Michael Tracey (American journalist)

Michael Tracey (born August 8, 1988) is an American journalist who covers American politics, freedom of speech, censorship and America's culture war, among others. Tracey currently resides in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Summary of career.
Tracey's articles have been published in "The Daily Beast", Al Jazeera, "Reason", "The Independent", "The Intercept", "The New Republic", "The Federalist", "The New York Daily News", "The Wall Street Journal", Vice, the "New York Post", "The Nation", "Fox News", "The Guardian U.S.", and other publications. Tracey has been a recurring guest on the Fox News show "Tucker Carlson Tonight". He is known for sharing his political views on Twitter, where he has over 150,000 followers, and for covering the riots associated with the 2020 George Floyd protests, which he claims were mostly ignored by other journalists.
He has been described, in analysis of the contemporary media landscape in the late 2010s and early 2020s, as a "Left Heretic", alongside other journalists such as Lee Fang and Zaid Jilani. "Left Heretics" are defined as those who hail from the left of politics, but nonetheless are widely detested by mainstream leftists because they deviate from consensus on certain issues, notably freedom of speech and what can be construed as identity politics.
He joined "The Young Turks" in early 2017, however had left the group by mid-2018. He stated that his departure from the group was on amicable terms.
In 2017, 78-year-old congresswoman Maxine Waters walked away from an interview with Tracey and pushed aside his hand which was holding a microphone toward her face. The incident was captured on video and, according to Tracey, Waters had "initiated unwarranted physical contact" and "shoved" him, but it was "not a violent shove".
Personal views.
Tracey supported Bernie Sanders in the 2016 US Democratic primaries, and advocated "conscious abstention" in the 2016 presidential election. He has been highly critical of the Clintons. In 2020, Tracey supported Tulsi Gabbard's presidential campaign. He did not express a preference for Donald Trump or Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Tracey has been critical of the Democrats and allegations of collusion between Donald Trump and Russia. In a March 2019 opinion piece for "The New York Times", Ross Douthat described Tracey as one of the "strongest skeptics of the Russiagate narrative". However, Tracey has written that "the possibility [Trump] committed obstruction of justice by firing FBI director James Comey is real."
In 2019, Tracey criticised an article by Kevin Poulsen in "The Daily Beast" which revealed the identity and criminal history of a man who allegedly created a modified video of House speaker Nancy Pelosi which made her appear drunk.
Tracey was in the news in February 2021 after he accused congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of "emotional manipulation" online.
Personal life.
Tracey was born on August 8, 1988. Raised in West Caldwell, New Jersey, he graduated from James Caldwell High School in 2006. 
In February 2009, Tracey was arrested at The College of New Jersey after he attempted to approach Ann Coulter. He was charged with disorderly conduct and later pleaded guilty to "violating a nuisance ordinance."