Cenk Uygur, the founder and CEO of the revolutionary media outlet The Younger Turks, referred to as himself “optimistic” after Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election as a result of his “mortal enemy,” “the institution,” has been “defeated.”

“I’ve been making an attempt to determine why I’m extra positive now than I was sooner than the election, even supposing I was once so in opposition to the man who gained,” tweeted Uygur on Friday. “I know now. MAGA isn’t my mortal enemy (and neither is the intense left). My mortal enemy is the institution. And they have been defeated!”

He persevered:

It’s not simply that the establishment candidate lost, it’s that their media is mortally wounded. The supply of their power was once no longer insipid politicians like Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden. The source of their power used to be their propaganda desktop – the mainstream media.

Now, on-line media is strong sufficient that their oppressive monopoly on the American thoughts has been damaged. Now, we’re in the jungle. They hate that! I love it! This uncontrolled market of ideas is the place I’m residence. I’d relatively be in the populist woods than an institution jail.

I've been making an attempt to determine why I'm more optimistic now than I was sooner than the election, even supposing I was once so towards the fellow who gained. I know now. MAGA just isn’t my mortal enemy (and neither is the extreme left). My mortal enemy is the institution. And they have been defeated!

— Cenk Uygur (@cenkuygur) November 29, 2024

Despite his modern politics and longstanding opposition to Trump, Uygur has also been quick to be critical of Democrats. Again in January, Uygur condemned Democrats’ efforts to keep Trump off the presidential ballot, announcing “I feel the voters will have to decide, whether it’s us in primaries being placed on the ballots, or Donald Trump in a main or general election being put on a ballot. If we think democracy’s on the line, we should in reality participate in democracy. We should improve democracy.”

And in June, Uygur argued that the Democrats had “turn out to be like MAGA” and have been in deep denial about Biden’s situation.

“In the event you suppose that Joe Biden is a secret dynamo behind the scenes, as the Democrats declare… You’ve got to be a borderline lunatic to believe that,” he submitted. “The man is in bad, horrific form.”

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