Brandon Tatum
MAGA-aligned conservative · pro-police commentator· 4.7M followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
70.8Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #23 of the creators we track
Brandon Tatum ranks #23 by credibility versus #24 by raw follower count — they reach a more credible audience than their follower total alone would suggest.
Brandon Tatum, known as "The Officer Tatum," is a conservative commentator, author, and former Tucson, Arizona police officer who runs a YouTube channel with over 3 million subscribers. He rose to prominence in 2016 after a viral video at a Trump campaign rally, and co-founded Blexit, an organization aimed at persuading Black Americans to leave the Democratic Party. Drawing on his law-enforcement background, his commentary focuses on policing, race, and cultural issues.
Where Brandon Tatum posts
YouTube3.8M subscribersVisit ↗XTheOfficerTatum · 942K followersVisit ↗Common questions
Is Brandon Tatum left or right?
Brandon Tatum, "The Officer Tatum," is a MAGA-aligned conservative commentator whose brand is built on his background as a Tucson police officer and on outreach to Black Americans on behalf of the political right. He rose to prominence via a viral 2016 video at a Trump rally, served as Turning Point USA's director of urban engagement, and co-founded Blexit with Candace Owens in 2018, an organization urging Black voters to leave the Democratic Party. Since 2022 he has hosted a national talk show distributed by the Salem Radio Network alongside his YouTube channel, and he remains a TPUSA contributor. His positioning has been stable and pro-Trump throughout; in September 2025 he published a sit-down interview with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu covering Christians in Israel and the Gaza war, placing him on the pro-Israel side of the right's ongoing foreign-policy split.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Brandon Tatum's audience?
Brandon Tatum scores 70.8 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #23 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does Brandon Tatum have?
Brandon Tatum has about 4.7M followers combined across YouTube and X.
Beat the algorithm.
The best political content from every side, plus who’s rising and falling on the chart. Free, weekday mornings.