James Markis, a Boston College graduate student and chair of Massachusetts College Republicans, poses for a portrait in his apartment in front of a white backdrop. On his wall is a flag picturing Donald Trump after an assassination attempt earlier this year in Pennsylvania. Markis said he was looking for wall decor and bought it off of TikTok. Next to him is an icon of Saint Demetrios, which Markis, who practices Greek Orthodoxy, said he derives his first name from.