A political strategist is in the hospital after collapsing at a rally of President Donald Trump’s supporters in New York City during the New York Young Republicans gala.
Friends of Alex Bruesewitz confirmed that he was hospitalized after the event and underwent tests to find out why he collapsed on stage at his speech celebrating Trump’s successful re-election campaign.
“He remains admitted to a hospital in New York where he has undergone a series of tests,” law firm CEO Joseph D. McBride wrote on social media. “Please keep this young warrior in your thoughts and prayers.”
Bruesewitz, a star influencer who has worked on Trump’s campaign, was on stage at the 112th annual New York Young Republicans gala, but began his speech slurred and openly declared, “I forget my words.”
He tried to continue his speech, but… slowly fell over.
Videos of his collapse spread on social media, as friends and supporters responded to the alarming moment with an outpouring of support and prayers.
Conservative influencer Jack Posobiec Shelp, he spoke to Brueselitz backstage afterwards and said that ‘all levels are normal.’
“All he asked me was, ‘Does it look cool?'” he wrote, adding. “He’ll be fine.”
“Thank God, that looked scary,” replied San Francisco attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon, Trump’s nominee for Assistant Attorney General for the Civil Rights Division at the Department of Justice.
Bruesewitz, the CEO of X Strategies, was hired by the Trump campaign this summer to help with youth outreach and communications.
Alex Bruesewitz, a political strategist who made Donald Trump cool again with his work on the 2024 campaign, collapsed on stage during a speech in New York on Sunday evening
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Two recorded speeches by Donald Trump were shown at the Republican Club gala in New York. In one of them he praised Brueselitz’s efforts during the elections.
Keynote speaker Steve Bannon had the crowd roaring with approval shortly afterwards with a rousing speech. A 20-minute speech shortly after he said the “Biden regime” was working against America.
In his biography on the
“Bruesewitz has been the driving force behind efforts to defeat Republicans fighting Trump and the MAGA movement and is working to replace them with Republicans who fight for the values we hold dear.”
He rose to prominence in the Trump campaign when co-chair and now chief of staff Susie Wiles turned to him over the summer.
The Trump campaign wanted the community to meet the “real” Trump, the man who could sit at the dinner table and talk to his staff, crack jokes and even tease them as they talked about life and politics.
To do that, Bruesewitz started sending the message out to the podcast community.
Trump was willing to bring his star power to them.
Bruesewitz rose to prominence in the Trump campaign when co-chair and now chief of staff Susie Wiles turned to him over the summer
Brueselitz is depicted with his girlfriend
“The idea was, we’re going to talk to the people who are dissatisfied with the mainstream media, who have opted out of the mainstream media, who now get their news and entertainment from these podcasters,” Bruesewitz told DailyMail.com.
Trump and political strategists had already found value in working with political podcasters like the Ben Shapiro Show and Dan Bongino, in addition to traditional hosts like Brian Kilmeade, Sean Hannity and Hugh Hewitt.
But Brueselitz wanted to go further.
He wanted to join the growing group of comedians and entertainers who are uncensored, funny and quickly building an audience of millions — including Trump’s 18-year-old son, Barron.
Bruesewitz worked with Barron on a list of interview ideas, explaining to Trump the new media landscape with millions of loyal followers.
The power of this new media community has already been recognized by savvy promoter and UFC CEO Dana White.
White and his team offered them VIP access to the fights to highlight their entertainment value.
Impressed podcasters found themselves ringside with some of the biggest celebrities in the world.
Bruesewitz even worked with Barron Trump on a list of interview ideas, explaining to Trump the new media landscape that had millions of loyal followers.
At the same time, Trump also routinely dropped out of UFC fights, impressed by the roar of approval he received every time he walked into the arena with Dana White.
He was regularly joined by Fox News media star turned podcaster Tucker Carlson and rocker Kid Rock.
On the sidelines, he shook hands and met some of these new influential figures, who happily took selfies with Trump and then shared them on social media.
It was there that Trump first shook hands with Joe Rogan, immediately sparking rumors that they might meet again at his podcast studio before the election.
Trump began doing interviews with some names traditional political operatives had never heard of: Adin Ross, Theo Von, Logan Paul, WWE star Mark Calaway, known as the “Undertaker,” comedian Andrew Schulz and The Nelk Brothers.
No subject was off limits. Raising children, the Israeli war in Gaza, abortion, the JFK files, Bitcoin, cocaine and even the movie Braveheart.
“We make them riff and Trump is so great in that format,” Bruesewitz said.
Trump had a good time too. “Alex is a good kid,” Trump told comedian Andrew Schulz on his “Flagrant” podcast, giving Brueswitz a shoutout.
“He’s a big name influencer, I don’t know if he’s in this league.”
Trump told Schultz and co-host Akaash Singh that Bruesewitz had praised him as the biggest influencer in the world, citing his hundreds of millions of followers.
Schultz agreed, putting Trump in the same sphere of influence as Rogan and Kim Kardashian.
“The people who build their following on social media have such an understanding of their followers and such a connection with them that when they go out of their way and say, I’m for Donald Trump and I think you should too do, a lot of them follow,” Brueselitz said.
Brueselitz published a book in 2022 titled “Winning the Social Media War: How Conservatives Can Fight Back, Reclaim the Narrative, and Turn the Tide Against the Left.”
At the time, he billed himself as a “top conservative adviser,” counting members of Congress and the Senate among his clients.