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As a teenage undergraduate, Masters expressed his political views on a [[CrossFit]] chat room and a [[LiveJournal]] blog. In a 2006 [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2006/02/blake-masters/the-lusitania-is-down-orhowtosellawar/ essay] obliquely criticizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|War in Iraq]] on the [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] site [[LewRockwell.com]], Masters decried [[U.S. entry into World War I]] and described a quote from [[Nazi war criminal]] [[Hermann Goering]], on the susceptibility of the masses to incitements of war, as being "particularly representative and poignant".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Blake |title=The Lusitania Is Down! (or How to Sell a War) |url=https://www.lewrockwell.com/2006/02/blake-masters/the-lusitania-is-down-orhowtosellawar/ |website=[[LewRockwell.com]] |access-date=September 28, 2022 |language=en |date=February 14, 2006|quote=I'll end with a particularly representative and poignant quotation:}}</ref><ref>The quote from Goering that Masters cited in his college anti-war essay: "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
As a teenage undergraduate, Masters expressed his political views on a [[CrossFit]] chat room and a [[LiveJournal]] blog. In a 2006 [https://www.lewrockwell.com/2006/02/blake-masters/the-lusitania-is-down-orhowtosellawar/ essay] obliquely criticizing the [[2003 invasion of Iraq|War in Iraq]] on the [[Libertarianism|libertarian]] site [[LewRockwell.com]], Masters decried [[U.S. entry into World War I]] and described a quote from [[Nazi war criminal]] [[Hermann Goering]], on the susceptibility of the masses to incitements of war, as being "particularly representative and poignant".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Masters |first1=Blake |title=The Lusitania Is Down! (or How to Sell a War) |url=https://www.lewrockwell.com/2006/02/blake-masters/the-lusitania-is-down-orhowtosellawar/ |website=[[LewRockwell.com]] |access-date=September 28, 2022 |language=en |date=February 14, 2006|quote=I'll end with a particularly representative and poignant quotation:}}</ref><ref>The quote from Goering that Masters cited in his college anti-war essay: "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
*{{cite web |title=Blake Masters' provocations reach back to his college days |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/04/blake-masters-provocations-reach-back-to-his-college-days/ |website=Jewish Insider |access-date=3 August 2022|quote=Unexpectedly, Masters concludes his article with what he describes as a "particularly representative and poignant quotation" from Goering, a high-ranking Nazi official who was known as Adolf Hitler's right-hand man...}}
*{{cite web |title=Blake Masters' provocations reach back to his college days |url=https://jewishinsider.com/2022/04/blake-masters-provocations-reach-back-to-his-college-days/ |website=Jewish Insider |access-date=3 August 2022|quote=Unexpectedly, Masters concludes his article with what he describes as a "particularly representative and poignant quotation" from Goering, a high-ranking Nazi official who was known as Adolf Hitler's right-hand man...}}
*The quote was taken from an interview conducted at the Nuremberg trials. See {{cite web |title=Interview with Herman Goering |url=https://www.mit.edu/people/fuller/peace/war_goering.html |website=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> He also endorsed the claim by [[G. Edward Griffin]] that the "[[House of Morgan|Houses of Morgan]] and [[Rothschild family|Rothschild]]" were linked to the [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sinking of the ''Lusitania'']].<ref name="DogSenate">Jonathan Weisman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/politics/blake-masters.html The Strident Writings of a Young Blake Masters Dog His Senate Run], ''New York Times'' (July 6, 2022).</ref> History has certainly proven that the ship was [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania loaded with (170+ tons of) munitions] before departing from New York for Britain, but it is unclear who funded the purchase and transport.
*The quote was taken from an interview conducted at the Nuremberg trials. See {{cite web |title=Interview with Herman Goering |url=https://www.mit.edu/people/fuller/peace/war_goering.html |website=Massachusetts Institute of Technology |access-date=3 August 2022}}</ref> He also endorsed the claim by [[G. Edward Griffin]] that the "[[House of Morgan|Houses of Morgan]] and [[Rothschild family|Rothschild]]" were linked to the [[Sinking of the RMS Lusitania|sinking of the ''Lusitania'']].<ref name="DogSenate">Jonathan Weisman, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/06/us/politics/blake-masters.html The Strident Writings of a Young Blake Masters Dog His Senate Run], ''New York Times'' (July 6, 2022).</ref> History has certainly proven that the ship was [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/lusitania loaded with (170+ tons of) munitions] before departing from New York for Britain, but it is unclear who funded the arms purchase and transport.


