CJ Pearson is taking legal action against New York Magazine after its “despicable” cover story that he feels falsely painted pro-Donald Trump conservatives as racist.
New York Magazine writer Brock Colyar warned that a new generation of “casually cruel Trumpers” are “conquering Washington” in a cover story headlined “The Cruel Kids’ Table.”
The glossy feature has come under fire for cropping black attendees out of the cover image while quoting an attendee who complained that “the entire room is white.”
Pearson has not yet filed a lawsuit but provided a formal notice to the magazine that he plans to sue.
“They don’t get to slander us as racist. They don’t get to libel us in print. We need to fight back and hold their feet to the fire,” Pearson told Fox News Digital.
“I am sick and tired of the left-wing mainstream media having a license to lie about conservatives and never be held accountable,” he continued.
“If they want to slander us as racist, they ought to pay the cost when they do it.”
Pearson, the national co-chair of the Republican National Committee’s Youth Advisory Council, said his party was intended to honor key influencers of the election.
“The party blew up because a New York Magazine reporter … decided to essentially slander everyone in the room, trying to depict the event as if it was some KKK kumbaya pizza party,” Pearson said.
“This was a jubilant celebration celebrating the fact that we are back and that we finally have someone who’s coherent, someone who actually cares about the American people in the White House,” he added. “I think the New York Magazine was very clear in the body of their piece that they wanted to, you know, describe this and depict this as an all-white exclusive affair.”
