AJ Willms (born November 15, 1999) is an American Conservative political commentator, media host, and author. At age 21, he began creating politically themed TikTok videos, many of which have gone viral. Willms was previously employed at Campus Reform, where he researched and wrote articles related to college campuses across America. Glenn Beck's BlazeTV has hosted AJ Willms as a guest on multiple occasions, appearing alongside Elijah Schaffer and Sydney Watson. In Spring of 2022, AJ Willms was offered a position as a show host on Frank Speech, a network sponsored by Michael Lindell. Early life AJ Willms was born in Helena, Montana, to a German-American family. At age 17, he moved to California to attend college and study psychology. While enrolled in college, Willms defined himself as a “libertarian.” After completing an A.A. in psychology and political science, AJ Willms transferred to the University of California - Berkeley, where he completed his degree. Willms has moved to Dallas, Texas, where he currently resides. Career Starting in 2021, AJ Willms began making short online videos that were published on YouTube and the social media app TikTok. These videos covered a variety of topics, including abortion, religion, transgenderism, Freemasonry, and other controversial issues. Given the controversial nature of AJ Willms’ videos, he was invariably banned from TikTok on multiple occasions, resulting in as many as 28 new TikTok accounts being made by Willms. Across these 28 accounts, Willms collected approximately 50 million views on his videos. The TikTok videos being created by Willms caught the attention of Elijah Schaffer, who reposted one of AJ Willms’ popular videos. Schaffer and Willms connected with one another, and after speaking for a brief time, Schaffer invited Willms onto his show “Slightly Offensive.” Since then, AJ Willms has gone back to Blaze TV and appeared on Slightly Offensive, and You Are Here multiple times. Today, AJ Willms currently live streams his own videos onto the video platform Odysee as well as being active on his Telegram channel.
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