Weston Imer
Weston Imer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 2003 |
| Education | Golden View Classical Academy[1] |
| Occupation(s) | founder and CEO of Prodigy Consulting Group |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Known for | being the CO of Trump's presidential campaign, founding Prodigy Consulting Group |
| Political party | Republican |
| Parent | Laurel Imer (mother) |
| Website | westonimer.net |
Weston D. Imer (born 2003)[2] is an American political advisor, consultant, and campaign official based in Golden, Colorado. He served as the co-chair for Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign of Jefferson County, at the age of 12, where he was dubbed the "Kid of the Trump campaign" by Trump's son, Eric Trump.[3]
In 2018, he served as aide for Steve Barlock's campaign in the 2018 Colorado gubernatorial election.[4] and as a strategist on Mark Barrington's congressional campaign.[3]
He later became the founder and CEO of Prodigy Consulting Group in November 2020. That same year, he served as intern on Trump's 2020 presidential campaign. In 2022 and 2024, he has served as campaign manager in his mother, Laurel Imer's campaigns for congress. He is also the Youth Ambassador for The Calling, a non-profit organisation.[4]
Biography[edit]
Weston D. Imer was born in 2003[2] to Laurel Imer. In 2016, at the age of 12, he became a Campaign Official for Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, where he served as the co-chair of Jefferson County, Colorado alongside his mother who chaired the operation.[3] Weston appeared twice on stage at Denver events for Trump and Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence, singing "America the Beautiful" on July 29 and introducing Pence on August 3.[5] In an interview with The Colorado Independent, he stated that the previous month he had been bullied for supporting Trump when his classmates supported Ted Cruz. He set up a club, Colorado Kids for Trump, designed to help children who were bullied for supporting Trump and found co-chairs in Denver and Arapahoe County.[1]
In 2020, he served as intern on Trump's re-election campaign. He ran the unsuccessful 2020 Colorado House of Representatives campaign for District 24 for his mother and founded Prodigy Consulting Firm, a political consulting firm in November 2020 and helped found America First Republicans, a candidate recruitment and training outfit run by Republican congressional candidate Casper Stockham. He later stepped back from the job to avaid any conflict of interest with his job running his mother's congressional campaign. In 2022, he ran his mother's campaign for Colorado's 7th congressional district in the 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in Colorado.[4][6][3][7]
In 2022, him and his mother joined Truth Social before its official launch on February 21, 2022. He suggested that Truth Social scrap the character limit allowing people to write longer, rather than relaying their messages in sequential Twitter threads and stated that he though a livestreaming option would be beneficial.[8]
Political views[edit]
Weston Imer has supported Donald Trump's claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election stating: "I am one of the strong believers that the 2020 election was stolen from President Trump." He accused the voting equipment manufacturer, Dominion Voting Systems of swinging the 2020 election in favour of the Democrats.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Marianne Goodland (September 29, 2016). "Weston Imer is at it again". The Colorado Independent. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ a b Weston Imer [@realWestonImer] (March 6, 2024). "Our journey together started in 2003 when she spent 32 weeks on bed rest to bring me into this world, and for the past 8 years I have not left her side as we fight to #SaveAmerica" (Tweet). Archived from the original on March 10, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024 – via Twitter.
- ^ a b c d e Ernest Luning (June 4, 2021). "TRAIL MIX | Republican political prodigy banks on 'America First' strategy". Colorado Politics. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ a b c "MEET WESTON". westonimer.net. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Naomi Lim (August 22, 2016). "Meet the 12-year-old behind Trump's campaign in Jefferson County, Colorado". CNN. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ Nicole Gaudiano; Warren Rojas; Camila De Chalus; Kayla Epstein (September 15, 2021). "24 millennial and Gen Z Republican campaign operatives to watch ahead of the 2022 elections". Business Insider. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
- ^ Ernest Luning (March 18, 2021). "Trump Republican Laurel Imer launches bid to take on Ed Perlmutter in Colorado's 7th CD". Colorado Politics. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
- ^ Warren Rojas (February 1, 2022). "Excitement about Trump's social-media site is tepid with just weeks before its launch, but one politically eager Gen Zer is all in". Business Insider. Retrieved March 10, 2024.