During his college years, Masters contended that Iraq and [[al-Qaeda]] were not "substantial threats to Americans", calling for "unrestricted immigration" and an [[isolationist]] foreign policy.<ref name="DogSenate" />
During his college years, Masters contended that Iraq and [[al-Qaeda]] were not "substantial threats to Americans", calling for "unrestricted immigration" and an [[isolationist]] foreign policy.<ref name="DogSenate" />

Revision as of 01:18, 27 October 2022

For the screenwriter, see Blake Masters (screenwriter).

Blake Masters
Masters in 2022
Born
Blake Gates Masters

(1986-08-05) August 5, 1986 (age 38)
Denver, Colorado, U.S.
EducationStanford University (BA, JD)
Occupations
  • Venture capitalist
  • Author
Employer(s)Thiel Capital, Thiel Foundation (former)
Known forZero to One
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Catherine Blanton
​
(m. 2012)​
Children3

Blake Gates Masters (born August 5, 1986) is an American venture capitalist, political candidate, and author. Frequently referred to as a protégé of Peter Thiel,[1] Masters co-wrote Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future with Thiel in 2014, based on notes Masters had taken at Stanford Law School in 2012. Masters was later chief operating officer of Thiel's investment firm, Thiel Capital, and also president of the Thiel Foundation.

Masters is the Republican Party nominee in the 2022 U.S. Senate election in Arizona, having defeated state Attorney General Mark Brnovich and businessman Jim Lamon in the August 2 primary. Throughout his campaign, he has aligned himself with Thiel and former president Donald Trump, both of whom endorsed him in June 2022. As of July 2022, Thiel had spent $15 million in support of Masters' campaign.[2]

Early life and education

Masters was born in Denver, Colorado, in 1986, the son of Marilyn, who ran a tutoring center, and Scott Masters, who worked in the software industry.[3] He grew up in Tucson, Arizona.[4] In high school, Masters attended Green Fields Country Day School, which was at the time a private school in Tucson, where he played basketball.[5] He graduated in 2004. Masters received a bachelor's degree in political science from Stanford University in 2008.[6] He then earned a J.D. from Stanford University Law School in 2012.[7]

Chat room and blog post controversy

As a teenage undergraduate, Masters expressed his political views on a CrossFit chat room and a LiveJournal blog. In a 2006 essay obliquely criticizing the War in Iraq on the libertarian site LewRockwell.com, Masters decried U.S. entry into World War I and described a quote from Nazi war criminal Hermann Goering, on the susceptibility of the masses to incitements of war, as being "particularly representative and poignant".[8][9] He also endorsed the claim by G. Edward Griffin that the "Houses of Morgan and Rothschild" were linked to the sinking of the Lusitania.[10] History has certainly proven that the ship was loaded with (170+ tons of) munitions before departing from New York for Britain, but it is unclear who funded the arms purchase and transport.

During his college years, Masters contended that Iraq and al-Qaeda were not "substantial threats to Americans", calling for "unrestricted immigration" and an isolationist foreign policy.[10]

On his 2006 writings, Masters told the Jewish Insider in 2022, "I was 19, writing in opposition to the Iraq War—a stance that turned out to be prescient. I went too far and stated that no recent American wars have been just." He added: "I suppose it was only a matter of time before I got called antisemitic for criticizing wartime propaganda in an essay I wrote as a teenager."[10]

Masters' posts became a political issue after they were unearthed during his 2022 Senate campaign.[10][11] The Anti-Defamation League criticized him, and Masters' primary rival Jim Lamon ran television ads highlighting the posts.[10]

Work with Peter Thiel and political involvement

Masters spent four months in 2010 as a law clerk for a U.S. Attorney's Office.[12] In January 2011 he met Thiel at Stanford Law School. They exchanged emails with each other a year later and Thiel invited Masters to attend a class he was to teach in spring 2012. Masters would post detailed notes from Thiel's lectures on a blog which grew popular within the tech community.[13] Renditions of Masters' notes reappeared online, prompting Masters to get in contact with Thiel about compiling them into a book.[13] Zero to One was released in September 2014 and received warm reviews from The Atlantic and Publishers Weekly.[14][15] According to Politico, the book portrayed "globalization as the enemy of innovation."[16] Masters was included on Forbes 30 Under 30 list in 2014.[17]

