Natalie Winters

Natalie Winters at Butterworth's

Natalie Winters (born February 24, 2001) is a right wing political commentator, co-host of the War Room podcast with Steve Bannon, and a White House correspondent since January 2025. She is a self-described "populist nationalist", and she and frequently attacks the mainstream media, Democrats, and Republican politicians such as Mike Johnson. Her views has been described by her and others as transphobic and Islamophobic. Winters' bid for the National Press Club was rejected.

Early life and education

Winters grew up in Santa Monica, California. Her father works as a physician and her mother is a homemaker. She attended Harvard-Westlake in Los Angeles, where she became politically engaged amid the 2016 presidential campaign. She published a article in the school newspaper in support of Brett Kavanaugh during his Supreme Court nomination. Winters says she was not accepted by her peers.

Career

Winters started an internship with the War Room podcast at the end of her senior year of high school, then co-hosted by Raheem Kassam. She moved to Washington D.C. She worked as a staff writer for War Room during her first year at the University of Chicago, frequently flying to Washington D.C. "My best friend from college is, like, Steve" she told The New York Times about Bannon. At the onset of the Covid-19 lockdown when she was 19 years old, Winters began to appear on camera on War Room. She also gained prominence for her appearances on the YouTube show "Piers Morgan Uncensored". Steve Bannon had Winters host "War Room" by herself when he was in federal prison for four months in 2024.

Winters has a brand "She's So Right!" which sells apparel and accessories such as tank tops and tote bags printed with political slogans such as "More insecure than the border" and "A little conspiratorial."

White House correspondent

Winters began as White House correspondent on January 28, 2025, a role arranged by Bannon. Her social media post on her first day depicted her in front of the White House wearing sneakers, a short white skirt, and a pink "appointment" badge around her neck. The post prompted backlash due to her misspelling "correspondent" and dressing unprofessionally according to critics, who drew comparisons with back-to-school outfits.

Winters attends briefings by White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, who has favored nontraditional right wing sources such as the War Room. Winters makes podcast appearances, social media posts, and delivers impromptu monologues to online viewers from outside the White House.

Winters says she has not been embraced by the members establishment. She was denied membership to National Press Club, which bases acceptance based on "standards of journalism" but does not explain individual applications. Winters has said that some reporters who work for established news media organizations do not talk to her. She prefers MSNBC over other cable news networks and sometimes watches it for material.

Rather than covering all White House news, Winters additionally shares general attacks on the mainstream media, Democratic party, and cultural figures such as OnlyFans creator Lily Phillips. On social media Winters has described herself as transphobic and has denied the gender wage gap. She supports most of Trump's actions and agrees with him ideologically. She has praised Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency and Musk frequently reposts her on X.

External links

• Natalie Winters at IMDb
• Natalie Winters on Twitter