I can see it.
Because he is highly competent and is similar to a lot of the very impressive younger people I met when I went back through school and actually put effort to earn some degrees.
He is not that much outside of the norm from the people I met that today are about 20-30 are group. This is why I am so exicted for them to start taking over from our old lead-addled, PTSD (9/11, racism/sexism/homophobia, etc all left their marks on our reactions to the world), age groups.
I am a believer in age bringing shared experiences and insight, but there is a lot to be said about people who grew up in the information age and know how to work with 100% of the population without prejudices getting in the way.
So yeah, the kids that are going to be brought up for fascist leadership is pretty scary, like that Candace Ownes person. She is very good at trolling in real time and even though enough of what she says is cult logic that she is non-credible, she flat out owns anyone who is not as well prepared as she is during her time in hearings.
But, I still am happy to bet my future on all the other 'kids' today that are all as smart and hardworking as she is and have confidence that like Pete has shown, they are more than up for standing up to the future cult leaders like her.