Barstool’s Dave Portnoy says his Trump vote was an ‘indictment’ of Dems for ‘woke politics’
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy on Monday said his vote for President Trump was more an “indictment” of the Democratic Party over its “woke politics” rather than an endorsement for the Republican.
Portnoy made his support for Trump clear ahead of the election, but has since bashed some of his policies – including a scathing rant in April after stock market turmoil over Trump’s sweeping tariffs cost the podcast titan an alleged $20 million.
In an interview with NPR, Portnoy tore into the left for a lack of “blunt talk” during the presidential campaign, an excess of “woke politics” and what he called a shaming of men.
He also noted that the shift of young men toward the GOP can partly be blamed on Dems grouping all “bros” as being part of the “manosphere.”
“I’m pro-choice, I think people would say that is not typically a bro standpoint,” Portnoy said. “I think they think we’re MAGA, I would say I’m not, and I don’t know that [Joe] Rogan is.”
But he pointed out that he’s no fan Trump’s back-and-forth approach to tariffs, which has stoked unnecessary volatility in the stock market.
“I’m sure people are making money. It does bother me,” Portnoy said. “But I don’t think it’s unique in a weird way. The Trump meme coin, like that’s so blatant in your face, I’d almost rather have that than Hunter Biden doing some back deal that I don’t know about.”
While he broke from the president on several other issues during his appearance on the left-leaning radio show, Portnoy argued that Trump is doing exactly what he promised during his campaign.
Trump faces more opposition than necessary at times, Portnoy argued, joking that if Trump cured cancer, his adversaries would ask why he didn’t cure AIDS, too.
Much of the conversation focused on Portnoy’s view of the gender shift in politics, with young men largely voting Republican, and his association with “Barstool conservatism,” a political ideology focused on anti-wokeness and anti-authoritarianism.
He said much of his own frustration with the Democratic Party came from the sense that men should feel ashamed.
“I started a business from scratch and really didn’t get any help, moved home, worked, didn’t take a vacation day for 10 years and grinded my ass off to get where it is,” Portnoy said.
“And I felt that I should somehow have shame as being a white person who wants to make a lot of money and live a great life. And that bothered me.”
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