HARNWELL: Fake Conservative Catholics embrace Fake Conservative NewPope

VIDEO SYNTHESIS / “Conservative Catholic Inc.” quickly realised as much as they scraped by off donor anger under Bergoglio, that was only ever slim pickings. So with all the shamelessness with which they are renowned, they pivoted. Twitter posts were quietly deleted. YouTube videos surreptitiously taken down. It was so brazen, Vanity Fair just published an in-depth piece detailing the U-turn. Within 24 hours, our boys had flipped from an outraged ‘He’s Francis 2.0’ to an optimistic ‘He wore the red mozzetta. Give Leo a chance’. Why? With these guys, it’s all about the grift.

SOURCES:

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/pope-leo-catholic-right-jd-vance

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/17/world/europe/robert-prevost-pope-leo-xiv.html

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Aired On: 05/17/25