Lucian Wintrich

Lucian Wintrich

Born (1988-05-24) May 24, 1988
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education Bard College
Occupation
  • Journalist
  • Artist
Years active 2016–present
Employer Gateway Pundit
Notable work Twinks4Trump (2016, photo series)
Website lucianwintrich.com

Lucian Wintrich (born May 24, 1988) is an American political artist and political commentator and the White House correspondent for the Gateway Pundit.

Biography

Wintrich was born Lucian Einhorn in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He received his BA from Bard College in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, where he majored in political science.[1][2] Pre-highschool, Wintrich attended the exparimental prep school Fanny Edel Falk Laboratory School, and then Taylor Allderdice High School.[3] Wintrich's paternal grandfather, Jerzy Einhorn, was a medical doctor born in Sosnowiec, Poland, who served as an officer in the Polish resistance.[4][5][6]

Wintrich attained public attention with his pro-Donald Trump presidential candidacy series "Twinks4Trump", photographs of mostly shirtless gay young men also sporting the iconic Make America Great Again baseball caps which are a hallmark of the Trump movement.[7] He also organized what is considered to have been the first pro-Trump art show.[8]

Wintrich has collaborated with Milo Yiannopoulos, a former editor at Breitbart News.[9] Later he was named and currently serves as the inaugural White House correspondent for Gateway Pundit which was newly invested with such briefing credentials.[10]

Controversies

In 2017 Wintrich was scheduled to speak to the College Republicans at NYU but the talk was postponed due to security concerns.[11][12]

On March 10, 2017, Wintrich was accosted by a fellow White House correspondent, Jon Decker of Fox News in the White House Briefing Room,[13][14][15] who loudly accused Wintrich of being a white supremacist. Therein after the briefing at which the event is supposed to have taken place Wintrich was approached by April Ryan of American Urban Radio Networks, who filmed him answering questions about whether or not he was a racist. Ben Jacobs of The Guardian described Wintrich engaging with Ryan as him "holding his own briefing because nothing matters."[16]

References

  1. ↑ "READER ALERT=> Look for TGP's Jim Hoft and Lucian Wintrich at Today's White House Press Briefing". Thegatewaypundit.com. 2017-02-13. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  2. ↑ http://hac.bard.edu/lrc2017
  3. ↑ "Local high school students create popular podcast - The Tartan". Retrieved 2017-06-03.
  4. ↑ Ove, Torsten (July 24, 2011). "Pittsburgh doctor, Polish warrior: The Jerzy Einhorn story". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. ↑ Einhorn, Jerzy (2005). Recollections of the End of an Era: Poland 1919-1945. AuthorHouse. Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  6. ↑ Johnson, Scott (28 April 2017). "48 Hours With the Media Troll Who Is Now Part of the White House Press Corps". The Hollywood Reporter. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  7. ↑ Wintrich, Lucian B. (2016-08-02). "Twinks4Trump Creator: 5 Things the Media Gets Wrong About Gay Conservatives". Advocate.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  8. ↑ David Freedlander. "A Pro-Trump Art Show—But the ‘Artists’ Are…Interesting". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  9. ↑ Andrew Buncombe (February 14, 2017), Gateway Pundit: Pro-Donald Trump blog granted White House press credentials, New York: The Independent, retrieved February 14, 2017
  10. ↑ "'Real News' Joins the White House Briefing Room". Politico.
  11. ↑ Laura Casado. "UPDATE: Lucian Wintrich talk to NYU College Republicans postponed". Thetab.com. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  12. ↑ "Washington Square News : Lucian Wintrich Speaks at NYU After Postponed Visit". Nyunews.com. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  13. ↑ "Jon Decker of Fox News radio, Gateway Pundit reporter clash in White House briefing room". Washington Times. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
  14. ↑ http://www.businessinsider.com/gateway-pundit-lucian-wintrich-john-decker-fox-news-2017-3
  15. ↑ http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2017/03/fox-news-radio-correspondent-gateway-pundit-writer-235942
  16. ↑ "Discrediting and Obstructing the Mainstream Media - SPIEGEL ONLINE". Spiegel.de. 2017-03-24. Retrieved 2017-04-03.
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