A woman claims she pretended to be a Donald Trump MAGA supporter to pay off her college debt — and it worked.
We all know politics can be a sensitive topic, and if you’re a passionate supporter of any political party, chances are you’ll find yourself in the spotlight for one reason or another.
But for @chckpeasm, it paid off in a big way.
As a young woman struggling with her university payments, she discovered one way to get the cash she needed — and quickly.
By tapping into people’s sense of political freedom and protection.
The woman, known only as Princess Q on X, shared her plan in a tweet to her followers, thanking MAGA supporters for backing her and helping advance her career.
The woman admitted to lying in her post (X/@chckpeas)
She wrote: “A huge shoutout to the Trump supporters who helped me finish school (debt-free), move to Los Angeles, and prove myself in social media and marketing psychology, which ultimately launched my career.”
So, how did she make it happen?
She first went viral in 2018 after tweeting that her parents had “cut her off” and “refused to pay her university tuition” after she publicly stated that she refused to hide as a Black Trump supporter.
“I will not hide any longer,” she wrote, alongside a photo of herself wearing a Make America Great Again bucket hat. “The left has made us feel like Black Republicans should hide. But not anymore.”
She explained that her parents cut her off after reading her social media post and, in response, asked kind-hearted people online to help fund her education through a GoFundMe link, writing: “If you find it in your hearts to help this young, Black Republican pay for school, it would be greatly appreciated.”
Known also as Quran, she later came clean to Elle magazine after her college degree was funded.
She admitted that she wasn’t actually a MAGA supporter and that she had fabricated the story for financial gain.
And if you think she only made a few thousand dollars from the donations, you’d be way off.
In fact, she revealed that the entire scam was exposed as a lie just one day later, after she had collected “around $150,000.”
As for her motives, she explained that she created the scam to draw attention to the 2018 election and to discourage people from voting for the Republicans.
She said: “With voting coming up, I just wanted to remind people that Republicans are stupid and shouldn’t hold the majority anymore.
“Minimum wage is ridiculously low, and it’s not even a living wage. How are we supposed to survive?
“And then the people who say, ‘Go to college and get a better job,’ like anyone can afford that, and even then, it doesn’t guarantee you a job.”
She added that the whole thing was meant to be a “joke,” explaining, “I saw that other Black girl who posted about being a Black Trump supporter, and I just wanted to make fun of her.”
While she claimed to have returned the money, she later admitted that she made up that part of the story to avoid “weirdos” coming after her.
She said, “The Trump supporters saw my old tweets about Obama and realized I might’ve been lying. But I was quicker, and I took everything before they could take it from me.”