Masters co-founded Judicata, a legal research service, in 2013. The website officially launched in 2017, though Masters left the project in 2014.[18] The website was acquired by Fastcase in 2020.[19] After meeting Thiel, Masters went to work for him, becoming chief operating officer of the investment firm Thiel Capital and president of the Thiel Foundation.[20][21] Thiel chose Masters and other employees to assist in the presidential transition of Donald Trump in November 2016.[22][23]

In October 2019, Masters suggested he would launch a primary challenge against Republican U.S. Senator Martha McSally, expressing concern McSally was not a good candidate and criticizing her loss in the 2018 election, which Masters said was a "winnable" race.[24] In January 2020, Masters said he would not run against McSally.[25]

In March 2022, Masters resigned from his positions at Thiel's investment firm and foundation to campaign in the 2022 Arizona Senate race.[21][26]

2022 U.S. Senate election

Main article: 2022 United States Senate election in Arizona

Campaign

Masters speaking at the Rally to Protect Our Elections, hosted by Turning Point Action
Republican primary results by county
  Masters
  •   30–40%
  •   40–50%
  Lamon
  •   30–40%

In April 2021, Masters reappeared as a potential candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate in 2022, challenging incumbent Democrat Mark Kelly. Masters' benefactor Thiel spent $10 million to seed a new pro-Masters super PAC, "Saving Arizona PAC," to promote Masters' candidacy.[21][27] Masters officially entered the race in July 2021,[28][29] and Thiel gave an additional $3.5 million to the pro-Masters super PAC in May 2022.[21][30]

In the Republican primary race, Masters faced state Attorney General Mark Brnovich, former Arizona National Guard Adjutant General Mick McGuire, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Justin Olson, and businessman Jim Lamon.[31][32] The Republican primary campaign was characterized by high campaign spending and a wave of negative campaign advertisements.[32]

During a Republican primary debate, Masters said that he supported impeaching President Joe Biden and removing him from office.[why?][33]

Masters issued non-fungible tokens (NFTs) to fundraise for his campaign, announcing that the first 99 donors to contribute over $5,800 to his campaign would receive a limited edition NFT that would allow access to a private chat server and live events, as well as a copy of his book signed by himself and Thiel.[34][35] Within the first 36 hours, Masters raised $575,000 for his campaign from selling NFTs.[36]

Along with Thiel and Ohio Senate candidate J. D. Vance, Masters has been influenced by Curtis Yarvin, a neoreactionary blogger who writes under the name Mencius Moldbug.[37] Masters has encouraged people to read Industrial Society and Its Future, Unabomber Ted Kaczynski's manifesto, for its analysis of the negative impact of technology on society; he pointed to Kaczynski as an example of a "subversive thinker" who should be more widely known.[37][38]

Masters won the Republican nomination in the August 2, 2022, primary with about 40% of the vote. Lamon finished second; Brnovich was third.[39]

Political views and statements

Masters at a Trump rally in Florence, Arizona, 2022

Masters considers himself "an America first conservative".[23][40] Politico described his 2022 campaign platform as "hard-line nationalist",[41] and the Washington Post described him as a "far-right GOP skeptic".[42] Masters has cited writer Samuel T. Francis' book Beautiful Losers as an influence on his political thought.[43]

Abortion

Masters opposes abortion and has criticized Griswold v. Connecticut, the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that recognized a constitutional right to obtain contraceptives, although he has said that he does not want to outlaw contraception.[44] Masters said that if elected to the Senate, he would vote to confirm federal judicial nominees only if they "understand that Roe and Griswold and Casey were wrongly decided".[45]

In August 2022, following the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization U.S. Supreme Court case that overruled Roe v. Wade, Masters "scrubbed" his campaign website and "softened his rhetoric" by "rewriting or erasing five of his six positions" on abortion including the removal of his "100% pro-life" text.[46] His position, as of August 2022, is that he favors "a federal personhood law that would ban abortions nationwide after the beginning of the third trimester", unless the life of the mother is at risk.[47]

Gun violence

While campaigning on a talk show, Masters said the "gun violence problem" was an issue, saying, "It's gangs. It's people in Chicago, St. Louis shooting each other. Very often, you know, Black people, frankly. And the Democrats don't want to do anything about that."[48]

Immigration

Masters believes in reducing the amount of legal immigration.[49] He has embraced the Great Replacement conspiracy theory popular among White nationalists by asserting that Democrats want to deliberately engineer demographic replacement of American white people via immigration.[50] He has claimed that illegal immigration will "change the demographics of this country"[50] and in a campaign ad said, "We're going to end this invasion".[51] Masters denies that he promotes the great replacement theory, but blames Democrats for encouraging illegal immigration to "import" new voters for their party.[52]

