Podbit · The Ben Shapiro Show
Andrew Tate openly built his wealth through a scheme he called the 'Pimping Hoes Degree' — teaching men to psychologically manipulate young women into performing cam work. He was a self-admitted pornographer, and yet the right celebrated him.
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Shapiro's sharpest commentary is reserved for those on the right who celebrated the Tate brothers. He describes a pattern he says he has been warning about for years: the right reflexively endorses figures who transgress leftist orthodoxies, regardless of their actual moral character — sometimes precisely because they are provocateurs. [1] — Ben Shapiro "The right has a pattern of embracing morally bankrupt figures simply because they transgress leftist norms. Ben Shapiro argues this is both…" 06:56 Tucker Carlson traveled to Romania to vouch for the Tates; Candace Owens did the same; members of the Trump administration posed for photos with them. Yet Andrew Tate was, by his own admission, a pornographer who built his fortune through a scheme he called the 'Pimping Hoes Degree' — a method for manipulating young women into cam work. Shapiro calls out the absurdity: a self-described pimp who sides with America's enemies and exploits dispossessed young men through a social media grift was treated as a right-wing hero. [2] — Ben Shapiro "Andrew Tate openly built his wealth through a scheme he called the 'Pimping Hoes Degree' — teaching men to psychologically manipulate young…" 07:30 The Tate arrest, he argues, should force a reckoning — not just because of criminal liability, but because the association is both morally indefensible and politically toxic. Shapiro closes by promising a fuller analysis the next day, including what the arrests mean for the internet and the broader right.
Ben Shapiro argues that a segment of the right reflexively endorses transgressive figures regardless of character, a phenomenon he says he has been warning about for years.
The right has a pattern of embracing morally bankrupt figures simply because they transgress leftist norms. Ben Shapiro argues this is both a moral failure and a political liability — one that the Tate brothers' arrest makes impossible to ignore.
Tucker Carlson traveled to Romania to vouch for the Tate brothers and Candace Owens did the same, while some administration members took photos with them.
Andrew Tate built his fortune through a scheme he called the 'Pimping Hoes Degree,' teaching men to manipulate young women into performing cam work for him.
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