According to new reporting from Rolling Stone, night one of the Republican National Convention ended with an official after party, the “Jamboree at the RNC,” headlined by the notoriously racist and antisemitic DJ duo, Milk N Cooks.
Rolling Stone uncovered social media posts from the pair pushing unconfirmed conspiracy theories, making antisemitic comments, and defending racists. Contrary to statements by RNC officials, Milk n Cooks’ inclusion at the convention’s marquee afterparty underscores the RNC’s willingness to engage with the most dangerous, extremist wings of the party.
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- The Republican National Convention kicked off in Wisconsin on Monday, and while the week will be devoid of notable musicians — most of the artists on the RNC’s official playlist detest Donald Trump — there will be some off-brand entertainment on offer for the lobbyists, loyalists, sycophants, and party functionaries who flocked to Milwaukee for the big show.
- DJ duo Milk N Cooks — purveyors of the fourth-most popular “Let’s Go Brandon” remix on YouTube — headlined the “Jamboree at the RNC” on Monday night. On Instagram, ahead of the event, the pair promised, “NO POLITICAL SPEECHES JUST FUCKING BANGERS ALL NIGHT.”
- Such bangers may or may not include Milk N Cooks’ shitty EDM remix of Oliver Anthony’s Rich Men North of Richmond; the boys are not sure what to make of Anthony, whom, they write on Instagram, “may be a psycho secret liberal working for the globalist as a psy op but none the less, the message resonates, and our remix slams.”
- Twin brothers Paul and James McElwain started their careers as Milk N Cookies in 2009, before later shortening their name. Regulars at EDM festival gigs in Chicago and beyond, Milk N Cookies presented as fairly apolitical frat bros — mixing the hits that get the party bros and gals pumped — in their early years.
- Onetime Barack Obama voters, the twins told Politico they began to change their minds about politics after listening to Alex Jones, whose program they became introduced to after watching the 9/11 conspiracy film Loose Change, which Jones executive-produced, in college. By 2016, they’d gone full MAGA, bashing Hillary Clinton and touting Trump, and soon they were playing sets at political gigs like the 2018 alt-right New York shindig, A Night For Freedom.
- In recent years, Milk N Cooks have leaned into the alt-right identity with noxious posts like when they mocked Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.), one of the most prominent Jews in Congress, for calling out antisemitic rhetoric, when they leapt to the defense of a political commentator banned from social media platform for using a racial slur, or when they posted in October 2022 “the sudden trend of the phrase ‘business people’ to describe high powered media elite jews is freaking hilarious lol.”
Published: Jul 16, 2024 | Last Modified: Jul 17, 2024