There’s this engagement-absorbing dispute between First Things First co-host Nick Wright and Outkick the Coverage founder Clay Travis over whether the latter was a secret liberal who cynically went MAGA for the money. The battle between lawyerly pundits led to Wright proposing a $1 million dollar bet over what Clay said 11 years ago, to be decided by an unnamed present third party. The whole controversy is pretty silly, even it overlaps with more serious subjects. Suddenly there are all these former colleagues coming forward with tales of Clay’s allegedly acceptable internal worldview, presenting these accusations to the public like it’s a #MeToo cancellation. This man was a reasonable lib, I tell ya! He politically exposed himself in a hotel room back in 2013!
Similar allegations have been made about Travis in the past and if I had to guess, the real story is some combination of Clay’s actual political evolution in conjunction with his telling liberal media friends that the shift was actually just good business. I basically agree with HoS friend Bomani Jones’ take on the Great Debate, though I probably have a different perspective on “why”: