Nick Fuentes

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{{cquote|All I want is revenge against my enemies and a total [[Aryan]] victory.|||Fuentes on the verge of tears<ref name="ttinfl"/>{{efn|Do we even have to mention how Europeans aren’t Aryans?}}}}
{{cquote|I do fucking hate the poor, and I hate poor people.&nbsp;… And I'm sick of [[lying]] about it. I'm not gonna pretend that I don't, okay? I love the rich.|||Nick Fuentes, a "[[true Christian]]" "[[populist]]".<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl1t19GrfNw I Hate Poor People] by Right Wing Watch (Aug 30, 2023) ''YouTube''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|You know what? You know what our problem is? The fertility rates. We need to be making more beautiful white [[Christian]] babies. Enough is enough […] You know what the problem is? All the ''Muslims'' coming into Europe.|||Nick Fuentes<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190704160703/www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVMzOufarq4 "Nick Fuentes vs. the 13%"] by Nick Fuentes (May 16, 2019) ''YouTube'' (archived on 2019 July 4). Time 3:10-3:40</ref>{{efn|Like he would know what the problem is, he's an American talking about Europe as if its a monoculture.}}}}

'''Nicholas Joseph "Neo-Nazi Nick"<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-779638 Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes: 'Occult element' among Jews must be executed] (December 26, 2023 19:20) ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref> Fuentes''' {{lived|August 18, 1998}}<ref name=villain>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171110015712/https://nicholasjfuentes.com/the-villain-america-needs/ The Villain America Needs] by Nicholas J. Fuentes.</ref> is a creepy [[alt-right]] [[Traditionalist Catholicism|radical-traditionalist Catholic]], [[white supremacist]], [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]], and self-described [[incel]].<ref name="FuentesIdeologySources">Non-exhaustive collection of sources about Nick Fuentes's [[ideology]]:
*Neo-Nazism and Holocaust denial:
**[https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/05/19/paul-gosar-aide-called-groyper-in-new-report/70232908007/ Paul Gosar aide linked to Nick Fuentes, white supremacist group in new report] by Will Carless (May 19, 2023) ''USA Today''.
**[https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/29/briefing/nick-fuentes-trump.html Trump’s Far-right Embrace: Why it’s important to know more about Nick Fuentes.] by Peter Baker (Nov. 29, 2022) ''The New York Times''.
**[https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2023/10/23/texas-lt-gov-patrick-seeks-to-deflate-nick-fuentes-flap-by-buying-3m-of-israel-bonds/ Texas Lt. Gov. Patrick seeks to deflate Nick Fuentes flap by buying $3M of Israeli bonds] by Robert T. Garrett (ct. 23, 2023) ''The Dallas Morning News''.
**[https://www.nationalreview.com/2022/11/guess-who-came-to-dinner/ Guess Who Came to Dinner] by Jay Nordlinger (Nov 28, 2022) National Review''.
**[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/ Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worth] by Robert Downen (Oct. 8, 2023) ''Texas Tribune''.
**[https://www.timesofisrael.com/doubling-down-on-antisemitism-kanye-west-praises-hitler-in-unhinged-interview/ Kanye West praises Hitler, calls himself a Nazi in unhinged interview] (Dec. 1, 2022) ''The Times of Israel''.
**[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/majorie-taylor-greene-nick-fuentes-speech Marjorie Taylor Greene Sorry Not Sorries Speech at White Nationalist Conference] by Bess Levin (Feb. 28, 2022) ''Vanity Fair''.
**[https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3753386-pence-says-trump-should-apologize-wrong-to-given-anti-semite-a-seat-at-the-table/ Pence says Trump should apologize; ‘wrong’ to give antisemite ‘a seat at the table’] by Brett Samuels (11/28/22 5:03 PM ET) ''The Hill''.
**[https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1615370123442790400 Nick Fuentes is not even bothering to hide his adoration of Hitler these days: "'Hitler was a pedophile and kind of a pagan.' It's like, well, he was also really fucking cool.&nbsp;… This guy's awesome, this guy's cool."] by Right Wing Watch (3:27 PM · Jan 17, 2023) ''Twitter''.
*Male supremacism, and white supremacism or white nationalism:
**[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/nick-fuentes Nick Fuentes] ''The Southern Poverty Law Center''.
**[https://www.newsweek.com/nick-fuentes-live-streamer-white-nationalist-suspended-twitter-1608438 Nick Fuentes, Live Streamer and White Nationalist, Suspended From Twitter] by Jon Jackson (Jul. 9, 2021) ''Newsweek''.
**[https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/3753600-gop-senators-slam-trump-over-dinner-with-white-supremacist/ GOP senators slam Trump over dinner with white supremacist] by Alexander Bolton & Al Weaver (Nov. 28, 2022) ''The Hill''.
**[https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/live-afghanistan-taliban-news/card/hv1U2m0zceuobgYAiwiR Neo-Nazis, White Nationalists Celebrate Taliban Takeover] by Rachael Levy (Aug. 17, 2021) ''The Wall Street Journal''.
**[https://www.adl.org/resources/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-know Nicholas J. Fuentes: Five Things to Know] (Published: 07.08.2021; Updated: 11.30.2022) ''Anti-Defamation League''.
**[https://www.thedailybeast.com/nick-fuentes-and-the-illiberal-right-are-americas-homegrown-jihadists Nick Fuentes and the Illiberal Right Are America’s Homegrown Jihadists] by Matt Lewis (Nov. 29, 2022) ''The Daily Beast''.
*Radical traditionalist-Catholic movement, antisemitism, and Christian nationalism:
**[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/10/nick-fuentes-texas-meeting/ What to know about Nick Fuentes, the white supremacist who was just hosted by a major Texas PAC leader] by Robert Downen (Oct. 10 2023) ''The Texas Tribune''. 
**[https://newrepublic.com/post/174372/white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-calls-holy-war-jews White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Calls for “Holy War” Against Jews] by Prem Thakker (Jul. 17 2023) ''The New Republic''.
**[https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nick-fuentes-says-scotus-ruling-overturning-roe-shows-why-people-that-dont-serve-jesus-cannot-hold-public-office/ Nick Fuentes Says SCOTUS Ruling Overturning Roe Shows Why People 'That Don't Serve Jesus' Cannot Hold Public Office] (06/27/2022) ''Right Wing Watch''.
**[https://religionnews.com/2022/11/27/who-is-trump-and-kanyes-dinner-companion-nick-fuentes/ Who is Trump and Kanye's dinner companion, Nick Fuentes?] by Jack Jenkins & Paul O'Donnell (Nov. 27, 2022) ''Religion News Service''.
*Broadly alt-right:
**[https://www.forbes.com/sites/brianbushard/2022/11/26/nick-fuentes-meet-the-gen-z-white-supremacist-who-dined-with-trump-and-kanye-west/ Nick Fuentes: Meet The Gen-Z White Supremacist Who Dined With Trump And Kanye West] by Brian Bushard (Nov. 26, 2022)) ''Forbes''.
**[https://www.al.com/news/2017/08/alt-right_figure_says_hes_been.html Alt-right figure says he's been admitted to Auburn] by William Thornton (Aug. 20, 2017) ''Advance Local Media''.
**[https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825 Donald Trump dined with white nationalist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes] by Meridith McGraw (Nov. 25, 2022) ''Politico''.
**[https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/student-who-attended-charlottesville-rally-leaves-university-after-being-outed/ Student Who Attended Charlottesville Rally Leaves University After Being Outed] by Colin Kalmbacher (Aug. 20, 2017) ''Law & Crime''
**[https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2023/mar/10/scott-adams/unite-the-right-rally-was-real-not-a-staged-intel/ Scott Adams stated… "The 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, was 'an American intel op against Trump."] by Gabrielle Settles (Mar. 10, 2023) ''PolitiFact''.</ref><ref name="VanityFairMTG">[https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/02/majorie-taylor-greene-nick-fuentes-speech Marjorie Taylor Greene Sorry Not Sorries Speech at White Nationalist Conference] by Bess Levin (February 28, 2022) ''Vanity Fair''. "[Fuentes] suggested that Black people were too sensitive about the unfairness of racist Jim Crow era laws ... denied the Holocaust and likened Jews burning in gas chambers to baking cookies. Naturally, he attended the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and… he reportedly uploaded a video in which he said: 'What can you and I do to state legislators besides kill them? Although, we should not do that. I’m not advising that, but I mean, what else are you going to do?'… On Friday, Fuentes 'joked' to the crowd: 'Now they’re going on about Russia and Vladimir Putin is Hitler&nbsp;— and they say that’s not a good thing.'"</ref><ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/10/nick-fuentes-texas-meeting/ What to know about Nick Fuentes, the white supremacist who was just hosted by a major Texas PAC leader] by Robert Downen (Oct. 10, 2023) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref>

He operates and hosts the '''America First''' livestream podcast, which is currently hosted on a proprietary website after he was banned from both [[YouTube]] ''and'' {{wpl|DLive}} (which hosts other white supremacists and Neo-Nazis). A typical feature of the stream includes Fuentes showing up late (often hours late<ref>Ali Breland (December 13, 2025). [http://archive.today/2025.12.13-181550/https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/nick-fuentes-livestream/685247/ "I Watched 12 Hours of Nick Fuentes"]. ''The Atlantic''. {{blockquote|The show is scheduled to air live on Rumble at 9 p.m. central time, but it rarely begins on time. Throughout the week, the opening scenes played for at least two hours every night, bouncing from clip to clip at random, before Fuentes finally got started.}}</ref>) to the broadcast, which takes place in front of a green-screen. Once he shows up, there will be a series of [[just joking|half-joking]] inflammatory rants, sometimes involving arguments with [[Groyper Army|his own followers]] about important matters such as whether he's quite as incel as [[Hitler]] was.<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentues-mocked-kiss-incel/ 'Wannabe incel': Nick Fuentes fans revolt over admission he’s voluntarily celibate] by Claire Goforth (February 9, 2022) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref>{{efn|Besides, Hitler actually was in a committed relationship (and a brief marriage) with Eva Braun.}} He previously co-hosted the '''Nationalist Review''' podcast with fellow neo-Nazi [[James Allsup]], from its founding until January 16, 2018.

Fuentes originally (from roughly late 2017 to 2020) advocated a kind of [[entryism]] into the [[Republican Party]], in which his followers would act cagey about their far-right beliefs. He would deride open fascists who opposed this ''[[optics]]''-focused strategy of [[crypto-politics]] as "wignats" (or "[[wigger]] nationalists") mucking up his plans. In this way, he sought to distance himself from the alt-right,<ref>[https://politicalresearch.org/2021/01/15/america-first-inevitable 'America First Is Inevitable'] by Ben Lorber (January 15, 2021) ''Political Research Associates''.</ref> though this was always going to be difficult since Fuentes attended the [[Unite the Right]] rally.<ref name="ALUTR"/><ref name="MetroUTR"/> Regardless, Fuentes and his fans would gradually become less and less covert about their beliefs, with the mask coming off in such totality by 2022 that Fuentes was openly praising Adolf Hitler and calling for "total Aryan victory", among other blatantly [[extremist]] outbursts.<ref name="ttinfl"/><ref name="VanityFairMTG"/> The entryist part of the original plan {{sl|Splitting the Texas GOP|is clearly still in action}}, but Fuentes and friends seem to have largely dropped any pretense of ''optics''.

==Views==
{{cquote|It's often impossible to tell whether Fuentes is joking or being serious&nbsp;— even in matters of [[faith]]. He is a paragon of internet [[irony]], a herald of a morally ambivalent online culture that is equally capable of churning out harmless [[Alt-right glossary#Wojak|Wojak]] [[memes]] and inspiring [[Christchurch terrorist attacks|Christchurch terrorists]]. I don't know him and I couldn't tell you what he 'really' thinks. But the extent to which he is merely 'performing' is ultimately irrelevant. His parade of perversities marches joyfully away from any conception of the good. Whether its endpoint is atrocity or just offense, it offers nothing of societal or spiritual worth.|||Ben Sixsmith<ref name="KanyeAmongGroypers"/>}}

For an introduction to Fuentes' political beliefs (centered around "[[Cultural Marxism|Marxist infiltration]]", "[[International Jewish Conspiracy|rootless global elites]]", and [[Mass immigration|"invasion by nonwhites"]]), we recommend his blogpost "The Villain America Needs﻿". He begins with an apocalyptic tale about impending doom of the country:

{{quotebox|width=70%|[[Delusions of grandeur|The prologue to the legend of Nicholas J. Fuentes]]:

My timely birth [in 1998] allowed me to watch on the nightly news '''the spoils of the American experiment squandered for one final time before the dying gasp of a once exceptional people as the free world and [[Supply-side economics|economic abundance]] of [[Ronald Reagan]] was inherited by the [[lizard people]]'''. To understand how far '''the country has come from the virgin constitutional republic born of the [[American Revolution|Revolution]] to the corrupt, unitary [[technocracy]] of a new Statist century'''. From [[George Washington]] to [[George W. Bush]]. Everyone knows the country is going to [[hell]] and if you don't then you're a [[liberal]] apologist arguing why the change your President promised you is all that it was cracked up to be.}}

He proceeds to blame the [[evil]] liberals and [[multiculturalism]]:
{{quotebox|width=70%|My generation is the generation of hopelessness. They don't see it that way because Buzzfeed can use upbeat stock background music, punchy graphics, and '''a self-righteous punk weakling to dress up [[cultural suicide]] as [[egalitarianism]]'''. But we know better. With George W. Bush we got a [[neoconservative]] [[Utopian]] who could not wage the [[culture war]] and '''when center right Dubya collapsed in 2008 we got a [[Barack Obama|communist Islamist sympathizer whose entire candidacy and governance was wholly founded on the ignorance of the masses]] and a [[media]] that would [[Fake news#Alternative use of the term|just plain lie]] night after night'''.}}

And alleges that our entire culture has been [[cuck|"cucked"]] by [[DA JOOZ|some distant elites]] into believing scary untruths like "[[trans]] people exist" or "nonwhites are people too":

{{quotebox|And in 2015, it looked as though we would have the proverbial "more of the same," "lesser of two evils," "business as usual." '''2016 looked to be a grand orgy of [[stockholm syndrome]] induced [[Multiculturalism|cultural cuckholdry]] in which we, the free men and women of the United States of America, would grudgingly but unflinchingly elect either our [[Jeb Bush|third bumbling conservative Bush lite]] or our [[Hillary Clinton|second white trash criminal Clinton]]'''. [[Iraq War#Iraq War|Having spent the entire century being blown up by IEDs in the desert]]. The worst economy since the [[Great Depression|great depression]]. The largest government in the history of the world.{{efn|How does he figure? What metric could he use to justify this claim? For those curious, he gives no explanation for what he means.}} Flagrant lawlessness at the highest level. '''[[Great replacement|An invasion from the South and from the MidEast]]. [[Cultural Marxism|An education system infiltrated and conquered decades ago by Marxists]]'''. A [[Bill of Rights]] in peril by the death of an actual conservative [[Supreme Court]] Justice, the last soul in the way of the loss of the republic. A terror state, a new [[Cold War]], a billion people saying they own the ocean, more dollars in debt than atoms in the universe, Seth Rogen,{{efn|Keep focusing on the important issues, Nick.}} '''[[Transgender|boys are girls and girls are boys]], [[Racialism|facts are racist]],''' [[feminism]], [[abortion|infanticide as a right]], [[Tumblr]].<ref name=villain />}}

It doesn't get better from there.

Like many extremists on the far-right, Fuentes is a [[Alt-right glossary#Shitlord|shitposter]] [[troll]], in which he tries to disguise his extremely [[bigot]]ed, racist, and sexist viewpoints using "[[irony]]", cartoonish memes and "[[just joking]]" banter. If advocating that someone should [[domestic violence|beat up their wife]] sounds like a "funny joke" to you, Fuentes is your type of "humorist".<ref name="adlblog">[https://www.adl.org/blog/nicholas-j-fuentes-five-things-to-know Nicholas J. Fuentes: Five Things to Know] (2021 July 8) ''Anti-Defamation League''.</ref>

For at least four years, Fuentes actually did fit the [[stereotype]]/[[logical fallacy]] of ''[[argumentum ad cellarium]]'' by living in his parents' basement.<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/12/19/nick-fuentes-trades-parents-basement-pricey-livestreaming-den Nick Fuentes Trades Parents’ Basement for Pricey Livestreaming Den] by Jeff Tischauser & Jason Wilson (December 19, 2022) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>

===Catholic theocracy, "holy war", and genocide===
{{cquote|For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to [[bigotry]] no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support. … May the Children of the Stock of Abraham, who dwell in this land, continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other Inhabitants; while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light and not darkness in our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in his own due time and way everlastingly happy.|||U.S. President [[George Washington]]'s American nationalism as seen in a letter to a Jewish synagogue<ref>George Washington (August 18, 1790). [https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-06-02-0135 "From George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, 18 August 1790"]. Via the The National Historical Publications and Records Commission (National Archives).</ref>}}
On April 2017, Nick Fuentes (then a host for {{wpl|Right Side Broadcasting Network||,}} RSBN) first argued that the [[First Amendment]] "was not written for [[Muslims]]":
{{quotebox|The First Amendment was not written for Muslims, by the way. It wasn't written for a barbaric ideology that wanted to come over and kill us. It was written for [[Calvinists]]. It was written for [[Lutheranism|Lutherans]] and [[Catholics]], not for [[Salafist]]s, not for [[Wahhabism|Wahhabists]], not for the [[Saudi Arabia|Saudi]] royal family. Don't think the [[Founding Fathers|founders]] had that one in mind. And it also was intended for citizens, not for immigrants. If the First Amendment protected everyone's right to have their [[religion]] and express it in every country, we'd have our [[police]] in the Congo or in [[Uganda]] fighting against the [[Lord's Resistance Army]]. And you never hear that side of the story on the [[mainstream media]], and why not? Why don't we hear about it? Why do none of our elected officials talk about this or like this? They know it's true. Why don't we hear about in the mainstream media? We don't hear about it on [[Fox News]], by the way, either. And why not?<ref name=mm2017>[https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/04/24/right-side-broadcasting-unofficial-version-trump-tv-forced-apologize-contributor-s-call-kill/216156 Right Side Broadcasting, The 'Unofficial Version Of Trump TV,' Forced To Apologize For Contributor’s Call To 'Kill The Globalists' At CNN] (04/24/17 1:14 PM EDT) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>}}

For the record, the Founding Fathers made it explicitly clear in their writings that Islam was covered by First Amendment protections.<ref>[https://www.salon.com/2013/10/05/our_founding_fathers_included_islam/ Our Founding Fathers included Islam: Thomas Jefferson didn't just own a Quran&nbsp;— he engaged with Islam and fought to ensure the rights of Muslims] by Denise Spellberg (October 5, 2013 6:00PM EDT) ''Salon''.</ref> Obviously it does not protect people of every country (even if his example of somebody we should fighting if that was the case is a group the United States government has fought against<ref>[https://www.csis.org/analysis/lords-resistance-army The Lord’s Resistance Army] by Richard Downie (October 18, 2011) ''Center for Strategic and International Studies''.</ref>) because law only applies within the jurisdiction of the government enforcing it.

In 2022, Fuentes went even further, condemning [[Protestant]]s to second-class citizenship in his desire for the United States to become a Catholic [[theocracy]]:
{{quotebox|I want this country to have Catholic media, [[Catholic Legion of Decency|Catholic Hollywood]], [[Vatican|Catholic government]]. I want this to be a Catholic occupied government, not a [[Zionist Occupation Government|Jewish occupied government]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20221129033758/https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1596252018854793219 Nick Fuentes says America must become an authoritarian Catholic nation where Jews have no power or influence: "I want this country to have Catholic media, Catholic Hollywood, Catholic government. I want this to be a Catholic occupied government, not a Jewish occupied government."] by Right Wing Watch (1:18 PM · Nov 25, 2022) ''Twitter'' (archived from November 26, 2022).</ref>}}

For his comments endorsing a holy war, he was suspended from streaming on the conservative video platform Rumble for two weeks.<ref name="MathesLitter">[https://www.mediamatters.org/rumble/rumble-nick-fuentes-fantasizes-about-teaming-hitler-kill-black-man-he-claims-was-littering On Rumble, Nick Fuentes fantasizes about teaming up with Hitler to kill a Black man he claims was littering] by Natalie Mathes (July 31, 2023) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>

In a July 2023 live speech that was also streamed online, Fuentes called for killing people in a "holy war":
{{quotebox|We need to eradicate Jewish stranglehold over the United States of America.&nbsp;… We will win, because unlike our opposition, we are willing to die for what we believe in&nbsp;… We're in a holy war and I will tell you this. Because we're willing to die in the holy war, we will make them die in the holy war. And they will go down.<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/trump/trumps-neo-nazi-dinner-guest-delivers-horrifically-anti-semitic-speech-endorsing-trump-and-declaring-holy-war/ Trump’s Neo-Nazi Dinner Guest Delivers Horrifically Anti-Semitic Speech Endorsing Trump and Declaring 'Holy War'] by Jamie Frevele (July 17, 2023) ''Mediaite''.</ref><ref>[https://www.christianpost.com/voices/denouncing-the-dangerous-anti-semitism-of-nick-fuentes.html Denouncing the dangerous (and pseudo-Christian) anti-Semitism of Nick Fuentes] by Michael Brown (August 8, 2023). ''The Christian Post''.</ref><ref>[https://newrepublic.com/post/174372/white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-calls-holy-war-jews White Supremacist Nick Fuentes Calls for 'Holy War' Against Jews] by Prem Thakker (July 17, 2023) ''The New Republic''.</ref>}}

On his livestream show on December 8 2023, Fuentes advocated for [[genocide|"the death penalty"]] for all non-Christians (especially what he described as "[[Deceit|perfidious]] [[Jews]]") should his ''America First'' movement ever take power.
{{quotebox|There is an [[occult]] element at the high levels of society, and specifically among the Jews, and you know, whenever I see that stuff that just makes me want to proclaim louder and more firmly and more rigidly that it is nothing other than [[Jesus Christ]]. No, no [[pagan]] stuff, no false gods, no [[Polytheism|deities]], no [[demons]]. It is Jesus Christ and we need to start saying that name… Pray to Him, talk about the [[Crucifixion|sacrifice on the cross]], that's the answer. Because so many of the people that are perpetrating the lies and the destruction on the country, they are evil doers. They are people that worship false gods, they are people that practice [[magic]] or rituals or whatever, and more than anything those people need to be, when we take power, they need to be given [[genocide|the death penalty]]. Straight up. And, I'm far more concerned about that than I am about even non-white people or mass migration… We need to put up a [[crucifix]] in every home, in every room in every school and every government office to signal [[Dominionism|Christ's reign over our country]]. Not that [[God]] needs it, but it must be outwardly expressed from the interior, that this is God's country. This is Jesus's country. This is not the domain of [[atheists]] or [[Satanist|devil worshipers]] or perfidious Jews. This is Christ's country.<ref>[https://www.rawstory.com/white-supremacist-who-dined-with-trump-calls-for-penalty-for-non-christians-repor/ "White supremacist who dined with Trump calls for ‘death penalty’ for non-Christians"] by David Badash (2023 December 12) ''Raw Story''.</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nick-fuentes-jews-executed-1234925748/ Trump Dinner Guest Says ‘Perfidious Jews’ Should Be Executed] by Tim Dickinson (2023 December 12) ''Rolling Stone''.</ref>}}

====Holocaust denial====
Nick Fuentes has tried to minimize the extent of the [[Holocaust]], which enables him to simultaneously deny and extol the murder of Jews. Speaking in one of his video podcasts about [[Adolf Hitler]], a smiling, gleeful Fuentes spoke of "the two hundred to three hundred-thousand Jews that he killed during the Holocaust" and "those ''two hundred'' to ''three hundred''-thousand Jews". This is a common [[Holocaust denial]] tactic used by neo-Nazis to deliberately downplay the gigantic scale of the monstrous crime that was the Holocaust. The empirically-proven number of Jews murdered by Nazis is in the range of 5.6 to 6 million, which is 20 to 30 times larger than Fuentes' lie.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20191231034826/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Y3CDkLBK0 Nick Fuentes on Hitler] (February 25, 2019) ''YouTube'' (archived from December 31, 2019).</ref>

===Violence===
As an RSBN host in 2017, Fuentes argued that "[[globalist]]s" and "the people behind [[CNN]]" should be killed, directly calling for and inciting political violence against reporters and several dozen media executives:
{{quotebox|Who runs the media? Globalists. Time to ''kill'' the globalists. I don't want to not watch CNN. I don't want CNN to go out of business. I don't want CNN to be more honest. I want [[Jews|people that run CNN]] to be arrested and deported or ''hanged'' because this is deliberate. This is not an accident. It's not, "Oh, you know [[journalist]]s have a [[liberal bias]] because they're [[educated]], and educated people tend to be" — none of that. It is malicious intent. [[Jewish conspiracy|There is a design, there is an agenda here.]] And the people behind CNN that are pushing outright ''lies'', and you see the people who try and expose the truth are cut off so obviously. They get their mics cut off, and they say, "Oh, whoops! We've lost the signal! Technical difficulties!"<ref name=mm2017/>}}

RSBN issued an apology, asserting that the above was said "[[just joking|in jest]]".<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170426073253/https://twitter.com/RSBNetwork/status/855620707476279296 It has come to our attention that one of our hosts, Nick Fuentes, made some inappropriate comments regarding CNN and others on one of his shows earlier this week. Though we believe Nick's comments were made in jest, they are still unacceptable, inappropriate and do not reflect the view of our team here at Right Side. We are currently reviewing the matter and will  handle it internally.] Right Side Broadcasting Network (8:14 PM - 21 Apr 2017) ''Twitter'' (archived from April 26, 2017).</ref> He was later removed from RSBN in August 2017, after he attended the [[Unite the Right]] rally in Charlottesville.<ref>[http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/alt-rights_nicholas_fuentes_no.html Alt-right's Nicholas Fuentes no longer affiliated with Right Side Broadcasting] by Roy S. Johnson (30 August 2017) ''AL.com''.</ref>

In 2021, Fuentes attended the [[2021 U.S. Capitol riot|January 6 coup attempt at the U.S. Capitol]].

In July 2023, Fuentes alleged that he saw a black man littering in his neighborhood. He then stated that he wanted the man to be dead, and his followers should "prepare to catch an aggravated battery charge if you see this in your society".<ref name="MathesLitter"/> He added:
{{quotebox|It's always Black people.&nbsp;… This is in my neighborhood. I'm supposed to be mad at Hitler? I'm supposed to be cross with Hitler? I want this guy dead. And I wish Hitler would kill him. I wish Hitler would have killed him, you know?&nbsp;… That guy should be ''KILLED!'' That guy should be killed for that. That guy should be dragged from his car and beaten to death by the public.&nbsp;… If I was in a room with Hitler and that guy, me and Hitler would team up and fuck that guy up! We would kill that guy!&nbsp;… And we'd high-five at the end.<ref name="MathesLitter"/><ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/media/4009294 "From the July 29, 2023 edition of Nick Fuentes' America First, as uploaded to Rumble"]. ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>}}

In January 2024, Fuentes gave a Nazi salute and stated:
{{quotebox|I am not a Republican. I am a Trump [[cult]]ist, and I want everyone to know that.&nbsp;… I am a soldier for Donald Trump. I am part of&nbsp;— I serve at the personal pleasure of Donald Trump, my supreme leader. I am part of the [[paramilitary]] wing of the Trump movement. I am part of the Revolutionary Guard. I do not answer to the [[Pentagon]]. I do not answer to the civilian government. I answer&nbsp;— I am the Praetorian Guard of Donald Trump. If Donald Trump ordered me to do an [[Extrajudicial punishment|extrajudicial killing]], I would perform it. If he sent me somewhere and said, look, we need to [[torture]] [[Hillary Clinton]]&nbsp;— theoretically. I wouldn't obviously do that of my own volition. But if Donald Trump won the election and Donald Trump called me on a secret burner phone and he said, look, we have to capture and&nbsp;— no, we can't go there. We actually can't go, actually can't go there. But if Donald Trump called me up and said, look, we need to capture my political enemies and torture them, you're OK with that, right? This is totally off the books. This is a black op. If he called me up and told me to do it, I would. I would be like, sir, yes&nbsp;— I wouldn't even say, yes, Mr. President. I would say it will be done. I would say it will be done, Supreme Leader.&nbsp;… No. I'm kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding.&nbsp;… I just trolled you, OK?<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump/after-previously-dining-trump-nick-fuentes-gives-nazi-salute-and-discusses-his After previously dining with Trump, Nick Fuentes gives Nazi salute and discusses his willingness to commit violence for Trump] (January 16, 2024) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref><ref>[https://patch.com/illinois/lagrange/la-grange-park-racist-would-kill-trump La Grange Park Racist Would Kill For Trump] by David Giuliani (January 22, 2024) ''Patch''.</ref><ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-donald-trump-extrajudicial-killing/ 'I am a soldier for Donald Trump': Nick Fuentes says he’d murder political enemies if 'Supreme Leader' ordered him] by Katherine Huggins (January 17, 2024) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref>}}

Shortly after Trump tried out a failed photo op stunt in a garbage truck and wore the same orange visibility vest to a campaign rally less than a week before the November 2024 election, Fuentes suddenly realized that he's in a cult:<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/neo-nazi-commentator-nick-fuentes-accepts-liberals-are-right/ Neo-Nazi Influencer Nick Fuentes Now Says ‘Trumpism Is a Cult’] by Maurício Alencar (Updated Nov. 3 2024 4:24AM EST; Published Nov. 2 2024 3:45PM EDT) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref>
{{quotebox|At the Trump rallies, they’re yelling trash for Trump, trash for Trump. And I saw other people. I saw white guys. I saw [[Hispanic]] guys,{{efn|Fuentes himself is part-Hispanic through his father's [[Mexican]] ancestry.<ref name=anderson>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/far-right-agitators-roil-the-conservative-movement-on-college-campuses-in-battle-to-define-trumpism/2019/11/16/a757d88a-0723-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html Far-right agitators roil the conservative movement on college campuses in battle to define Trumpism] by Nick Anderson (November 16, 2019) ''The Washington Post''.</ref>}} Hispanic guys inside trash cans jumping out of them with Trump signs, white guys with garbage bags that say trash for Trump.<BR>

That was the moment when I realized Trumpism was a cult. That was the moment when I realized liberals are right. That was the moment when I realized it had gone too far. It is [[Frankenstein]]’s monster. We have created a golem.{{efn|Fuentes actually used the [[Hebrew]]-derived word 'golem' correctly.}} It is a problem.}}

====2024 battery charge====
[[File:Nick Fuentes Mugshot.jpg|thumb|center|250px|[[Alt-right glossary#Fashy haircut|Fashy haircut]] gets a photo shoot]]
In December 2024, Fuentes was charged with battery due to an incident the month before when he allegedly maced a woman who came to his house.<ref>[https://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/nick-fuentes-battery-275931 Battery Charge For Racist Nick Fuentes] (December 6, 2024) ''The Smoking Gun''.</ref><ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/12/06/nick-fuentes-charged-with-battery-of-woman-he-maced-report/ Nick Fuentes charged with battery of woman he maced: report] by Brian Niemietz (December 6, 2024) ''New York Daily News''.</ref> (See the section about his slogan: {{sl|"Your body, our choice"}}.)

===White supremacy===
{{quotebox|([[Jim Crow]]) was better for ([[African American|Black]] people) too…”They had to drink out of a different water fountain,” big fucking deal. “Oh no, they had to go to different schools. Their water fountain in that famous picture was worse.” Who cares? Grow up, drink out of the fucking water fountain. It’s water, it’s the same. Even it was bad, who cares. We all agree, it’s better for them, it’s better for us. It’s better in general.<ref name="mjones">[https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2021/06/who-is-nick-fuentes-and-why-is-a-us-rep-buddying-up-to-the-segregationist-holocaust-denying-gen-z-influencer/ Who Is Nick Fuentes, and Why Is a US Rep Buddying Up to the Segregationist, Holocaust-Denying Gen Z Influencer?] by Ali Breland (2021 June 29) ''Mother Jones''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230507090936/https://twitter.com/guypbenson/status/1196223196384632832 "‘Groyper’ leader on segregation: 'Enough with the Jim Crow stuff. Who cares? ‘Oh, I had to drink out of a different water fountain.’ Big f—ing deal…oh no, they had to go to a different school…And even if it was bad, who cares?…it was better for them, it’s better for us.'"] by Guy Benson (@guypbenson) (12:26 AM · Nov 18, 2019) ''Twitter'' (archived from May 7, 2023).</ref>}}

Fuentes adamantly claims not to be a white supremacist, calling the term an "anti-white slur" and preferring to position himself as a "Christian conservative".<ref name="adlblog"/> Of course, this "cloaking" of his ideology fools few people (certainly not the US Justice Department).<ref>[https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1367791/download UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CHRISTIAN SECOR, Case 1:21-mj-00232-ZMF Document 1-1], Footnote 1 on page 6: "The Groypers are a network of alt right figures who are vocal supporters of white supremacist and "America First" podcaster Nick Fuentes". Filed on 2021/02/13</ref>

Unsurprisingly, [[white genocide]] and [[Great Replacement]] themes are very common in Fuentes' [[rhetoric]].<ref name="adlblog"/> Fittingly, Fuentes also believes that "[[Anti-racist is a code word for anti-white|diversity is code word for anti-white]]".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8400924/ Diversity Is Code for Anti White] Nick Fuentes, America First, S1.E53 (Nov 17, 2017) ''IMDb''.</ref>

{{quotebox|You can call us racists, white supremacists, Nazis, & bigots. You can disavow us on social media from your cushy Campus Reform job. But you will not replace us. The rootless transnational elite knows that a tidal wave of white identity is coming. And they know that once the word gets out, they will not be able to stop us. The fire rises!<ref name="SPLCprofile">[https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/extremist-files/individual/nick-fuentes Nick Fuentes] ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>}}

====Racialism====
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Fuentes calculated his own "spiritual whiteness" at 91%.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20171221085521/https://twitter.com/NickJFuentes/status/913263241152925696 *91% white] by Nicholas J. Fuentes (21:44 - 27. Sep. 2017) ''Twitter'' (archived from December 21, 2017).</ref> A voluntary [[DNA]] test from 23&Me revealed his ancestry as 79% European and 14.8% [[Native American]]. Some of his followers immediately told him that Ancestry.com was better, as 23&Me "lied" to "mess with racists".<ref>[https://ia902900.us.archive.org/3/items/america_first/Archive/America%20First%20Ep.%200070%20-%2023%20%26%20Me%20Results%20-%202017-12-15.mp4 23 & Me Results] (2017) ''America First'', Season 1, Episode 70 (archived copy).</ref> The [[Accuracy and precision|accuracy]] of these racial DNA tests is unknown and unvalidated.<ref>[http://now.tufts.edu/articles/pulling-back-curtain-dna-ancestry-tests Pulling Back the Curtain on DNA Ancestry Tests: A Tufts expert discusses whether direct-to-consumer genetics testing kits really work, their privacy risks, and potential surprises] by Genevieve Rajewski (January 26, 2018) ''TuftsNow''.</ref>

It is plausible that Fuentes is part-Native American since his father's ancestry is from Mexico, and the ''mestizo'' (usually mixed European-Native American ancestry, but sometime also assimilated Native Americans<ref>[https://centroderecursos.cultura.pe/sites/default/files/rb/pdf/Pluralismo_cultural_y_redefinicion_del_estado_en_Mexico.pdf Pluralismo Cultural y Redefinicion del Estado en Mexico] by Miguel Alberto Bartolomé (1996) ''Departamento de Antropologia, Universidade de Brasilia''. Série Antropologica 210.</ref>{{rp|2}}) population of Mexico has been estimated to be as high as 93%.<ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19140185/ Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerican demography approximates the present-day ancestry of Mestizos throughout the territory of Mexico] by Rodrigo Rubi-Castellanos et al. (2009) ''Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 139(3):284-94. doi:10.1002/ajpa.20980.</ref>

===Radicalizing children to become secret Nazis===
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Nick Fuentes has recently started going further and further off the deep end by giving advice to radicalized right-wing extremists on how to avoid getting caught, telling [[children]] the following: 
{{quotebox|"If you get [[Manosphere glossary#Red pill|redpilled]], don't tell your mom. If you get redpilled, ''don't tell your mom''. If you get redpilled, ''don't tell your parents'', alright? […] DON'T TELL MOM AND DAD! […] If you get redpilled, play it close to the chest, don't tell anybody, keep it to yourself, keep it to you and your online friends, ''alright?''"<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190919131202/https://twitter.com/ZoomerClips/status/1174514314624954370 Nick's Message to Zoomers] an ''America First'' excerpt by @ZoomerClips (7:43 pm - 18 Sep 2019) ''Twitter'' (archived from September 19, 2019).</ref>}}

===Misogyny===
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{{cquote|You've got to be against [[women's rights]], too&nbsp;… or else, what are we really trying to achieve here, 1999? We want to go back to 1099. We want to go back to the [[Middle Ages]].|||Nick Fuentes<ref name="LewisDB">[https://www.thedailybeast.com/nick-fuentes-and-the-illiberal-right-are-americas-homegrown-jihadists Nick Fuentes and the Illiberal Right Are America's Homegrown Jihadists] by Matt Lewis (November 29, 2022) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref>}}
Fuentes has consistently been misogynistic, describing himself as a "proud [[incel]]" and "a [[sexist]] man".<ref name="SPLCprofile"/> The [[Southern Poverty Law Center]] adds that Fuentes "has urged his followers to [[Abstinence|abstain from sex]], warning that [[MGTOW|relationships with women will only distract them]] from the [[white nationalist]] cause."<ref name="SPLCprofile"/> Despite this, he begrudgingly accepts that women would play some role in his political project… as mere "baby machines".<ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2024/05/23/how-racist-misogyny-shapes-online-male-supremacist-communities How Racist Misogyny Shapes Online Male Supremacist Communities] by Rachael Fugardi (May 23, 2024) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> He has downplayed [[rape]] (calling it "not a big deal");<ref name="SPLCprofile"/> Fuentes has also advocated repealing [[women's suffrage|women's right to vote]] or otherwise make [[political]] decisions,<ref name="LewisDB"/><ref name="SPLCprofile"/> removing women's ability to have careers,<ref name="LewisDB"/> and [[Burqa|veiling of women]].<ref name="LewisDB"/> You can probably fill in any gaps&nbsp;— he's of course against access to [[birth control]] as well, for instance.<ref name="LewisDB"/>

In July 2022, Fuentes appeared on a panel for the podcast Modern-Day Debate. The topic was "Is There a War on Men?", with Fuentes predictably arguing the "yes" side.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMP58OwmF9c Is There a War on Men? Nick Fuentes, Hake, Stein99 & Brittany Vs Hunter Avallone, Dooby, *Dust & RC] (07/12/2022) ''Modern-Day Debate'' via ''Apple''.</ref> His "arguments" in this debate included that the higher rate of [[autism]] diagnoses in men is evidence of a plot by the liberal elite to make men "[[retard]]ed" through socialization, as well as that women are inherently stupider and more [[sin]]ful than men. As a result, Fuentes claimed that he would never want a woman doing any highly-qualified job even if she was more qualified than all the men, to the point of claiming he "would rather get taken out and shot in the head" than be treated by a female doctor. In the same interview, he [[Argument by assertion|asserted]] that men have the right to [[Domestic violence|beat]] and [[Marital rape|rape their wives]] because [[Theocracy|the Bible gives them authority over women]], and claimed that all women will go to [[Hell]].

Assuming Fuentes ever ceases his abstention from relationships with women, and somehow manages to [[marry]], his hypothetical wife may want to be vigilant about more than just potential rape. That's on account of this "[[just kidding]]" outburst from Fuentes about how he could "totally" see himself "accidentally" killing his wife:
{{blockquote|I totally see myself accidentally killing my wife ’cause I just get mad, you know. We'll be like years into the marriage, I'm gonna be angry about something. It's gonna be a little bit too hot in the house. It's gonna be one of those days where I haven't slept all night, I haven't eaten in a day. So I'm like in the worst possible mood and she's gonna say something and I'm gonna just accidentally kill her. I'm just gonna hit her and she’s gonna hit her head on the counter and she’s just gonna like die. She's gonna say something, I'm gonna lose control. I'm gonna blast her and&nbsp;… no, I'm kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding, kidding. I'm just kidding. I'm just kidding. These are just jokes. I would never put my hand on anyone. I'm a lover. I don't attack people&nbsp;… but you know, women do piss me off a lot.<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/nick-fuentes-i-totally-see-myself-accidentally-killing-my-wife Nick Fuentes: 'I Totally See Myself Accidentally Killing My Wife'] (May 4, 2024) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref>}}

In a sign of his "[[yellow fever]]", Fuentes once explained that some far-right Asian women (he gives [[Lauren Chen]] as an example) make him feel doubtful of his own misogyny even more than his own mother taking offense to his comments; however he adds that he takes efforts to "be tough" and "murder that part" of himself with doubts so he can be consistently misogynistic against every single woman on Earth regardless.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240526054129/https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1772552241947271168/pu/vid/avc1/1280x720/r6ZnGR0SCYVb8St6.mp4?tag=12 Excerpt of one of Fuentes' ''America First'' broadcasts] (archived from May 26, 2024).</ref>

===="Your body, our choice"====
After [[Donald Trump]] won the [[2024 U.S. presidential election]]s, Fuentes dropped a following nugget at [[Twitter|Twitter/X]] on November 6, 2024:
{{blockquote|Women lose again! Your body, OUR CHOICE 😂 that ceiling is made out of BRICK!<ref>[https://archive.ph/7E0pJ  Women lose again! Your body, OUR CHOICE 😂 that ceiling is made out of BRICK!] by @FuentesUpdates (November 6, 2024) ''Twitter'' (archived from 7 Nov 2024 20:47:07 UTC).</ref>}}
As the US female populous already felt already pretty fucking disrespected by a female candidate presidential candidate losing to a convicted felon and rapist, who coasted to victory with the "bro vote", Fuentes' pro-rape tirade poured gasoline on the fire. The phrase - alternatively used as "[[Alt-right glossary# Your body, my choice|your body, my choice]]"&nbsp;- would be picked up by dudebros with [[manosphere]] brain-rot, who began using it on social media ([[Twitter|X/Twitter]] and [[TikTok]]) to "[[Schrödinger's douchebag|troll the overreacting feminists]]".<ref>[https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/your-body-my-choice-hate-and-harassment-towards-women-spreads-online/ "Your body, my choice:" Hate and harassment towards women spreads online] by Isabelle Frances-Wright & Moustafa Ayad (November 8, 2024) ''Institute for Strategic Dialogue''.</ref> Subsequently right-wing protesters in [[Texas]] had been seen with signs containing similar misogynistic quotes.<ref>[https://archive.ph/89sTs Things are escalating quickly in Texas. Texas State University] by Jay in Kyiv (@JayinKyiv) (November 7, 2024) ''Twitter'' (archived from 9 Dec 2024 05:59:56 UTC).</ref> As such, this has increased repercussions from women, who have began to talk about the {{wpl|4B movement|4B|,}} as well as gun ownership as defense against the increasingly toxic male population. Fuentes has been unmoved by the backlash, responding with a [[Groyper]] character, because of course.<ref>[https://archive.ph/eFhHU They turned it into a tiktok audio] by Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) (8:08 PM · Nov 7, 2024) ''Twitter'' (archived from 7 Nov 2024 22:38:29 UTC).</ref><ref>[https://archive.ph/zBF6A Your body, my choice. Forever.] by Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) (6:48 PM · Nov 7, 2024) ''Twitter'' (archived from 9 Dec 2024 06:10:52 UTC).</ref>

Five days after Fuentes' tirade, he was [[doxxed]].<ref>[https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/11/11/nick-fuentes-doxxed-chauvinist-remark/ Nick Fuentes doxxed following ‘your body, my choice’ comments: report] by Brian Niemietz (November 11, 2024 at 3:29 PM EST) ''Daily News''.</ref> A woman who is a resident of his town of Berwin, Illinois decided to walk up to his house and ask him about why he felt comfortable being a bigot. Before the woman could knock on the door, Fuentes allegedly opened it, sprayed her with a liquid, pushed her down onto the sidewalk and bruised her in the process, seized her phone and smashed it inside his house.<ref>[https://www.vice.com/en/article/nick-fuentes-mace-feminist-marla-rose-interview/ I Was Maced by Nick Fuentes: An exclusive interview with Marla Rose, the 57-year-old feminist who was attacked by the white supremacist streamer after Donald Trump’s election win.] by Jamie Tahsin (November 13, 2024, 11:03am) ''Vice''.</ref>

===LGBT and homosexuality===
Fuentes apparently hates homosexuals and women so much that he was able to overcome his hatred of Muslims to side with the [[Taliban]], pointing out that the group opposes "[[Anti-abortion|abortion]], [[Anti-vaccination movement|vaccines]], and [[gay marriage]]".<ref name=Taliban>[https://archive.ph/Ch5bi The Taliban is going to ban abortion, vaccines, and gay marriage… maybe we were fighting on the wrong side for 20 years.] by Nicholas J. Fuentes (@realnickjfuentes) (Aug 15<sup>th</sup> 2021) ''Gab'' (archived from 16 Aug 2021 23:21:47 UTC).</ref> After the [[Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization|''Dobbs'' decision]] by the [[Supreme Court]], Fuentes cheered on the prospect of re-criminalizing gay marriage and [[sodomy]],<ref>[https://deadstate.org/nick-fuentes-scotus-reversal-of-roe-v-wade-is-like-having-taliban-rule-in-a-good-way/ Nick Fuentes: SCOTUS reversal of Roe v Wade is 'like having Taliban rule in a good way'] by Sky Palma (June 27, 2022) ''DeadState''.</ref> the latter of which he describes as "filthy [[anal sex]]".<ref>(Clip published December 2023). [https://web.archive.org/web/20231222032053/https://www.bitchute.com/video/kAtW1TXeMGsQ/ Nick Fuentes on gay marriage] (02:54 UTC on December 22nd, 2023) ''BitChute'' (archived from December 22, 2023).</ref>

Fuentes claimed that half of homosexuals are [[pedophiles]] on a livestream, and said that {{wpl|Sam Hyde}} "did the numbers". However, Hyde is a troll comedian known for extreme jokes, who had earlier clarified that he had made the claim in an effort to troll people.<ref>[https://youtu.be/eLmBSUvTepw?t=4455 How Far Will the Impeachment Go?], Livestream by Drunken Peasants (2019) ''YouTube''.</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/sam-hyde-speaks-meet-man-behind-adult-swims-canceled-alt-right-comedy-show-954487 Sam Hyde Speaks: Meet the Man Behind Adult Swim's Canceled "Alt-Right" Comedy Show] by Seth Abramovitch (2016) ''Hollywood Reporter''.</ref> In fact, a large study by [[Ray Blanchard]], which measured the blood flow in the penises of men who were shown images of underage boys and girls, found that gay men were no more likely to have pedophilic interests than straight men.<ref>[https://psmag.com/social-justice/do-gay-men-have-more-sexual-interest-in-children-than-straight-men-do-62127 Do gay men have more sexual interest in children than straight men do?] by Alice Dreger
(July 9, 2013) ''Pacific Standard''.</ref>{{efn|The use of a penile plethysmograph to measure genital arousal has been called into question as an unreliable instrument for scientific measurement.<ref>"The plethysmograph reconsidered: comments on Barker and Howell" by W. T. Simon & P. G. Schouten (1993) ''Bull. Am. Acad. Psychiatry Law'' 21(4):505-12.</ref>}} Pedophilia is often mistakenly blamed on gay men since roughly a third of [[child sexual abuse]] victims are male. This is a [[logical fallacy]], because most child abusers will molest a child of any [[gender]] given the opportunity. Since parents often guard their daughters from risk of abuse, child abusers will ultimately target boys due to ease of access and less risk of being caught. This is supported by the fact that the vast majority of identified perpetrators of the sexual abuse of boys are in a heterosexually-married relation of the victim.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Jenny |first=C. |last2=Roesler |first2=T. A. |last3=Poyer |first3=K. L. |date=1994 |title=Are children at risk for sexual abuse by homosexuals? |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8008535/ |journal=Pediatrics |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=41–44 |issn=0031-4005 |pmid=8008535}}</ref><ref>[https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/666571/ Adult Sexual Orientation and Attraction to Underage Persons] by A. N. Groth & H. J. Birnbaum (1978) ''Archives of Sexual Behavior'' 7(3):175-81. doi:10.1007/BF01542377.</ref> The rest are unrelated to the child; for example, a priest, teacher, or authority figure who are also frequently heterosexually married. Since boys are 50% of the population and much less guarded, a child molester has more opportunity to victimize a male child.

====Haggard's Law====
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In January 2020, Fuentes joined {{wpl|CatboyKami||,}} a YouTuber and alt-right personality, in a day-long livestream.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ggboca2rkrM&t=369s Nicholas J Fuentes' cute catboi date =^.^= KAWAII... <nowiki>[RE-UPLOAD]</nowiki>] by Dice of Fate (Jan 2, 2020) ''YouTube''.</ref> The catboy date generated controversy online, with many of Fuentes' fans speculating on Fuentes' [[sexuality]]. Leaked messages from Fuentes' Discord chatroom showed him fantasizing about a "catboy mud fight" in 2018,<ref>[https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/view/1724558#msg Message #1724558 from @Nicholas J Fuentes] (2018-05-14 05:35:10 UTC) Nick Fuentes Server, via ''Unicorn Riot''.</ref> and tasking someone "to collect more loyal catboys for the harem".<ref>[https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/view/1724255#msg Message #1724255 from @Nicholas J Fuentes] (2018-05-14 05:40:59 UTC) Nick Fuentes Server, via ''Unicorn Riot''.</ref> He added: "The AmFirst meetup will be a catboy death match".<ref>[https://discordleaks.unicornriot.ninja/discord/view/1724627#msg Message #1724627 from @Nicholas J Fuentes] (2018-05-14 05:38:04 UTC) Nick Fuentes Server, via ''Unicorn Riot''.</ref> Screenshots leaked in 2018 of a Fuentes-run chatroom named "catbois" containing gay catboy-themed cartoons.<ref>[https://imgur.com/gallery/vsEqb Nick Fuentes likes catboys] by Superfly1234 (January 19, 2018) ''Imgur''.</ref>

In 2022, a top officer of Fuentes's America First Foundation, {{wpl|Jaden McNeil||,}} deserted him alongside one of Fuentes' computer technicians.<ref>[https://www.kansascity.com/news/state/kansas/article261339192.html Former Kansas State student steps down from white nationalist organization amid rift] by Judy L. Thomas (May 13, 2022) ''The Kansas City Star''.</ref><ref name="McNeilDesertion"/><ref>[https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/nicholas-fuentes-america-first-infighting Even Nicholas Fuentes' Friends Are Calling Him Out on His Bullshit] by Eddie Kim (2022) ''Mel Magazine''.</ref> Although one should take McNeil's claims with a grain of salt, after this desertion he claimed that Fuentes had previously pressured him not to get a girlfriend, and inspected a couch and bed that McNeil had slept on, searching for semen stains using a blacklight.<ref name="McNeilDesertion">[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2022/06/02/pro-trump-white-nationalist-group-facing-key-desertions Pro-Trump White Nationalist Group Facing Key Desertions] by Michael Edison Hayden, Hannah Gais, and Megan Squire (June 2, 2022) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAezm-RVmm8 Nick Fuentes Inspected a Couch and Bed For Semen] by Tsar Sylvaligus (May 7, 2022) ''YouTube''.</ref> McNeil also claimed, "Nick… doesn't really want a mainstream political movement anymore. He wants a hardcore cult of followers.&nbsp;… It's not just a death cult. It's a homosexual death cult."<ref name="McNeilDesertion"/> Fuentes had this to say in his defense, "If we're really being honest, never having a girlfriend, never having sex with a woman really makes you more heterosexual because honestly, dating women is gay. [Men] having sex with women is gay."<ref>[https://www.starobserver.com.au/news/men-having-sex-with-women-is-gay-claims-straight-right-wing-podcaster-nick-fuentes/212955 Men Having Sex With Women Is Gay, Claims 'Straight' Right-Wing Podcaster Nick Fuentes] (May 16, 2022) ''Star Observer''.</ref>

In May 2024, gay [[pornography]] began playing on Fuentes' livestream after he believed that he ended the stream. Fuentes claimed this occurred because his stream was simply hacked "by someone claiming to be IDF Unit 8200" (with IDF being the [[Israeli Defense Forces]]).<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-stream-hack/ Nick Fuentes says hackers claiming to be IDF cyber squad are to blame for adult male videos appearing on his stream] by Katherine Huggins (May 20, 2024) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref><ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/news/trump-dinner-guest-nick-fuentes-blames-israel-for-gay-porn-playing-during-his-live-stream/ Trump Dinner Guest Nick Fuentes Blames Israel For Gay Porn Playing During His Live Stream] by Jamie Frevele (May 20, 2024) ''Mediaite''.</ref> This was evidently found to be amusing by at least one [[Israeli]] newspaper, ''The Jerusalem Post''.<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/omg/article-801627 Nick Fuentes streams 'gay porn,' claims it was pro-Israel hack] by Danielle Greyman-Kennard (May 18, 2024) ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref>

Assuming he keeps growing his [[mustache]] out the way he has been, the {{wpl|Village People}} might accept him as their first [[Ted Haggard|completely heterosexual]] {{wpl|Castro clone||,}} should the neo-Nazi live-streaming gig ever fall through.

===Pedophilia===
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{{cquote|[[Epstein]] was cool as fuck.|||Nick Fuentes<ref>Kyle Mantyla (January 20, 2026). [https://www.peoplefor.org/rightwingwatch/following-footsteps-kgb "Following In The Footsteps Of The KGB"]. ''People for the American Way''.</ref>}}
{{cquote|'Hitler was a pedophile and kind of a pagan.' It's like, well, he was also really fucking cool.&nbsp;… This guy's awesome, this guy's cool.|||Nick Fuentes<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240120091612/https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1615369749302546436/pu/vid/1280x720/SP0gTkvyqYjR9bmq.mp4?tag=12 Nick Fuentes is not even bothering to hide his adoration of Hitler these days: "'Hitler was a pedophile and kind of a pagan.' It's like, well, he was also really fucking cool.&nbsp;… This guy's awesome, this guy's cool.] (January 17, 2023) ''Right Wing Watch'' (archived via Twitter). [https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1615370123442790400 Nick Fuentes is not even bothering to hide his adoration of Hitler these days: "'Hitler was a pedophile and kind of a pagan.' It's like, well, he was also really fucking cool. ... This guy's awesome, this guy's cool."] by Right Wing Watch (3:27 PM · Jan 17, 2023) ''Twitter'' (archived from January 26, 2023).</ref><ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nick-fuentes-reinstated-twitter-1234667137/ Twitter Reinstates Nick Fuentes, Kanye’s Hitler-Loving Muse] by Nikki McCann Ramirez (January 24, 2023) ''Rolling Stone''.</ref><ref>[https://newrepublic.com/post/170149/white-nationalist-nazi-nick-fuentes-back-twitter White Nationalist and Nazi Nick Fuentes Is Back on Twitter] by Prem Thakker (January 24, 2023) ''The New Republic''.</ref>}}
After [[Matt Gaetz]] was hit with allegations of [[Pedophilia|a sexual relationship with a seventeen-year-old girl]], Fuentes asserted that it was OK because "[[Appeal to tradition|it's very traditional]]" and repeatedly asserted that it was just a relationship with a large age gap. He also claimed that the age of consent is a [[radical feminist]] invention, rather than an important tool used to safeguard children,<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJmIozU1oS4 Creepy Nick Fuentes DEFENDS Pedophilia] by 
Hunter Avallone (Apr 3, 2021) ''YouTube''.</ref> and that the only problem was that he didn’t marry his victim.<ref>[https://www.politicususa.com/2021/03/31/white-nationalist-host-nick-fuentes-says-matt-gaetz-would-have-been-better-off-if-he-just-married-his-alleged-teen-age-victim.html White Nationalist Host Nick Fuentes Says Matt Gaetz Would Have Been Better Off If He Just Married His Alleged Teen Victim] by Todd Neikirk (Mar 31<sup>st</sup>, 2021) ''PoliticusUSA''.</ref>

In 2023, a Fuentes ally, [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], defected from Fuentes. Yiannopoulos unleashed allegations supported by interviews with two accusers and text message screenshots, that another Fuentes ally ([[Ali Alexander]], a convicted felon<ref>[https://observer.com/2018/10/robert-mercer-bankrolled-pac-ali-alexander/ Robert Mercer Bankrolled PAC Advised By Notorious Fringe 'Philosopher' Ali Alexander] by Davis Richardson (October 30, 2018) ''Observer''.</ref> and self-proclaimed [[time travel]]er<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/politics/stop-the-steal-organizer-ali-alexander-claims-he-can-time-travel-and-will-kari-lake-to-win-in-az/ 'Stop The Steal' Organizer Ali Alexander Claims He Can Time Travel and 'Will' Kari Lake to Win in AZ] by Alex Griffing (November 14, 2022) ''Mediaite''.</ref> who was in his late thirties at the time of the allegations) had solicited sexual relationships with teenage boys (one seventeen and one fifteen). In response, Alexander apologized because "this is too gay" and stated he had been "battling SSA" (same-sex attraction). However, Alexander bizarrely denied the claims while acknowledging some of the key evidence as genuine, "false claims alongside real messages is a deceptive technique". In response to this incident, Fuentes allegedly pressured the seventeen year old boy to apologize for making the accusation, and to claim that the text messages were fabricated; he is also said to have offered the boy a job in exchange for doing so. Assuming this part occurred, it didn't work. According to the accusations, Fuentes knew about Alexander soliciting sexual contact with underage boys and did nothing about it despite being warned that "Alexander wants to come to your events to have sex with underage boys".<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/stop-the-steal-ali-alexander-messages-minors-nick-fuentes/ Ali Alexander ally says Stop the Steal founder leaving public life after apology for ‘inappropriate messages’] by Claire Goforth (April 17, 2023) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref><ref name="StiebIntel">[https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2023/04/ali-alexander-accused-of-soliciting-nudes-from-teens.html The Far Right Is Roiled by an Underage-Sex Scandal] by Matt Stieb (April 17, 2023) ''Intelligencer''.</ref><ref name="SommerAlex">[https://www.thedailybeast.com/stop-the-steal-organizer-ali-alexander-apologizes-after-being-accused-of-asking-teen-boys-for-sexual-pics ‘Stop the Steal’ Organizer Apologizes After Being Accused of Asking Teen Boys for D*ck Pics] by Will Sommer (April 17, 2023) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref><ref>[https://www.advocate.com/politics/ali-alexander-maga-groomer Donald Trump Supporter Ali Alexander Accused of Grooming Teenage Boys] by Christopher Wiggins (April 20, 2023) ''The Advocate''.</ref>

[[Marjorie Taylor Greene]], who was previously associated with Fuentes,<ref>[https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-nick-fuentes-b2387076.html Marjorie Taylor Greene's ties to white nationalist Nick Fuentes revealed] by Bevan Hurley (August 3, 2023) ''The Independent''.</ref> called for an [[FBI]] probe into Alexander. She also claimed: "This is disgusting textbook predation of underage boys. And Nick Fuentes was in on it."<ref>[https://www.mediaite.com/politics/marjorie-taylor-greene-calls-on-fbi-to-investigate-trump-ally-who-allegedly-asked-minors-for-nude-photos/ Marjorie Taylor Greene Calls on FBI to Investigate Trump Ally Who Allegedly Asked Minors For Nude Photo"] by Jennifer Bowers Bahney (April 17, 2023) ''Mediaite''.</ref><ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/marjorie-taylor-greene-slams-nick-fuentes-over-horror-ali-alexander-allegations MTG Calls for FBI Investigation Into Ali Alexander Allegations] (Updated Apr. 17, 2023 8:36PM ET; Published Apr. 17, 2023 7:55PM ET) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref><ref>[https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/marjorie-taylor-greene-ali-alexander-rcna80275 Marjorie Taylor Greene and other extremists fight over groomer allegations] by Ja'han Jones (April 19, 2023) ''The ReidOut Blog, MSNBC''.</ref> As of April 2023, the Johnstown, [[Colorado]] police were indeed investigating the allegations about Alexander.<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/colorado-police-active-case-ali-alexander-teen-boys/ Police confirm ‘active’ case after report filed against Ali Alexander, who has been accused of soliciting nudes from teen boys] by Claire Goforth (April 20, 2023) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref> In response to the Ali Alexander incident, Fuentes floundered but eventually disavowed Alexander. He also stated, "If you are flirting with adult gay men because you think it's going to land you a job, you know full well what you're doing and it's gross. Sorry but even at 15, I would have never sent nudes to an adult gay man.&nbsp;… The real victim in this entire saga is me.&nbsp;… Sounds like everybody involved got what they wanted. Except me, the incel, who is now somehow being blamed for things I had nothing to do with."<ref name="StiebIntel"/><ref name="SommerAlex"/> Two months later, Fuentes explained that when he's thirty-years old, his ideal wife would be sixteen years old, "Right when the milk is good, I want to start drinking the milk.&nbsp;… If I'm 30 and she's 16, 14-year age difference. When I'm 50, she'll be 36. When I'm 40, she'll be 26. Then now we're talking here, now we're cooking with gas."<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/nick-fuentes-admits-his-dream-wife-is-16-years-old Nick Fuentes Admits His Dream Wife Is 16 Years Old] (July 15, 2023) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=weM411dLfc8 Right When The Milk Is Good] (May 17, 2023) ''Right Wing Watch'' via ''YouTube''.</ref> Another reason he gives for wanting a teenage wife is that she would have "a fertile womb and an innocent childlike spirit."<ref name="KanyeAmongGroypers">[https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2022/12/kanye-among-the-groypers Kanye Among the Groypers] by Ben Sixsmith (December 9, 2022) ''First Things''.</ref>

In September 2023, yet another former Fuentes ally, [[Baked Alaska]], denounced Fuentes for his comments about minors. Baked Alaska wrote with a video clip attached, "Nick Fuentes says here in his own words. He is not against 'grooming underage children'. This is not out of context this is what he actually believes. This is legit pedophilia & exactly why I publicly said I cannot support Nick anymore."<ref>[https://archive.ph/D81jZ Nick Fuentes says here in his own words. He is not against 'grooming underage children'. This is not out of context this is what he actually believes. This is legit pedophilia & exactly why I publicly said I cannot support Nick anymore.] by Baked Alaska (September 13, 2023) ''Twitter'' (archived from 13 Sep 2023 23:38:29 UTC).</ref>

In 2026, Fuentes defended the late child sex trafficker and rapist [[Jeffrey Epstein]], claiming that his crime of procuring teenage girls for sex was "not really pedophilia" because the victims were only "technically not legal" as opposed to prepubescent children.<ref>[https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nick-fuentes-denies-epstein-child-trafficking-claims-victims-were-not-5-year-olds-1770868 Nick Fuentes Denies Epstein Child Trafficking, Claims Victims Were 'Not 5-Year-Olds'] by Chelsie Napiza (January 14, 2026) ''International Business Times''.</ref>

===Vaccines===
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Fuentes supported the Taliban's prohibition on vaccines,<ref name=Taliban/> believing that they're part of a conspiracy to poison the American people.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20211130211259/https://twitter.com/groyperhq/status/1400491248025182216 Nick Fuentes: "Don't take the vaccine"] by @GroyperHq
 (9:35 AM - 3 Jun 2021) ''Twitter'' (archived from October 30, 2021).</ref> Not too long after this comment, the Taliban actually began supporting vaccine drives,<ref>[https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2021/10/19/1047367660/taliban-will-allow-a-national-polio-vaccination-campaign-in-afghanistan-says-who Taliban will allow a national polio vaccination campaign in Afghanistan, says WHO] by Becky Sullivan (October 19, 2021) ''NPR''.</ref><ref>[https://news.un.org/en/story/2021/10/1103322 Taliban backs WHO polio vaccination campaign across Afghanistan next month] (October 18, 2021) ''UN News''.</ref> including for [[COVID-19 vaccine]]s,<ref>[https://www.business-standard.com/article/international/covid-taliban-s-acting-health-minister-asks-people-to-get-vaccinated-122013000047_1.html Covid: Taliban's acting health minister asks people to get vaccinated] (January 30, 2022) ''The Khaama Press News Agency'', via ''Business Standard''.</ref> meaning that Fuentes can now be considered extreme on the issue even by Taliban standards. He has also referred to the [[coronavirus]] vaccine as "gene therapy" and linked it to the spread of [[AIDS]].<ref name=Salon>[https://www.salon.com/2021/04/08/white-nationalist-groyper-movement-links-up-with-anti-vaxxers-threatens-use-of-weapons/ White nationalist "groyper" movement links up with anti-vaxxers, threatens use of weapons: "Manipulate my DNA or inject satan juice, nah, I'm good," wrote a follower of young white nationalist Nick Fuentes] by Zachary Petrizzo (April 8, 2021 5:40AM EDT) ''Salon''.</ref> He once threatened to take up arms against anyone who tries to give him a vaccine.<ref name=Salon/><ref>[https://www.bitchute.com/video/44OVOerqfh9I/ Nick Fuentes || The Vaccine (2): 'You Might Get Fired for Not Taking It'] by THre Spoons (13:42 UTC on December 19<sup>th</sup>, 2020) ''BitChute'' (archived from May 11, 2021).</ref>

===Dinosaurs===
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{{cquote|Masterson: Wait, you don't believe the Holocaust but you think the [[Bible]]'s right about [[Human–dinosaur coexistence|dinosaurs and humans living together]]?<BR>
Fuentes: Correct, correct.|||<ref name="SDLKillstreamDinoClip">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhoCjzIf4ew Nick Fuentes (still) believes dinosaurs lived with humans] by Socialism Done Left (Jun 21, 2020) ''YouTube''. Original video: [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brlvVrI3dKE Killstream ft. Nick Fuentes, Dick Masterson, and Ethan Ralph] by Destiny (June 21, 2020) ''YouTube''.</ref>}}
Initially, he dipped his toe into the highly controversial issue of dinosaurs with some straight-up [[dino denial]]. He stated, "I find it hard to believe, about the dinosaurs. Y'know, look: okay, they say they got [[fossils]]? [[Argument from incredulity|I just find it very hard to believe]]. Oh, like giant monsters? Giant [[reptiles]] walking on the planet? I'm the crazy one?&nbsp;… Y'know, let's call ALL the [[BS]] out&nbsp;— these giant [[fish]] and giant… giant, y'know, insects, and [[Feathered dinosaurs|giant birds]], and giant everything! What? That's [[Retard|retarded]].&nbsp;… Catholic [[Groyper Army|Groypers]] are gonna come up, beat the shit out of you with a Bible."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220222102348/https://twitter.com/themattdimitri/status/1203168292828958720 Joffrey explains science] by @themattdimitri (8:24 PM - 6 Dec 2019) ''Twitter'' (archived from February 22, 2022). 'America First' stream by Nick Fuentes, clipped by Matthew Dimitri.</ref>

Later, he walked back the total dino denial, claiming he never denied that dinosaurs existed and was [[just asking questions]] about it to "[[trigger]] people". He switched his position to one of [[human–dinosaur coexistence]], saying: "it's biblical, bro."<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKooOEdnjr4 dinosaurs 2] by dinil (Dec 16, 2019) ''YouTube''. 'America First' stream by Nick Fuentes.</ref><ref name="SDLKillstreamDinoClip"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210207034341/https://www.bitchute.com/video/Rekt73vP20jS/ Nick Fuentes: Christianity is Made Up Nonsense! Dinosaurs on The Other Hand…] by Nick Fuentes (00:04 UTC on February 7<sup>th</sup>, 2021) ''BitChute'' (archived from February 7, 2021).</ref>

==Activities==
===Unite the Right rally attendance===
Fuentes regreted attending the [[alt-right]] [[Unite the Right]] rally. Afterwards, Fuentes alleged that he faced death threats and left Boston University for Auburn University.<ref name="ALUTR">[http://www.al.com/news/index.ssf/2017/08/alt-right_figure_says_hes_been.html Alt-right figure says he's been admitted to Auburn] by William Thornton (Aug. 20, 2017, 2:00 p.m.) ''AL.com''.</ref><ref name="MetroUTR">[http://www.metro.us/news/local-news/boston/bu-teen-wont-return-to-boston-after-charlottesville Right-wing BU teen won’t return to Boston after attending Charlottesville rally] by Kristin Toussaint (August 16, 2017) ''Metro New York''.</ref>

===University "speaking engagement"===
On March 6, 2019, Fuentes held a public event at Iowa State University in Ames, [[Iowa]]. Fuentes actually didn't have permission to speak in a University classroom, and was ejected by the police and sent to a designated [[free speech]] area. He delivered a speech in the cold at 8:00 PM to a group of mostly detractors. Two conservative student organizations located near the University both denied involvement, but the ''Iowa State Daily'' reported that the local [[Turning Point USA]] chapter was the most likely candidate. Incidentally, that TPUSA chapter had lost its student organization privileges in Fall 2018, explaining why Fuentes was kicked out by University police.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20190307124411/http://www.iowastatedaily.com/news/nicholas-fuentes-white-nationalist-iowa-state/article_7d5d1a2c-40a9-11e9-a6b2-070c862f9fe4.html Students protest white nationalist Nicholas Fuentes, supporters outnumbered] by Emily Berch (Mar 7, 2019)  ''Iowa State Daily'' (archived from Mary 7, 2019).</ref>

===America First Political Action Conference===
Ordinary [[GOP]] conferences, like the once sober and serious but now populist, ideological, and culturally [[reactionary]] {{wpl|Conservative Political Action Conference||,}}<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/02/23/cpac-2022-lineup-speakers-republicans-conservatism/ This year’s CPAC lineup speaks volumes about the conservative movement] by Henry Olsen (2022 February 23) ''Washington Post''</ref> aren't extremist enough for Fuentes. Instead, Fuentes and his fan base (who call themselves "[[Groyper Army|Groypers]]" due to, naturally, a [[4chan]] [[meme]] involving [[Pepe the Frog]])<ref>[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/groyper Know Your Meme: Groyper] ''Know Your Meme''.</ref> have, since 2020, organized an alternative event to CPAC called the ''America First Political Action Conference'' (or AFPAC). The conference, according to its website, offers a chance for "[[white nationalism|true patriots]]" to "mingle with like-minded Americans fighting to save this nation."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220225212544/https://americafirstfoundation.org/afpac/ America First Political Action Conference 2022] ''America First Foundation'' (archived from February 25 2022).</ref> According to the [[ADL]], what this event is really about is a gathering for those who wish to normalize white nationalism and other extremist views (such as [[homophobia]], [[misogyny]], [[antisemitism]], [[racialism]], and extremist anti-immigration viewpoints) into the conservative movement.<ref name="adlafpac">[https://www.adl.org/blog/afpac-iii-the-groyper-army-seeks-to-normalize-white-nationalism AFPAC III: The Groyper Army Seeks to Normalize White Nationalism] (2022 February 25) ''Anti-Defamation League''.</ref>

The event once attracted the sort of noxious GOP speakers that you would expect, e.g. politicians long associated with white nationalist and/or extremist anti-immigrant rhetoric, such as [[Paul Gosar]], [[Steve King]], [[Michelle Malkin]],<ref name="afpacabc">[https://abcnews.go.com/US/gop-congressman-headlines-conference-organizers-push-white-nationalist/story?id=76152780 GOP congressman headlines conference where organizers push white nationalist rhetoric] by Will Steakin (2021 February 27) ''ABC News''.</ref> and Marjorie Taylor Greene.<ref name="afpacrs">[https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-1313137/ CPAC Welcomes Marjorie Taylor Greene Hours After She Appears at White Nationalist Conference] by William Vaillancourt (2022 Feburary 26) ''Rolling Stone''.</ref> Other guests include racists such as [[Jared Taylor]], alt-right trolls such as [[Baked Alaska]] and [[Milo Yiannopoulos]], and [[asshole|assholes]] such as [[Joe Arpaio]].<ref name="adlafpac"/>

The event, and particularly the appearance of national GOP politicians at them, often aroused controversy due to the extremist rhetoric at the event, especially the rhetoric coming out of Fuentes. In 2021, Fuentes wailed about America [[White genocide|losing its "white demographic core"]] and defended the participants of the 2021 U.S. coup attempt, even proclaiming that "we need a little bit more of" the sort of "energy" displayed by the insurrectionists.<ref name="afpacabc"/> In 2022, Fuentes complained about diversity in America, stating that America's secret sauce was "young white men".<ref name="benlorb">[https://web.archive.org/web/20220226202549/https://twitter.com/BenLorber8/status/1497405274667290625 BREAKING: Marjorie Taylor Greene announced as surprise speaker at white nationalist Nick Fuentes' America First Political Action Conference tonight in Orlando, FL. MTG has now joined Paul Gosar in embracing Fuentes. Fuentes claims alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos made it happen] by  Ben Lorber @BenLorber8 (2:56 AM · Feb 26, 2022) ''Twitter'' (archived from February 26 2022).</ref> He then praised [[Vladimir Putin]] for his unprovoked [[Vladimir Putin#War in Ukraine|invasion of Ukraine]] that was happening while the 2022 AFPAC event was going on, leading to a chant of "Putin! Putin!" from the crowd.<ref name="benlorb"/> "Joking" about the general distaste for Putin's invasion in most non-white nationalist Western media, he even offered up a bit of coded praise for [[Adolf Hitler]].<ref name="afpacrs"/>

By March 2023, however, Fuentes' brand had grown so toxic, even CPAC wanted nothing to do with it&nbsp;— Fuentes (along with several of his "Groypers") were removed from CPAC when they tried to attend due to Fuentes' "hateful racist rhetoric".<ref>[https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/3883475-matt-schlapp-confirms-nick-fuentes-removed-from-cpac-due-to-hateful-racist-rhetoric/ Matt Schlapp confirms Nick Fuentes removed from CPAC due to ‘hateful racist rhetoric’] by Jared Gans (2023 March 3) ''The Hill''.</ref><ref name="splc2023">[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/04/nick-fuentes-holds-racist-conference-across-cpac Nick Fuentes Holds Racist Conference Across from CPAC] by Hannah Gais and Creede Newton (2023 March 4) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref> Instead of a conference, Fuentes decided to hold a "rally" near the CPAC location, with no other advertised guests.<ref name="splc2023"/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20230314142801/https://americafirstfoundation.org/ Fuentes Rally] ''America First Foundation'' (archived from 2023 March 14).</ref> Now toxic to the GOP, Fuentes' rallies became even more extreme than before. During this rally, Fuentes declared that he wanted to eradicate [[Satanism]], feminism, liberalism, and [[Judaism]]; paying particular attention to the latter, Fuentes spouted [[International Jewish conspiracy]] theories and overtly praised Hitler.<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-cpac-hitler-marriott/ Marriott under fire for allowing Nick Fuentes to host antisemitic, off-brand CPAC conference] by Jacob Seitz (2023 March 6) ''Daily Dot''.</ref> 

At another "rally" on July 2023, Fuentes went even further, spouting [[Christian nationalism|Christian nationalist]]-tinged [[genocide]] advocacy. Declaring that "we want a Christian future in our lifetimes", Fuentes declared a "holy war" against Jews, concluding his speech with the statement "because we’re willing to die in the holy war, we will make (the Jews) die in the holy war."<ref>[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-750425 White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'] (2023 July 18) ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref><ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/white-nationalism/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-brags-charlie-kirk-has-adopted-his-messaging White nationalist Nick Fuentes brags that Charlie Kirk has adopted his messaging] by John Knefel (2023 July 19) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref> This was too much even for the far-right friendly<ref>[https://fortune.com/2022/11/03/rumble-election-misinformation-video-sharing-online/ Popular far-right video sharing platform Rumble is riddled with election misinformation, study says] by David Klepper and the Associated Press (2022 November 3) ''Fortune''.</ref> video hosting platform {{wpl|Rumble (company)|''Rumble''|,}} which removed two videos streamed from the rally due to them being an "incitement to violence". This removal caused furor among Fuentes's Groypers and other virulently antisemitic figures, such as Andrew Torba (CEO of [[Gab]]).<ref>[https://www.mediamatters.org/rumble/far-right-figures-turned-rumble-after-platform-removed-nick-fuentes-antisemitic-rally Far-right figures turned on Rumble after the platform removed Nick Fuentes’ antisemitic rally] by Camden Carter & Jack Winstanley (2023 July 20) ''Media Matters for America''.</ref>

{{anchor|January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol riot}}
===January 6, 2021 U.S. Capitol coup attempt===
{{main|2021 U.S. coup attempt}}
Fuentes and fellow-Nazi Baked Alaska both participated in the [[2021 U.S. Capitol riot]] that was incited by Trump, and each separately livestreamed the destruction and theft that occurred.<ref>[https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/white-supremacists-among-those-who-stormed-the-u-s-capitol-live-streamed-inside-1.9431649 White Supremacists Among Those Who Stormed the U.S. Capitol, Live Streamed From Inside: Known white supremacists Tim Gionet and Nick Fuentes also attended the infamous Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia in August 2017] (07.01.2021) ''Haaretz''.</ref> Subsequently, Fuentes was banned from DLive, the streaming website he had been using to host his America First podcast since being booted from YouTube.<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-baked-alaska-dlive-bans/ Nick Fuentes, 'Baked Alaska' banned from DLive following Capitol riots] by Zachary Petrizzo (February 4, 2023) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref> A French national sent Fuentes some hundreds of thousands of dollars in [[Bitcoin]] then subsequently died of an apparent [[suicide]] shortly before the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Although any apparent connection to the event is unclear, the Frenchman in question also sent money to other attendees, though Fuentes was the primary recipient.<ref>[https://apnews.com/article/capitol-siege-international-news-technology-suicides-france-1e36d9c422b097a16c44b3bf5c8c3f46 $500K in Bitcoin sent from France to US far-right groups] by Lori Hinnant (January 15, 2021) ''The Associated Press''.</ref> It's possible he simply happened to donate to far-right activists who happened to be more likely to attend, but nevertheless it warranted the FBI's attention at one point in time, in relation to its formal probes into the Capitol storming.<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/fbi-probing-if-foreign-governments-groups-funded-extremists-who-helped-n1254525 FBI probing if foreign governments, groups funded extremists who helped execute Capitol attack] by Ken Dilanian (January 16, 2021) ''NBC News''.</ref>

Fuentes claimed that he did not enter the Capitol building, but with all of the other lying that he does, we are skeptical of his word. At the least, supporters of Fuentes with America First merchandise appeared in videos and photos captured inside the Capitol building during the event.<ref>[https://www.mlive.com/politics/2021/01/far-right-activist-who-encouraged-us-capitol-occupation-also-organized-stop-the-steal-rally-in-michigan.html Far-right activist who encouraged U.S. Capitol occupation also organized ‘stop the steal’ rally in Michigan] by Malachi Barrett (January 7, 2021) ''MLive''.</ref> Extant video of him with a megaphone outside the Capitol shows him exclaiming, "Keep moving towards the Capitol&nbsp;– it appears we are taking the Capitol!&nbsp;… Break down the barriers and disregard the police. The Capitol belongs to us."<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20240611213013/https://www.bitchute.com/video/FcusJR4c0DZV/ Reminder that Nick Fuentes told his followers to 'break down the barriers and disregard the police'] (January 8<sup>th</sup>, 2023) ''BitChute'' (archived from June 11, 2024).</ref><ref>[https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/19/meet-white-nationalist-organizer-who-spewed-hate-against-lawmakers Meet the White Nationalist Organizer Who Spewed Hate Against Lawmakers] by Hannah Gais (January 19, 2021) ''Southern Poverty Law Center''.</ref>

According to the ''January 6 Report'' (produced via the {{wpl|January 6th Committee||):}} 
{{quotebox|Fuentes was a prominent figure at the 'Stop the Steal' rally in Atlanta, Georgia, in November 2020.&nbsp;… Fuentes also suggested his followers intimidate politicians in their homes. On December 12<sup>th</sup>, Fuentes again rallied a crowd of supporters at the 'Stop the Steal' events in Washington, DC, calling for the destruction of the Republican Party because it had failed to overturn the election.&nbsp;… On January 4<sup>th</sup>, Fuentes suggested that his followers kill State legislators who don't support efforts to overturn the 2020 election.&nbsp;… Fuentes complained that his side 'had no leverage.' Fuentes then asked: 'What can you and I do to a state legislator, besides kill them?' He then quickly added: 'Although we should not do that. I am not advising that, but I mean, what else can you do, right?'&nbsp;… Fuentes incited followers from his perch immediately outside of the U.S. Capitol. Some of his followers joined the attack inside, with one even sitting in Vice President Pence's seat on the Senate dais."<ref name=chapter6>[https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GPO-J6-REPORT/html-submitted/ch6.html Chapter 6: "Be There, Will Be Wild!"]. ''January 6 Report''.</ref>}}

The day after the event, Fuentes praised it, stating, "The Capitol Siege was fucking awesome and I'm not going to pretend it wasn't."<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3750328-trump-met-with-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-alongside-ye-at-mar-a-lago-report/ Trump met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes alongside Ye at Mar-a-Lago] by Zach Schonfeld (November 25, 2022) ''The Hill''.</ref><ref name=chapter6/><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210107185745/https://twitter.com/NickJFuentes/status/1347255833516765185 The Capitol Siege was fucking awesome and I’m not going to pretend it wasn’t.] by Nick Fuentes (January 7, 2021) ''Twitter'' (archived from January 7, 2021).</ref> He later told his followers who attended the event, "They probably have it all, but as a precaution, yeah, probably destroy your phone, your SIM card, all that information. I mean, I don't know. I don't know. Is that legal to say? Maybe don't do that? I'm gonna say don't do that, for my legal sake!"<ref>[https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-capitol-riot-cellphones/ Nick Fuentes tells followers who took part in Capitol riot to destroy their cellphones] by Zachary Petrizzo (January 16, 2021) ''The Daily Dot''.</ref> Fuentes is not known to have received charges in direct relation to the Capitol storming, but was placed on the No-Fly List by the [[TSA]] in apparent relation to comments he made about a flight attendant,<ref>[https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-real-reason-nick-fuentes-was-put-on-the-no-fly-list The Real Reason Nick Fuentes Was Put on the No Fly List] by Jake Lahut (February 24, 2023) ''The Daily Beast''.</ref> and he was later subpoenaed (ordered to give testimony) by the January 6 Committee.<ref>[https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/19/jan-6-subpoena-far-right-promoters-527422 Jan. 6 investigators subpoena far-right figures who promoted election fraud claims] by Nicholas Wu & Kyle Cheney (January 19, 2022) ''Politico''.</ref>

===Twitter bans===
Fuentes was banned from Twitter on July 9, 2021 at a time when he had more than 125,000 followers.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackbrewster/2021/07/09/twitter-bans-white-nationalist-leader-nick-fuentes-ally-of-arizona-republican-rep-gosar/ Twitter Bans White Nationalist Leader Nick Fuentes, Ally Of Arizona Republican Rep. Gosar] by Jack Brewster (10 December 2021) ''Forbes''.</ref> His account was reinstated in January 2023, following the purchase of Twitter by [[Elon Musk]]. However, his reinstatement was very brief, and he was banned again less than a day later.<ref>[https://thehill.com/policy/technology/3830106-nick-fuentes-twitter-account-suspended-less-than-24-hours-after-reinstatement/ Nick Fuentes Twitter account suspended less than 24 hours after reinstatement] by Julia Shapero (January 25, 2023) ''The Hill''.</ref> He was then reinstated on May 2 2024 after a Fuentes supporter requested an unban in a tweet.<ref>[https://archive.ph/rUVv1 Elon Musk reinstates X account of neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes] by Brian Niemietz (May 2, 2024 at 7:49 p.m) ''Daily News'' (archived on May 4 2024).</ref><ref>[https://www.axios.com/2024/05/03/elon-musk-nick-fuentes-x-account Elon Musk to reinstate X account of white nationalist Nick Fuentes] by Russell Contreras (2024 3 May) ''Axios''.</ref>

===Appearances afterwards===
[[File:Rumble Stream.jpg|thumb|right|350px|The end result of a pathetic internet [[edgelord]].]]
In February 2022, Fuentes hosted AFPAC, a far-right, white nationalist convention alternative to CPAC. See {{sl|America First Political Action Conference}}, above.

In November 2022, Fuentes was seen associating himself with [[Kanye West]], defending his antisemitic remarks. In December 2022, Fuentes and West appeared in InfoWars with [[Alex Jones]]. West proceeded to make more antisemitic remarks and praised Hitler and the [[Nazi]]s. Afterwards, West and Fuentes were interviewed by [[Gavin McInnes]] where they continued to deny the Holocaust and praise Hitler, with Fuentes at one point bragging that "kids loved Hitler".<ref>[https://www.jns.org/ye-jewish-people-forgive-hitler-today/ Ye: ‘Jewish people, forgive Hitler today’: The rapper continued his pro-Nazi media tour on Monday night.] (Dec. 6, 2022) ''Jewish News Syndicate''.</ref> The entire interview, mostly from Kanye’s responses, made McInnes uncomfortable to the point of violating the alt-right rule against [[Alt-right glossary#Countersignal|countersignaling]], mirroring his InfoWars interview where he made Alex Jones uncomfortable. After this event, Fuentes was widely reported to have appeared at a hamburger restaurant alongside the [[video game]]r/political live-streamer Sneako; a food fight soon took place between Fuentes and local customers.<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-12-04/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-involved-in-in-n-out-food-fight-in-hollywood White nationalist Nick Fuentes reportedly involved in In-N-Out food fight in Hollywood] (December 4, 2022) ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref><ref>[https://www.tampabay.com/news/nation-world/2022/12/03/nick-fuentes-gets-into-food-fight-los-angeles-in-n-out-burger/ Nick Fuentes gets into food fight at Los Angeles In-N-Out Burger] by Jessica Schladebeck and ''New York Daily News'' (December 3, 2022) ''The Tampa Bay Times''.</ref>

Continuing with his racism and creating controversies, Fuentes appeared on {{wpl|Pearl Davis|Pearl Davis'}} YouTube channel, "JustPearlyThings". Davis is a prominent manosphere poster and self-hating [[sexist]]. Fuentes' appearance on her show landed her significant blowback, with her releasing an apology video.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z1Nmy7oj5kY Pearl Davis: Why I Interviewed Nick Fuentes] (Apr 9, 2023) ''YouTube''.</ref> Though the Fuentes video would get taken down not too long afterwards and Pearl would continue to collaborate with Fuentes.

