Isabella DeLuca

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Isabella DeLuca
Born2000 (age 2324)
Alma mater Stony Brook University
Organization(s) Turning Point USA, Republicans for National Renewal
Political party Republican

Isabella Maria DeLuca is an American conservative political activist and social media personality.

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Early life

DeLuca was raised in Setauket, New York. She attended Stony Brook University, where she served as an ambassador for Turning Point USA. [1] She spoke at a September 2021 anti-vaccine rally on campus organized by the university's Turning Point chapter. [2] In October 2021, DeLuca claimed that she faced expulsion from the university for refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, which was mandated by the school at the time. [3] She graduated in 2022 with a bachelor's degree in political science. [1]

Career

In September 2019, Charlie Kirk posted a picture of himself with DeLuca, claiming that she was a victim of a hate crime for being beaten up over wearing a Trump shirt. [4]

On October 17, 2020, DeLuca, while serving as the outreach director for the Republicans for National Renewal, attended a counter-protest to the Women's March at the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington, D.C. DeLuca claimed she was "punched in the face and choked by two women" in the Women's March for "holding a Trump flag here at the Supreme Court". The Women's March was organized to oppose the confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. [5] Fox News also reported on DeLuca's claims that her Facebook account was shut down for posting about the incident. [6] Snopes concluded that there was no evidence to support DeLuca's claims that she was attacked by Black Lives Matter activists and that "the evidence and testimony in support of the claim that she was the victim of a unilateral assault, as opposed to being hurt during a fight, or even after instigating violence, is not definitive." [5]

In April 2021, DeLuca began working as an intern for New York representative Lee Zeldin. [7] DeLuca worked as an intern for Arizona representative Paul Gosar from September 12, 2022 to January 30, 2023. [8]

In January 2024, DeLuca was involved in a social media altercation with former Major League Baseball player Aubrey Huff, which led to Huff temporarily deleting his Twitter account. [9]

Reception

Slate credited DeLuca's popularity partially to being "young, blond, and conventionally attractive", but also for her social media profile as "a brash, outspoken, attractive woman professing traditional ideas about gender norms, with her sexuality often framed as being reserved for a theoretical 'future husband'." [4] The South China Morning Post described her as a "glam conservative influencer" who may be the "female Andrew Tate". [10]

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