What is Michael J. Knowles?
'''Michael John Knowles''' (born March 18, 1990) is an [[Americans|American]] former [[actor]] and political commentator. He co-hosts a [[podcast]] with [[Ted Cruz]]. ==Articles== In 2016, Knowles wrote an article for [[The Daily Wire]] called“An Actual Conservative’s Guide to the Alt-Right. <ref>{{Cite web|title=An Actual Conservative’s Guide To The Alt-Right: 8 Things You Need To Know|url=https://www.dailywire.com/news/actual-conservatives-guide-alt-right-8-things-you-michael-knowles|access-date=2022-09-05|website=The Daily Wire|language=en}}</ref>In it, he criticized [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], [[Steve Bannon]] and [[Donald Trump]] and accused them of being too close to the [[alt-right]]. In the same article Knowles criticized the [[alt-right]] for [[racism]] and [[anti-Semitism]]. He said it went against the [[ethics]] and [[morals]] of [[Christianity]]. ==Videos== Since then Knowles filmed a [[Prager University]] [[video]] called “What is the Alt-Right. Knowles said that the [[alt-right]] actually had much more in common with [[left-wing politics]] than with [[right-wing politics]]. <ref>{{Cite web|title=What Is the Alt-Right? {{!}} PragerU|url=https://www.prageru.com/video/what-is-the-alt-right|access-date=2022-09-05|website=www.prageru.com|language=en}}</ref>Knowles wrote a [[book]] called Reasons to Vote for Democrats about all the reasons to vote for the [[Democratic Party of the United States]] and the book had no [[words]] in it as a [[joke]]. It was praised by [[Ben Shapiro]] and [[Donald Trump]]. Knowles also filmed a [[Prager University]] video called “Control the Words, Control the Culture”. It is about how [[language]] can be used as a political tool. <ref>{{Cite web|title=Control the Words, Control the Culture {{!}} PragerU|url=https://www.prageru.com/video/control-the-words-control-the-culture|access-date=2022-09-05|website=www.prageru.com|language=en}}</ref> And inspired by that video, Knowles wrote a [[book]] called Speechless: Controlling Words, Controlling Minds. He argues that [[conservativ