‘Down with the USA’: US influencer Jackson Hinkle attends Khamenei’s funeral

https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/7/8/down-with-the-usa-us-influencer-jackson-hinkle-attends-khameneis-funera

Controversial US influencer Jackson Hinkle has been filmed chanting ‘down with the USA’ at the funeral of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran. The self-styled ‘MAGA communist’ is one of a handful of US content creators allowed to attend the funeral in Iran.

MAGA Communist?

I had to look up this guy, and found it morbidly fascinating:

Tucker-like portrait

Born in San Clemente, California, Hinkle has dubbed himself an "American Conservative Marxist–Leninist".[21] Promoting a syncretic mix of cultural conservative and communist ideas, he is a self-described proponent of "MAGA communism", an ideology which calls for supporting Donald Trump voters but opposes Trump himself for his pro-Israel stance.[22] As such, Hinkle has called on those who support the American working class to ally with the MAGA movement against an alleged globalist threat.[23][24] Initially an environmentalist during his high school years,[25] Hinkle has turned to promoting pro-fossil fuels stances in recent years.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Hinkle

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brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 68d

I edited my commentary out of the post.

But my impression is this is all straight out of the early Nazi playbook, and how thet co-opted the working class with the exact some rhetoric.

Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 68d (1 reply)

I wonder if he has a lemmy.ml account.

brucethemoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 68d

That was my thought! Except he sounds more like a MAGA tankie.