What happened to India-hating MAGA influencer Elijah Schaffer? Posts about wife, kids and FBI deleted, conspiracy theories abound
MAGA influencer Elijah Schaffer sent several posts and then deleted them, leaving X in a tizzy and sparking speculation that something was off with him. Schaeffer is known for his anti-India posts on X, but this time, he posted some shocking content about his wife and children, only to quickly delete it. Schaefer said his wife and children were missing and drugs were planted in his home to implicate him. Schafer then pointed the gun directly at the FBI, saying the FBI was trying to destroy him and “kill” him. Schaefer said he was the victim of an aggravated targeted felony, that his family was kidnapped, he was robbed and his gun was missing.
He quickly deleted the posts, but the screenshots went viral, with commentators speculating that he might have “killed his family with a gun he claimed he had stolen.” Schaefer later issued a clarification that his wife divorced him and took the children. “I’m sober. I’m heartbroken. I have great support. Thank you all for supporting me during this tough season. I will get through this,” he wrote. Social media users exposed his lies and cited official records saying Schaefer filed for divorce on January 22 after cheating on his wife with Sarah Stock, another conservative influencer.Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos exposed Schaeffer and claimed that Schaeffer and Sarah Stocker had been in a relationship for nearly a year.Schaefer is the CEO of RiftTV and was recently sued by FBI Director Kash Patel’s partner Alexis Wilkins for claiming that Alexis was an Israeli agent. Shafer. At the time, he said he had never said anything disparaging about Wilkins, but shared a photo that sparked a $5 million defamation lawsuit. He claimed that he and his family were threatened at the time. From that episode on, Schaeffer began targeting Hindu temple Vivek Ramaswamy in Texas and announced that he would devote all his resources to “exposing the Indian and Islamic takeover of Texas and the United States.”