2020 presidential election

Masters has been a leading figure supporting Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 presidential election was "stolen".[53] In June 2021, Masters said that "it's really hard to know" the winner of the 2020 presidential election,[54] and supported an audit of the vote in Maricopa County.[54] In a November 2021 campaign ad, Masters stated he thought "Trump won in 2020". He appeared at a fundraiser with the former president at Mar-a-Lago shortly afterward.[55] Trump endorsed his candidacy in June 2022.[53][56]

In August 2022, CNN reported that Masters had removed text from his campaign website that "included the false claim that the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump, along with a section arguing the country would be better off if Trump was still the president."[57]

Other issues

In August 2021, Masters called for new leadership in the U.S. Armed Forces due to perceived political leanings, saying "I would love to see all the generals get fired. You take the most conservative colonels, you promote them to general."[58]

Masters opposes American aid to Ukraine.[44] He has suggested privatizing Social Security,[59][60] but has opposed cuts and in August 2022 he indicated support for increases to the program.[61]

Meeting with conservative Tea Party activists in March 2022, Masters questioned the extent of the FBI's involvement in the January 6 United States Capitol attack.[62]

Although Masters has invested in several technology firms, as has Thiel,[44] he frequently criticizes "Big Tech".[44][63] He supported Elon Musk's then-proposed acquisition of Twitter and called for legislation to treat major social media companies as "common carriers" and to regulate Google's search algorithm.[63] Masters has also called for a "federal Bitcoin reserve."[30]

Personal life

Masters married Catherine Blanton in 2012.[64] They have three sons.[40]