Fuentes also appeared in several Rumble streams with Sneako, the most notable being alongside him, Sneako, Pearl, Jon Zherka,<ref>[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Jon_Zherka Jon Zherka] ''Wikitubia''.</ref> and Myron Gaines from {{wpl|Fresh and Fit Podcast||.}} Before Fuentes appeared on the stream, Gaines, a [[Sudan]]ese-American, was engaging heavily in anti-black racism in a long running beef against Aba and Preach (two black centrist YouTubers from [[Canada]])<ref>[https://youtube.fandom.com/wiki/Aba_%26_Preach Aba & Preach] ''Wikitubia''.</ref> due to them making several videos calling him and his channel out. In the livestream, he wore a [[Klan]] hood and called Aba and Preach the [[N-word]], and even did the Nazi salute at several points (among many other racist and bigoted shenanigans). Once Fuentes came on, he, Gaines, and Zherka shared a Nazi salute in a single stream.<ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/Destiny/comments/13y9n6g/myron_literally_went_full_on_kkk_if_this_is_the/ Myron literally went full on KKK. If this is the “leader” of the redpill, it’s finished.] by r/Destiny (c. 2022) ''Reddit''.</ref><ref>[https://www.reddit.com/r/h3h3productions/comments/13yfnep/freshfit_myron_puts_on_kkk_hood_for_insanely/ Fresh&Fit Myron puts on KKK hood for insanely racist slur-filled rant about Aba&Preach] by Destiny (c. 2022) ''Reddit''.</ref>

Fuentes began beefing with Sneako after the Groypers and other far-right figures and associated communities began advocating for deporting Sneako, which made Sneako change his mind on race, immigration, and racism. Fuentes mocked Sneako and told him to spread Islam in Haiti where they “eat mud”, responding to Sneako claiming that white supremacists and other racial/ethnic supremacists are Jewish for believing superiority in the first place.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Fc0CgwoY7MU?si=aNFD1GSXU4ZCNKXF Sneako… The Blind Shepherd] (Sep 17, 2024) ''YouTube''.</ref>

===Splitting the Texas GOP===
In October 2023, [[Texas]] [[GOP]] ex-politician {{wpl|Jonathan Stickland||,}} together with other prominent politicians in the GOP, met with Fuentes and other reactionary activists such as [[Kyle Rittenhouse]] for a 7-hour meeting.<ref name="ttinfl">[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/08/nick-fuentes-kyle-rittenhouse-jonathan-stickland/ Influential Texas activist Jonathan Stickland hosted white supremacist Nick Fuentes at office near Fort Worth] by Robert Downen (2023 October 8) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref> At the time, Stickland headed a [[PAC]] called ''Defend Texas Liberty'', a [[Christian nationalist]]-aligned group bankrolled by the [[Dominionist]] [[public education]]-hating oil tycoons {{wpl|Dan and Farris Wilks}} and {{wpl|Tim Dunn (businessman)|Tim Dunn|.}}<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/texas-politicians-far-right-christian-megadonors-rcna55546 Texas politicians rake in millions from far-right Christian megadonors pushing private school vouchers] by Mike Hixenbaugh & Kate Martin (2022 November 6) ''NBC News''.</ref><ref>[https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/politics/texas-far-right-politics-invs/index.html How two Texas megadonors have turbocharged the state’s far-right shift"] by Casey Tolan et al. (2022 July 24) ''CNN''.</ref><ref>[https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/billionaire-tim-dunn-runs-texas/ The Billionaire Bully Who Wants to Turn Texas Into a Christian Theocracy] by Russell Gold (March 2024) ''The Texas Monthly''.</ref> The PAC had already made waves in 2023 for throwing tons of money at Texas politicians in order to successfully prevent the corrupt Texas attorney general {{wpl|Ken Paxton||,}} [[impeach]]ed in May 2023 in the Texas House, from being convicted in the Texas Senate.<ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/07/24/ken-paxton-impeachment-dunn-wilks/ Ken Paxton’s far-right billionaire backers are fighting hard to save him] by Robert Downen & Carla Astudillo (2023 July 24) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref><ref name="danpatrick">[https://www.kiiitv.com/article/news/local/texas/pro-paxton-group-gives-3-million-to-dan-patrick/503-da496db3-26e0-4334-9eea-032c1487f6ac Pro-Paxton group gives $3 million to impeachment trial judge Dan Patrick] by Patrick Svitek (2023 July 18) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref><ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/09/16/ken-paxton-acquitted-impeachment-texas-attorney-general/ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton acquitted on all 16 articles of impeachment] by Zach Despart (2023 September 16) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref> Stickland also owned a consulting firm for right-wing candidates called ''Pale Horse Strategies''.<ref name="ttinfl"/>{{efn|"Pale Horse" refers to the Four Horsemen of the [[Apocalypse]] ({{bible|Revelation|6|8}}).}} 

This incident highlighted increased extremism in certain factions of the Texas GOP. Reportedly earlier that year, ''Pale Horse Strategies'' hired a social media coordinator named Ella Maulding. Maulding had previously praised Fuentes as "[[bullshit|the greatest civil rights leader in history]]", and her social media was replete with references to the [[white genocide]] conspiracy theory. Reportedly Chris Russo, the founder of a advocacy group connected to Stickland's PAC, ''Texans for Strong Borders'', drove Fuentes to the Stickland meeting.<ref name="ttinfl"/> In social media, under the username "Optics Respecter", Russo railed against immigration, feminism, the [[LGBTQ+]] community, the [[disability|disabled]], [[women's suffrage]], and [[African-American|Black]] people.<ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/25/chris-russo-texans-for-strong-borders-immigration-nick-fuentes/ Leader of anti-immigration group Texans for Strong Borders also runs anonymous, hate-filled social media accounts] by Robert Downen (2023 October 25) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref> Reportedly Russo was directly tied to Fuentes' Groyper movement.<ref name="dftwn">[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/23/defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes-jonathan-stickland/ Nick Fuentes is just the latest white supremacist embraced by Defend Texas Liberty] by Robert Downen (2023 October 23) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref> The ''Defend Texas Liberty'' PAC itself had been linked with other individuals and organizations who, on social media, expressed [[antisemitic]], [[racist]], and Christian nationalist sentiments and posted conspiracy theories such as [[QAnon]] and [[The Great Replacement]]. Some of these PAC-linked individuals were directly linked to Fuentes himself, as well as other white nationalism groups.<ref name="dftwn"/>

In a similar manner to the Paxton impeachment, the Fuentes meeting, driven by a disgust in ''other'' Texas GOP factions concerning Fuentes' noxious neo-Nazi views, caused widespread infighting. Texas House speaker {{wpl|Dade Phelan}} (along with 60 members of the Texas House Republican Caucus) demanded that all elected officials donate all the money that they received from Stickland's PAC to [[charity]] in order to distance themselves from Fuentes.<ref name="texasinfighting"/> Among the chief targets of this demand was Texas lieutenant governor {{wpl|Dan Patrick (politician)|Dan Patrick|.}} Patrick presided over Paxton's acquittal; prior to the trial, he received $3 million from the ''Defend Texas Liberty'' PAC.<ref name="danpatrick"/> Patrick responded to this demand by demanding that Phelan resign.<ref name="texasinfighting"/> As the incident occurred during the start of the {{wpl|2023 Israel–Hamas war||,}} the incident highlighted the stark contrast between the GOP faction that "(stood) with [[Israel]] at this time of need", and the white supremacist, Hitler apologist faction of "conservatism" that Fuentes represented.<ref name="texasinfighting">[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/09/dade-phelan-speaker-nick-fuentes-dan-patrick-defend-texas-liberty/ Conservative PAC leader’s meeting with white supremacist Nick Fuentes leads to condemnations, escalates GOP infighting] by Robert Downen (2023 October 9) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref> 

The fallout from the meeting led to the Defend Texas Liberty PAC replacing Stickland as president. That still was not enough for 13 out of 64 members of the Texas GOP's executive committee, who demanded that the party not accept any donations from Defend Texas Liberty until Stickland was completely disassociated from the PAC, and a full accounting of the meeting was provided.<ref>[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/10/17/jonathan-stickland-defend-texas-liberty-nick-fuentes/ Defend Texas Liberty PAC names new president after leader met with white supremacist Nick Fuentes] by Robert Downen (2023 October 17) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref>

In early December 2023, by a 32-29 vote, the Texas GOP executive committee stripped a pro-Israel in-preparation resolution of a clause that would have barred the party from associating with known Nazi sympathizers, antisemites, and Holocaust deniers. This clause was written by one faction of the committee so that the party could confront its ties to outspoken extremists such as Fuentes. Despite the above ties with Fuentes, the opposing faction denounced the measure, believing that there wasn't "any antisemitic, pro-Nazi or Holocaust denial movement on the right that has any significant traction whatsoever".<ref name="goppronazi"/> Despite many of them readily hurling vague [[snarl words]] such as "[[liberal]]", "[[communist]]", and "[[RINO]]" at their political opponents in the past, the opposing faction also believed that terms like "Nazi" and "antisemitism" were too [[vague]] or subjective.<ref name="goppronazi">[https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/02/texas-gop-antisemitism-resolution/ Texas GOP executive committee rejects proposed ban on associating with Nazi sympathizers and Holocaust deniers] by Robert Downen (2023 December 2) ''The Texas Tribune''.</ref>

In a separate move, roughly half of the executive committee also tried to prevent their vote on the anti-Nazi clause from being kept on the record.<ref name="goppronazi"/>

==Rise==
Since early 2025, Fuentes has been on the rise across rightist, conservative, and Republican circles. Numerous examples occurred, from his feuds with [[Laura Loomer]] and [[Ben Shapiro]] to his feud with [[Tucker Carlson]] and [[Candace Owens]] and later being invited on their shows, to Fuentes threatening [[JD Vance]] and inciting his followers to harass him. Fuentes has even been been praised by Trump and Vance because of their fear of Fuente’s [[neo-Nazi]] fanbase. The fact that the [[MAGA]] movement (which consisted of far-right and fascist neocons and [[paleocon]]s) is being replaced by neo-Nazis is irrefutable proof of MAGA being a Nazi movement at this point. However, one major weakness of Fuentes was his lack of coherency in his points (claiming everyone is racist but pushing back against Piers Morgan when he called his father racist, and condemning Epstein but later coming out in support for him).

==Stopped clock==
Nick opposes Trump’s calls for war with Iran and bombing Iran (most likely because like other neo-Nazis, he sees Iran as a fellow Aryan nation).<ref>[https://youtu.be/7AkWnNuuNFY?si=k7RWzSg9UmewRi9M ‘DON’T VOTE TRUMP’: Nick Fuentes COMMITS To Taking Down Trump | The Kyle Kulinski Show] YouTube</ref> He also opposes Trump’s wars with other nations but to a lesser degree. Nick has also disavowed many neocons for their pro-war positions. In some cases, he abandoned Trump completely and encouraged his Groyper fanbase to not vote for Trump.

He indirectly supports Palestine, albeit from an antisemitic perspective rather than being genuinely invested in the survival of Palestinians.

In a surprising move, Nick was disgusted by [[Steve Bannon]] giving a nazi salute at a speech, stating that this was “too much” for him.

He also beefed with the rest of the alt-right for a time, including [[Richard Spencer]]. However, as of 2022, he unfortunately appears to have patched up his relationship with Spencer.

==See also==
*[[E. Michael Jones]] - Fuentes gained inspiration from him.
*[[Traditionalist Catholicism]] - What Fuentes claims to be.
*[[Groyper Army]] - His personal cult and army.
*[[Pat Buchanan]] - His ideological predecessor, as a fellow paleoconservative.

==External links==
*[https://nicholasjfuentes.com/ NicholasJFuentes.com]
:*[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsJ86N5n7fcEC_Ds8dYJKzA/videos America First Media] on [[YouTube]] (account banned)
:*[https://twitter.com/nickjfuentes Nick J Fuentes] on Twitter (unbanned for now)
*[https://archive.ph/0AmwV Read this disgusting sexist Facebook post that Fuentes made to his classmates]
*Debates with [[Destiny (person)|Destiny]]
:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10neTGqaO20 Free form] 
:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qWwPklqh4s Immigration]
:*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XbT4UojaRw on political violence]
*[https://antifascistchicago.noblogs.org/post/2019/11/04/nick-fuentes/ Nick Fuentes, The Zoomer Nazi, Living in LaGrange Park, IL] (2019/11/04) ''Chicago Antifascist Action''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20250325214123/https://www.karlstack.com/p/top-50-nick-fuentes-pedophile-scandals Top 50 Nick Fuentes Pedophile Scandals]

==Notes==
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