DeSantis-allied media outlet hires Christian nationalist who defends Confederacy, says Muslims ‘worship false god’
A conservative Florida media outlet that’s been given special access to Gov. Ron DeSantis and his administration recently hired a far-right writer who, among other things, openly defends the Confederacy and supports “Old Stock” traditions.
Grant Holcomb, a Tallahassee-based former writer for the Florida Chamber of Commerce and account executive for iHeartMedia, on Monday began working for the Florida Standard, a digital outlet that popped up in August 2022, just months before DeSantis launched his presidential run.
Prior to being hired, Holcomb wrote frequent op-eds on far-right websites and social media posts arguing that non-Christians should not be able to participate in American democrat...