References

  1. ^ Sources that call Masters a protégé of Thiel include:
    • Ecarma, Caleb (May 10, 2022). "Blake Masters, Peter Thiel's Protégé, Threatens Arizona News Outlet With the Gawker Treatment". Vanity Fair. Retrieved July 19, 2022. For Blake Masters, a Peter Thiel protégé...
    • Kieffer, Cohlton (July 11, 2022). "Blake Masters Assumes Front Runner Status in Arizona Senate Race After Trump Endorsement". Western Tribune. Retrieved July 19, 2022. Blake Masters, the Trump-endorsed candidate for U.S. Senate in Arizona and Peter Thiel protégé, has taken the lead...
    • Lanard, Noah (July 18, 2022). "Blake Masters Is Peter Thiel's Dream Candidate—and a Total Nightmare for Democracy". Mother Jones. Retrieved July 19, 2022. Masters was the perfect Thiel protégé.
    • Lanard, Noah (July 18, 2022). "6 Revealing Moments From Our Profile of GOP Senate Candidate Blake Masters". Mother Jones. Retrieved July 19, 2022. ...a profile of US Senate candidate Blake Masters, the 35-year-old protégé of PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel.
  2. ^ Allison, Natalie (July 22, 2022). "Thiel drops another $1.5M for Masters as campaign feels cash pinch". POLITICO. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Blake Masters is Peter Thiel's dream candidate—and a total nightmare for democracy".
  4. ^ Schleifer, Theodore (October 2, 2019). "One of Peter Thiel's closest aides might run for the US Senate". Vox. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  5. ^ Gorefox 2004. Vol. 37. 6000 N. Camino De La Tierra, Tucson, Arizona: Green Fields Country Day School. 2004. pp. 1–132.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
  6. ^ Matthew Kassel, The evolution of Blake Masters, Jewish Insider (June 7, 2022).
  7. ^ Lanard, Noah (September–October 2022). "Blake Masters is Peter Thiel's dream candidate—and a total nightmare for democracy". Mother Jones. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  8. ^ Masters, Blake (February 14, 2006). "The Lusitania Is Down! (or How to Sell a War)". LewRockwell.com. Retrieved September 28, 2022. I'll end with a particularly representative and poignant quotation:
  9. ^ The quote from Goering that Masters cited in his college anti-war essay: "Oh, that is all well and good, but, voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country."
    • "Blake Masters' provocations reach back to his college days". Jewish Insider. Retrieved August 3, 2022. Unexpectedly, Masters concludes his article with what he describes as a "particularly representative and poignant quotation" from Goering, a high-ranking Nazi official who was known as Adolf Hitler's right-hand man...
    • The quote was taken from an interview conducted at the Nuremberg trials. See "Interview with Herman Goering". Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d e Jonathan Weisman, The Strident Writings of a Young Blake Masters Dog His Senate Run, New York Times (July 6, 2022).
  11. ^ Matthew Kassel, Blake Masters' provocations reach back to his college days, Jewish Insider (April 2022).
  12. ^ Brandom, Russell (April 26, 2021). "Peter Thiel is spending $10 million to back a business partner's Senate bid". The Verge. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  13. ^ a b Gallagher, Billy (September 16, 2014). "Zero to One: How Blake Masters went from being Peter Thiel's student to co-author". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  14. ^ Thompson, Derek (September 25, 2014). "Peter Thiel's Zero to One Might Be the Best Business Book I've Read". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  15. ^ "Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future". Publishers Weekly. August 11, 2014. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  16. ^ Isenstadt, Alex (May 17, 2021). "Rise of a megadonor: Thiel makes a play for the Senate". Politico. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  17. ^ Dill, Kathryn (November 5, 2014). "30 Under 30: Political Animals". Forbes. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  18. ^ Ambrogi, Robert (May 3, 2017). "After Five Years in Stealth Mode, Judicata Reveals Its Legal Research Service". LawSites. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  19. ^ Hudgins, Victoria (September 3, 2020). "Fastcase Acquires Judicata as it Eyes Expanding Further Beyond Legal Research". Law.com. Retrieved May 24, 2021.
  20. ^ Cooper, Jonathan J. (July 12, 2021). "Blake Masters launches GOP run against Sen. Kelly of Arizona". Associated Press.
  21. ^ a b c d Stanley-Becker, Isaac (May 24, 2022). "Peter Thiel puts another $3.5 million behind Blake Masters in Arizona". The Washington Post.
  22. ^ Dwoskin, Elizabeth (November 28, 2016). "Peter Thiel seeks Silicon Valley insiders who will help Trump". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  23. ^ a b Drucker, David M. (July 12, 2021). "'The president is smarter than that': How Blake Masters plans to woo Trump's endorsement in Arizona Senate race". Washington Examiner. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  24. ^ Sanchez, Yvonne Wingett (October 2, 2019). "Sen. Martha McSally may get another Republican primary challenger". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  25. ^ Sanchez, Yvonne Wingett (January 2, 2020). "Potential McSally primary challenger decides against 2020 Senate race". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved May 22, 2021.
  26. ^ Kirsch, Noah (March 16, 2022). "Peter Thiel Protégé Blake Masters Resigns From Thiel Groups". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  27. ^ Isenstadt, Alex (April 26, 2021). "Peter Thiel makes $10M bet on associate in Arizona Senate race". Politico.
  28. ^ Sanchez, Yvonne Wingett (July 12, 2021). "Blake Masters enters GOP Senate race, saying age, political experience 'overrated'". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  29. ^ "Blake Masters launches GOP run against Sen. Kelly of Arizona". Associated Press. July 12, 2021. Retrieved December 30, 2021.
