- Caitlin Berg tricked her way onto ‘invite-only’ platform with ‘yeehaw’d’ profile
- She said she eventually reported ‘7 or 8 guys’ who claimed to be at the Capitol
- Berg went under a pseudonym, ‘Keightlynne Brandy,’ to get referred to the app
A woman is claiming she was able to infiltrate a conservative-leaning dating app and ended up reporting several profiles to the FBI for saying they’d participated in the January 6 riots.
Ryann McEnany designed the ‘invite-only’ platform, called The Right Stuff, in an attempt to help ‘young conservatives‘ find ‘people that see the world the right way,’ after she said she noticed that other dating apps had ‘gone woke.’
Caitlin Berg, an ostensibly liberal woman on TikTok, said she ran a scam where she played a ‘yeehaw’d version’ of herself to get an invitation to use the app.
She said the goal was to talk to some of her Republican suitors about sex in an attempt to ‘scare them.’
Berg discovered something a little more nefarious: ”There were so many men on that app who were at January 6 and had pictures of it that I started screenshotting their profiles, matching, asking their last name, and then sending their information to the FBI,’ she said, in the end having reported ‘7 or 8 guys.’
The video has since gotten about 150,000 views on the platform and Berg has followed it up with an explainer of how she pulled it off.
Many social media users made fun of the new dating service when it launched last October, after it was revealed that the app asked its users to share their thoughts on the January 6 Capitol riots in their profiles.
Others even joked that someone would do exactly what Berg did, saying the FBI is going to use The Right Stuff to catch people who were involved in the Capitol riots.
Berg went under a pseudonym, ‘Keightlynne Brandy,’ and sent an email to the company in order to get a referral code, playing on their sympathies as a supposed right winger in New York City.
‘I just joined from NYC, but I don’t have any friends on the app and can’t get referred,’ her email to Right Stuff said. ‘As a new New Yorker, I would love the chance to meet like-minded individuals in such a liberal city.’
She was given a code and started to access the app within about 24 hours.
Berg described the men on The Right Stuff as ‘rodents from the depths of hell,’ citing their answers to various prompts.
Eventually, she connected with men who had said in their profiles that they’d been at the Capitol on January 6 and ask them for an Instagram or LinkedIn account to prove they were real.
When they acquiesced, Berg screenshotted their entire profile, unmatched with them and gave their information to the FBI.
The app was created by McEnany, the sister of former White House Press Secretary and current Fox News personality Kayleigh McEnany.
According to New York Magazine writer Shawn McCreesh, while signing up, there is a series of different questions that you can pick from to put on your profile.
And while some are normal getting-to-know-you type prompts, like, ‘A shower thought I recently had…’ and, ‘Biggest risk I’ve ever taken…’ others have left the web stunned.
‘January 6th was…’ reads one of the prompts, referring to the day a group of former President Trump’s supporters stormed the Capital building on January 6, while another asks: ‘Favorite liberal lie…’
Each question contains a space to put your response, which has a 200-character limit and will be featured on your dating profile.
McCreesh shared some grabs of the prompts to his Twitter account – which he said he obtained from ‘a friend’ – and they quickly went viral, gaining hundreds of retweets and thousands of likes.
Many people replied and suggested other things that the app should have included, like, ‘I testicle tan _____ times a week,’ and, ‘I have _____ MAGA flags in my yard.’
‘Probably best to make sure you and your partner are on the same page here,’ said someone else.
Another person claimed the app was ‘going to fail because if there’s no “libs” to attack and argue with, they’ll get bored in a month.’
‘The whole point of being a right-wing Trump supporter is to annoy and argue with people. They don’t actually want to meet and date people who share their supposed viewpoints,’ agreed a different user.
While the app is free to use, it offers a premium subscription with extra perks for $9.99 a month – however, upgrading to premium will only cost extra for men.
Ryann explained that the app is designed to encourage people to ‘put their best foot forward.’
She said you start off by ‘building your perfect profile – no pronouns necessary.’
‘Our prompts give you the opportunity to let people know various sides of you,’ she added. ‘Remember, be authentic and creative.’
Users have the ability to scroll through the profiles of people in their area – or they can adjust the settings to see people in other locations too.
You hit the like button on people you may be interested in, and you can see everyone who has liked your profile.
‘If you like them back, you can start chatting with them. It’s that simple,’ Ryann shared.
You can then create the ‘ideal date’ by choosing the time and place and where you’d like to go, and share it to your profile to see if anyone wants to join you.
‘You can either keep your options open and post it for everyone to see, or, just post it to the people you’ve liked,’ Ryann continued. ‘This concept is all about getting you out there, and getting you on dates.’
Ryann concluded that The Right Stuff is ‘all about getting into the right dating pool with people who share the same values and beliefs as you.’
‘We’re sorry that you had to endure years of bad dates and wasted time with people that don’t see the world our way – the right way,’ she said.
‘If you’re a young conservative looking to amp up your dating life, go to JoinRightStuff.com. We need to get back to the right way of dating.’
Ryann, who graduated from the University of Florida in 2017 with a degree in Telecommunications and got her Masters one year later in Science and Sport Management, interned in the White House’s office of digital strategy in 2018.
According to Reuters, she also worked as the social media manager for Trump’s 2020 re-election campaign.
Ryann often shares her support for the former president to her social media accounts. She now has a job in digital marketing and brand communications at America First Policy Institute, per her LinkedIn.
Her sister, Kayleigh, served as Trump’s press secretary during his presidential re-election campaign from 2019 to 2020, and for a good part of the last year of his presidency – from April 2020 to January 2021.
She also worked as his senior advisor from October 2020 to January 2021, and she currently serves as an on-air contributor for Fox News.
The app is being funded by former Trump staffers John McEntee and Daniel Huff, as well as PayPal billionaire founder Thiel.
‘What we’re doing has really not been done before. No one has built a high quality, properly funded app with a dedicated team,’ Huff told The Hill while discussing the platform in July.
‘It’s an important, underserved market. Liberals own the education, media corporations, and we can’t let them control our personal relationships.’
