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Born | Kevin Hodge Keith Hodge September 17, 1975 Martinsville, Virginia, U.S. | |||||||||
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Website | officialhodgetwins | |||||||||
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Years active | 2008–present | |||||||||
Genre(s) | Comedy Politics | |||||||||
Subscribers | 2+ million (TwinMuscle) [1] 1+ million (askhodgetwins) [2] 2+ million (ConservativeTwins) [3] [4] | |||||||||
Total views | 500+ million (twinmuscleworkout) [1] 300+ million (askhodgetwins) [2] 200+ million (ConservativeTwins) [3] [4] | |||||||||
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The Hodgetwins, (born September 17, 1975), [5] [6] also known as the Conservative Twins, are an American stand-up comedy and conservative political commentary duo consisting of twin brothers Keith and Kevin Hodge. The twins started out as YouTubers, but in 2016 branched out to live stand-up comedy shows as well. [7] [8] [9]
They were at VidCon 2016, and The Root named them as the third best black creators at the event. [10]
They enlisted in the Marine Corps and by 2013 they had over half a million subscribers on YouTube. [11]
Their cousins' pair of children were both shot, so they used their social media presence to raise money for their medical expenses. [12]
Both have been married to their current wives for over 15 years, and lived in Los Angeles for 17 years. [13] They currently reside in Las Vegas.
The Hodge twins are certified International Sports Sciences Association trainers and appeared on the front page of Train magazine. [14] [15] They were guests on comedy podcast The Fighter and the Kid . [16] CheatSheet rated them as the 4th best fitness YouTube channel. [17]
They have toured the UK, [18] [19] and Australia. [20] Their No Filter tour took place in 2016. [13]
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The Hodge twins are vocal conservatives, and have over two million subscribers on their Conservative Twins YouTube channel. The Hodge twins are Donald Trump supporters, and appeared on Trump's Real News Update webcast. [21] The twins oppose the Black Lives Matter political and social movement. [22]
Two of the most shared Facebook posts about the George Floyd protests originated from the Hodge twins. [23] They are frequent guests on conservative comedian Steven Crowder's various programs. [23]
The twins have made several hateful statements about Jewish people. During one of their videos, they implied that Jews have no place in American conservatism and that American conservatives were sucking up to Jewish people. [24]
Claims the twins have made about Joe Biden and Black Lives Matter have been deemed as false by fact-checkers. [25] [26] A venue canceled one of their shows after the Hodgetwins posted a video to their YouTube account making fun of a transgender woman. The venue owner stated that the reason for the cancellation was because "[they] don't tolerate transphobia." [27]
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