Conservative influencer announces she's leaving Texas to head back to California: ‘It is home for better or for worse'
White, 31, announced this week that she'll be returning to Los Angeles after living in Austin in hopes of being part of 'the solution' to help fix the ongoing issues instead of watching her home state 'burn' from a distance.
3 Conservative influencer Blaire White revealed she's moving back to California.
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'I was born there, so it is home for better or for worse,' the transgender social media star told her 1.5 million subscribers on YouTube.
'There are a lot of problems with California and a lot of people like to write off New York and California and say, 'Just let them go overboard, let them burn,' and I find that to be a very un-American perspective to hold.'
The YouTube star believes California is 'the most beautiful place in the world,' and shared it's a 'shame' that 'it's run by demons.'
'I want to be someone who's part of the solution. I want to be someone who doesn't run from problems,' White said.
'I moved to Texas in the middle of Covid. So I moved to Texas in crisis. The lockdowns weren't ending, so much trauma from that, so much craziness, so it was kind of like an evacuation.'
3 White, 31, announced this week that she'll be returning to Los Angeles after living in Austin in hopes of being part of 'the solution.'
Facebook / Blaire White
White also said that Los Angeles has now become 'ghetto and downtrodden,' but when she returns, she may seek political office in the future to help change the direction the city and state are heading in.
She was one of the many influencers and online personalities — including Joe Rogan — who fled California for Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic, amid the state's strict lockdown policies.
White was born in Corning, about 100 miles north of Sacramento, and has quickly gained popularity through her YouTube channel over the years for her outspoken political commentary and views on transgender rights and feminism.
3 The YouTube star believes California is 'the most beautiful place in the world,' and shared it's a 'shame' that 'it's run by demons.'
Facebook / Blaire White
'I am a transgender woman who lives my life and goes out every day as myself,' White told Newsweek in a 2017 interview.
'I have never been assaulted for being trans. I've never had anyone on the street say anything nasty to me about being trans. But I was assaulted for wearing a Trump hat. I think that speaks for itself.'
The YouTuber transitioned in 2015 while studying computer science at California State University, Chico.
Before starting on YouTube, she was a self-described 'social justice warrior' with left-leaning views, but said her views began shifting to the right during her college years.
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