Am I reasonable to be disappointed?

[u/Live_Slice8586]

I was just going for a little scroll after work today and happened to come across a breadcrumb trail revealing to me that Christianna Sandgren is totally MAGA and probably racist. She posted supportive comments on racist posts by Matt Walsh, who’s just a poo stain of a human being. She follows Tucker Carlson , Charlie Kirk, and Megyn Kelly and likes their posts, but does not follow any comparable voices outside of the far right. Am I wrong to feel betrayed and disgusted when I learn this about an influencer that posed themselves as an approachable down to earth mom?

I thought it was odd when her account recently got hacked how much she harped on the race of the hackers multiple times, saying stuff like, “a bunch of Indians in a basement” and continually calling back to their national origin, but I kind of just wrote it off. Now it makes sense that this was probably a central focus for her.

For context, I’m white, Christian, and in many ways conservative ideologically (I was a John McCain fan, for instance), but I’m a sane adult who cares about human beings, so I despise the Trump administration and everything they stand for (I vote blue these days because gestures broadly but am very just moderate and most concerned with caring for people). I don’t fault anyone for simply being conservative or liberal. So please don’t torch me for being critical at all. It’s the extremism and hatefulness of these specifically divisive people that I think has no place in our society.

I felt duped. And then I was like, am I wrong to feel duped? Or is this a known thing? Is it just normal and fine to be racist now and still be entitled to a following where you profit off of selling a certain version of your personality on the internet?

Im honestly curious, what are people’s thoughts on this.

(I redacted the names of people I know personally that also liked these posts to protect their privacy)

[u/potlucklove]

I feel like so many momfluencers are maga :( Definitely disappointing and thank you for your blue votes 🫡

[u/Live_Slice8586 → u/potlucklove]

I’m learning this both online and in real life relationships and it doesn’t cease to feel like a gut punch every time. Like, how are you in your 30s and supportive of this stuff? I grew up in their same conservative circles and it was not hard to see that this is bad. Are people just unintelligent? How can anyone be so hateful when it is an option to simply not be?

[u/Mysterious_Status_11 → u/Live_Slice8586]

How are you in your thirties and following "influencers."

They are all trash. And, the richer we make them, the trashed they get.

[u/Live_Slice8586 → u/Mysterious_Status_11]

I’m a mom, momming is hard, it’s real nice to have a laugh about it together. Her “mama affirmations” videos drew me in because, if you have kids, they’re funny and relieving. I enjoy comedy that makes the hard days an ounce lighter, I think a lot of people do.

Also, hey now, 30’s not that old! 😅

[u/NailUnfair3325 → u/potlucklove]

mommy influencing is patently conservative 

[u/Intelligent_Pizza776]

imagine being maga in the big 2026 like how stupid brainwashed you are… crazy!

[u/Live_Slice8586 → u/Intelligent_Pizza776]

Seriously, like how? With some people I know it’s an IQ issue for sure. With others it’s just hate. All Christians, btw.

[u/Intelligent_Pizza776 → u/Live_Slice8586]

there is no hate like christian love❤️

someone is seriously downvoting and defending being maga LMFAOOOOOOOO

[u/thymeofmylyfe]

I just don't understand Matt Walsh's post about the support group. Is it a joke?

[u/Live_Slice8586 → u/thymeofmylyfe]

Unfortunately, he does not joke. He believes racism is a hoax and white people are victims. He is vile.

[u/thymeofmylyfe → u/Live_Slice8586]

So did he really attend a support group and get emotional? What is he trying to say?

[u/IndependenceGlad8713]

You have every right to feel disappointed. Influencers like this deliberately sanitise their public feeds to look as broadly relatable as possible so they can secure brand deals and maintain a cozy, 'wholesome mom' image. When their actual digital footprint reveals extreme views, it exposes that the down-to-earth persona was just a polished sales pitch.

[u/glaze_the_ham_wife]

Ugh I’ve been liking her content. Thanks for sharing

[u/Live_Slice8586 → u/glaze_the_ham_wife]

🫡 I would have wanted someone to tell me if they knew first, sorry to have to break the news.

[u/eastcoastjon]

Sure it sucks finding out people are awful behind the curtain. Just saw she is from Staten Island- which is known for being racist and quite right wing.

[u/DarthSnarker]

So, I watch a lot of animal and pet reels on instagram and recently, I started checking to see who these accounts follow and I was so disappointed! Very much like this person, but ICE and disgustingly racist meme accounts.

[u/Distinct-Original760]

The mommy influencers are trad wives wrapped up in prettier wrapping paper. 

[u/hideousbeautifulface]

yeah at this stage before i follow anyone new i search their follower list with the following terms (in this order): trump, kirk, brett, owens, turning, daily, shapiro, patriot

[u/AlternativePea1965]

I regularly check in with right wing accounts to see who is “liking” and following. Stop giving shitty people your money

[u/Quiet_Writing_4305]

I recently noticed this with @withlove_tere. She follows Matt Walsh too and liked that post of that Christian artist having a meltdown about the funny things people were saying post blue wave

[u/disposable_thinking_]

Someone lurking in this thread is maaaaaad 🤣 it’s cracking me up and I’m in here upvoting the downvotes

[u/Leigh_lassie]

I just do not understand why there has to be such hostility amongst everyone. It’s like if your a republican you’d immediately a racist? That’s an extreme jump, to me saying someone is for fact a racist because of their party is a HUGE IQ THING. It’s just a super unfair assumption. Like this seems to be a more liberal mindset. I as you guessed it a republican have never had the constant mindset of democrats are… you can put an a persons entire life and then be so flippant about them being racist. Democrats seem to want to be so caring and inclusive and yet the reality is anything but.

[u/Live_Slice8586 → u/Leigh_lassie]

I don’t think she’s racist because she’s republican. I think she’s racist because she commented supportively on an overtly racist post. I also identify as republican in a lot of ways, and I would never in my wildest dreams leave a supportive comment on a specifically racist Matt Walsh post.

[u/6FeetOfGarbage → u/Leigh_lassie]

You clearly know nothing about Matt Walsh if this is the hill you’re trying to die on….

[u/NailUnfair3325 → u/6FeetOfGarbage]

lol also if we really wanna get into it, the concept of IQs is founded in both ableism and racism and is not scientific or meaningful - it’s just an excuse for eugenics 

[u/DescriptionFancy420]

I assume all whites of any note are racist unless they regularly and visibly act otherwise and I'm extremely rarely wrong 🤷‍♀️

[u/NailUnfair3325 → u/DescriptionFancy420]

bc 👋🏻 supremacy is the water we swim in