The Tate brothers’ arrest is a warning for politicians courting the manosphere
On Saturday, Andrew and Tristan Tate, far-right social media influencers and self-described misogynists who command a following of young, angry men on the internet, were arrested in Miami on rape and sex trafficking charges from the U.K. They will remain in custody in Florida as they fight an extradition request. British authorities say the two brothers face 59 charges between them, including charges of choking and raping women; Andrew Tate also faces charges relating to “indecent images of a child and extreme pornography.”
These charges come on top of a slew of others including a 2022 arrest in Romania on rape and sex trafficking charges, but that case was thrown out on legal and procedural grounds as prosecutors continue to investigate. The brothers have previously denied all wrongdoing.
They have been hailed as political heroes who helped deliver President Donald Trump the manosphere vote — that segment of young, disaffected men who crave power, money and domination over women.
As the case slogged on, the Tates were allowed to travel to Florida on a private jet. There, they have been hailed as political heroes who helped deliver President Donald Trump the manosphere vote — that segment of young, disaffected men who crave power, money and domination over women as their American manifest destiny.
The Tates’ arrest comes days after the president addressed the nation, spinning a conspiracy about imagined voter fraud and nefarious conduct as part of a secret shadow operation of the imagined deep state, but it’s all been a tale told by a fool, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. Trump released documents purporting to prove his conspiracies — they did