  30. ^ a b Metzger, Bryan (July 17, 2022). "Tech billionaire Peter Thiel is under fire from Arizona Republicans hoping to defeat his Trump-backed protégé Blake Masters in Senate primary". Business Insider. Thiel may be more responsible than anyone else for Blake Masters' ascent in the Arizona Republican Senate primary. ... The PayPal founder and early Facebook investor has poured $13.5 million into a super PAC called "Saving Arizona" that's supporting his protégé.
  31. ^ Cooper, Jonathan J. (March 16, 2022). "GOP Senate hopeful Lamon distances self from tax-raise plan". Associated Press.
  32. ^ a b Bidar, Musadiq (June 24, 2022). "Arizona GOP Senate candidates hold debate as negative ads overtake airwaves". CBS News.
  33. ^ Schwenk, Katya (June 24, 2022). "Four Eye-Popping Moments from Arizona GOP Senate Debate". Phoenix New Times.
  34. ^ Fuchs, Hailey. "NFTs move to influence Congress, even if lawmakers have no clue what they are". Politico. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  35. ^ Brooks, Emily. "NFTs propel Blake Masters fourth-quarter fundraising: 40% of $1.38M haul from digital tokens". Colorado Springs Gazette. Retrieved January 7, 2022.
  36. ^ Quiroz-Gutierrez, Marco (January 10, 2022). "An Arizona GOP candidate raised $575,000 in 36 hours selling NFTs as politicians look to a new kind of fundraising tool". Fortune.
  37. ^ a b Pogue, James (April 20, 2022). "Inside the New Right, Where Peter Thiel is Placing His Biggest Bets". Vanity Fair.
  38. ^ "Fealty to Trump defines Republican Senate primary in Arizona". Associated Press. July 30, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2022.
  39. ^ Shivaram, Deepa (August 3, 2022). "Blake Masters, Trump pick funded by billionaire Thiel, wins Arizona Senate primary". NPR. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
  40. ^ a b Cooper, Jonathan J. (July 12, 2021). "Blake Masters launches GOP run against Sen. Kelly of Arizona". Associated Press. Retrieved July 14, 2021.
  41. ^ "Tucker Carlson Calls Him the Future of the GOP. First He Has to Get Elected". POLITICO. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  42. ^ "Analysis | Far-right skeptics of GOP may soon have a state's worth of Senate power". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved October 26, 2022.
  43. ^ Dent, Alec (October 14, 2022). "THE RIGHT'S QUIET UNCANCELING OF A DEAD WHITE SUPREMACIST". Vanity Fair. Retrieved October 17, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  44. ^ a b c d Stephenson, Hank (May 27, 2022). "Tucker Carlson Calls Him the Future of the GOP. First He Has to Get Elected". Politico.
  45. ^ Wang, Amy B.; Kitchener, Caroline (May 16, 2022). "States pursue extreme restrictions in crafting post-Roe abortion law". The Washington Post.
  46. ^ Smith, Allan; Caputo, Marc (August 25, 2022). "In Arizona, Blake Masters backtracks on abortion and scrubs his campaign website". NBC News. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  47. ^ Kilgore, Ed (August 25, 2022). "Blake Masters Executes Huge If Sneaky Flip-Flop on Abortion". Intelligencer. Retrieved August 26, 2022.
  48. ^ Jackson, David (June 8, 2022). "Blake Masters, Trump-backed Senate candidate, blames 'Black people, frankly' for gun violence". USA Today. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  49. ^ "Trump backs Arizona candidate who echoes 2020 election lies". Associated Press. June 2, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  50. ^ a b "Republican Senate candidates promote 'replacement' theory". Associated Press. May 17, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2022.
  51. ^ Rose, Joel (August 3, 2022). "Talk of 'invasion' moves from the fringe to the mainstream of GOP immigration message". NPR. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  52. ^ Medina, Jennifer (July 29, 2022). "Pushing an Immigration Conspiracy Theory, While Courting Latinos". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  53. ^ a b Cooper, Jonathan J.; Colvin, Jill (June 3, 2022). "Trump backs Arizona candidate who echoes 2020 election lies". The Los Angeles Times.
  54. ^ a b Rogers, Alex; Warren, Michael (July 17, 2021). "2020 election becomes early dividing line for Republicans in crucial 2022 Senate race in Arizona". CNN. Archived from the original on July 17, 2021. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  55. ^ Goldman, Samuel (November 10, 2021). "Blake Masters is betting Republicans won't notice he didn't quite endorse election fraud claims". The Week.
  56. ^ Axelrod, Tal (November 6, 2021). "Trump to attend fundraiser for Arizona GOP Senate candidate". The Hill.
  57. ^ Kaczynski, Andrew; Steck, Em (August 29, 2022). "Republican Senate candidate Blake Masters scrubbed language on campaign website saying the 2020 election was stolen from Trump". CNN. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
  58. ^ Joseph, Cameron (September 15, 2022). "Blake Masters Wants to Fire All Generals and Replace Them With Conservatives". Vice News.
  59. ^ Zeballos-Roig, Joseph (June 24, 2022). "A Trump-backed Arizona Senate candidate suggests he wants to privatize Social Security". Business Insider.
  60. ^ Hansen, Ronald J. (June 24, 2022). "Arizona Republican Senate debate features digs on Blake Masters, Mark Brnovich". Arizona Republic.
  61. ^ Roberts, Laurie. "Blake Masters isn't just moderating on issues. He's done a full 180". Arizona Republic. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
  62. ^ Rogers, Alex; Raju, Manu (June 8, 2022). "Audio shows Trump-endorsed Arizona Senate candidate questioned whether January 6 attack was set up by FBI". CNN.
  63. ^ a b Metz, Sam (June 9, 2022). "Big Tech attacks become rallying cry for GOP candidates". Associated Press.
  64. ^ Masters, Blake (April 10, 2012). "Cat and I got married on Saturday!". Tumblr. Retrieved May 5, 2022.
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