{"id":206203,"date":"2025-10-07T04:06:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/206203\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T04:06:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T04:06:13","slug":"teen-dubbed-charlie-kirks-protege-sparks-maga-rage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/206203\/","title":{"rendered":"Teen Dubbed Charlie Kirk\u2019s ‘Prot\u00e9g\u00e9’ Sparks MAGA Rage"},"content":{"rendered":"

A teen MAGA influencer billed as the next Charlie Kirk<\/a> is being called out as a \u201ccountry club\u201d conservative for flaunting his wealth on his college speaking tour.<\/p>\n

Brilyn Hollyhand, 19, a close ally of Kirk\u2019s, enraged MAGA supporters when he posted a video from a cream-colored leather seat on a private jet en route to the University of Arkansas. <\/p>\n

University of Arkansas, we are on the way now to kick off my 10-stop campus tour!<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve already sold two different rooms so we are on the way to the biggest room possible to fit as many students as we can! <\/p>\n

See y\u2019all on the ground soon! pic.twitter.com\/65yI6Klbcx<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brilyn Hollyhand (@BrilynHollyhand) September 25, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBrilyn Hollyhand here about 30,000 feet up. We are on the way to Arkansas,\u201d he said in the Sept. 25 video posted to X<\/a>, where he could be seen wearing what appears to Seiko watch, which can run for more than $1,000.<\/p>\n

The MAGA boy wonder\u2019s video added fuel to critics of his claim that his tour<\/a>, \u201cOne Conversation At a Time,\u201d was sponsored by the Kirk-founded non-profit.<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udea8 FYI: Turning Point USA is absolutely NOT sponsoring campus tours for young men flying around on private planes\u2014despite claims otherwise<\/p>\n

This is such an unnecessary distraction from the ACTUAL campus tour, which honors Charlie<\/p>\n

Ignore the grifters.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the real schedule\ud83d\udc47\ud83c\udffb pic.twitter.com\/aA9iN22xkZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 29, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

Nick Sortor, a conservative personality who briefly co-hosted Kirk\u2019s show, said Turning Point is \u201cabsolutely NOT sponsoring campus tours for young men flying around on private planes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tyler Bowyer, Turning Point\u2019s head of operations, further clarified how the organization does not sponsor Hollyhand\u2019s \u201cdistasteful\u201d tour.<\/p>\n

No he\u2019s not, TPUSA has thousands of chapters. He just set up to speak to 8 or so local ones and is calling it a tour. <\/p>\n

Team is in midst of bigger issues right now and although it has come off as distasteful, usually these things work themselves out.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tyler Bowyer (@tylerbowyer) September 28, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cTPUSA has thousands of chapters. He just set up to speak to 8 or so local ones and is calling it a tour,\u201d the executive wrote on Sunday. \u201cTeam is in midst of bigger issues right now and although it has come off as distasteful, usually these things work themselves out.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bowyer also said in the post on X that the organization does not employ the 19-year-old.<\/p>\n

Hollyhand, who first landed an interview with Kirk as a fourth grader in 2018, said he\u2019ll \u201cdo what the Lord has given [him] the opportunity to do\u201d in an interview with the New York Post<\/a> in the wake of Kirk\u2019s Sept. 10 Utah assassination.<\/p>\n

Do I need to look into this grifter? <\/p>\n

I think now that Con Inc is desperately trying to replace Kirk with whatever this person is pretending to be, we should know everything about him. pic.twitter.com\/VBKOO9wQiY<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chief Trumpster (@ChiefTrumpster) September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

The 19-year-old was also called out by MAGA social media personality, Chief Trumpster, for being a \u201cgrifter.\u201d <\/p>\n

The online personality further claimed in another post<\/a> that Hollyhand\u2019s grandfather donated to a politician who later gave him a youth leadership award, substantiated by information from a database<\/a> that tracks political donations.<\/p>\n

John Merrill received nearly $20K from Doug Hollyhand, Brilyn’s grandfather, starting from 2009 all the way up to 2020.<\/p>\n

Here are some screenshots from Open Secrets, and the combined chart of the amounts.<\/p>\n

A full list of donations can be found on Open Secrets. pic.twitter.com\/8RapGRrkI5<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Chief Trumpster (@ChiefTrumpster) September 30, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

And it isn\u2019t just MAGA conservatives lambasting Hollyhand\u2019s meteoric rise. <\/p>\n

Will Sommer, a former politics reporter for the Daily Beast, called attention to the Alabama family\u2019s wealth in a Substack article<\/a>, saying it came from \u201cbuilding affordable housing,\u201d which he called \u201ca cardinal sin on the segregationist right.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHis vibe is very \u2018country club\u2019\u2014and we mean that quite literally,” Sommer wrote.<\/p>\n

So many people hating on a young man simply because he wants to speak up and honor Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n

Why are people so toxic? <\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be so jealous of him because he comes from money and you don\u2019t. <\/p>\n

You all know you\u2019re only hating on this young man because he comes from money.\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/ZZuKEmcW2r<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

But right-wing provocateur, Laura Loomer, stuck her neck out in defense of Hollyhand, saying the criticisms of his family\u2019s wealth come from a place of jealousy.<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t be so jealous of him because he comes from money and you don\u2019t,\u201d she wrote. <\/p>\n

Hollyhand has since come out claiming that the private jet does not belong to him.<\/p>\n

Ok I hear y\u2019all! Lol glad the keyboard warriors are well! Yesterday I went from English class to a campus speech 10 hrs away. A hometown friend offered to help get me there because I couldn\u2019t afford it. I\u2019ll keep showing up to do the hard work on campuses and I hope y\u2019all do too! https:\/\/t.co\/oVui0C9mOT<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Brilyn Hollyhand (@BrilynHollyhand) September 27, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cA hometown friend offered to help get me there because I couldn\u2019t afford it,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n