship correctly, was more accurate than nearly all expert pundits' predictions in terms of the House of Representatives, and called every Senate election decided on election night correctly (changing his Georgia predictions before the runoffs). Still, his predictions have been under fire by many pundits on Election Twitter as "biased" towards the right. REP has fired back at these individuals, labeling them as the "Election Prediction Mafia," a term he coined that soared on the Google trends in the weeks leading up to the election. The term was used by individuals such as Robert Barnes, Eric Trump, Richard Baris, and many other right-wingers. He also became famous for using nicknames for these high-profile pundits such as "Nate Plastic" for Nate Silver, "Lyin' Niles" for Niles Edward Francis, "J. Mild ConMan" or "KMart Nate Plastic" for J. Miles Coleman. REP also has used the term in the past to describe US Elections Atlas, as well as Let's Talk Elections, a semi-rival channel that solely has an elections focus.
REP hit 100,000 subscribers on November 10, 2020, and 101,000 subscribers on November 21, 2020. However, he lost 4,000 subscribers over the next few months due to a mix of skepticism of election fraud allegations, political differences, and stances on Trump's reaction to the post-election events. However, he was given a shoutout by Liberal Hivemind in February 2021, which helped get the channel back over 100,000 subscribers. He has gained subscribers since, albeit very slowly.
After the 2020 Election, REP made a series of videos attacking what he perceived to be incompetency within the Republican establishment. He made videos surrounding the 2022 and 2024 Elections, but has focused a lot more on current events and policy than before. He also made a few tier list videos, and debated Twitter pundit David Chapman on DeSantis, Populism, and what the vision of Trump's movement should be. He continues to livestream nearly every other day.
Red Eagle Politics has collaborated with and/or made appearances on other YouTubers' channels, such as John Doyle, Real American, Vince Dao, Monsieur Z, Dr. Steve Turley, and several others. He has been frequently cited by YouTuber Liberal Hivemind as a good source of political analysis. In April 2021, he was involved in a debate on Elijah Schaeffer's channel with other YouTubers Brandon Tatum, Hunter Avallone, and Vaush about police brutality.
REP has floated the idea of running for political office as well, but has stated that it is unlikely that he does so until 2026. He is 21 years old and lives in Michigan, though he has expressed intentions of relocating to the state of Arizona in the near future. He is an Orthodox Christian.
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