Tag Archives: Nick Fuentes

The Arizona Daily Independent reports: Across the state, Arizona Republican leaders are condemning a false advertisement issued by a group calling itself College Republicans United announcing the noted anti-Semite Nick Fuentes as their guest speaker for an upcoming event. The Maricopa County Republican Committee (MCRC) tweeted, “NEVER AUTHORIZED | NEVER SPONSORED | NEVER PROMOTED: The #MCRC never authorized, sponsored, or …

The New Republic reports: A national convention of college Republicans is excitedly welcoming vicious antisemite and racist Nick Fuentes as a headliner. The event is being hosted later this month by College Republicans United, a group that, according to its website, has been committed to “spreading America First across college campuses since January 2018.” Among its “values” are planks like …

Talking Points Memo reports: Alejandro Velasquez, an activist associated with white supremacist leader Nick Fuentes’ far-right “Groyper” movement pleaded guilty on May 16 to a charge of making a “threatening communication” directed at a conference held by the group Turning Point USA. Velasquez, a 19-year-old Texas man who was known by the online alias “LatinoZoomer,” had written a post on …

“I gotta find my 16-year-old wife. Probably when I turn 30 or something. Cause here’s the thing: I don’t wanna be like, let’s say I get married to an 18-year old now. Six year age difference. “When I turn 40, she’s going to be 34. Ew. You wouldn’t have to settle for these women who are all busted up, and …

Talking Points Memo reports: The ChickenRight persona was a unique figure in the Groyper movement. Nick Fuentes’ core audience is made up of young, alienated “Zoomers” who watch his hours-long streams, in which he rails against minorities and gays. But ChickenRight wasn’t just some kid tuning in to Fuentes’ fringe online world from a basement. Evidence indicates ChickenRight has a …

From time-traveling Stop The Steal leader Ali Alexander: This is too gay. While my audience is familiar with me battling SSA, others aren’t as familiar. I apologize for any inappropriate messages sent over the years. Forgive me. While I have repented before God and confess at Church, I want my supporters and those involved to hear my apology today. When …

The Bulwark reports: This week the writer Nate Hochman revealed himself in the very online way one might expect of a Gen Z wannabe power staffer—by updating his Twitter bio. Earlier this month, it was reported that Hochman had gone to work for the Republican Party of Florida; his updated bio indicates that he won’t be just on the comms …

The New York Times reports: A Pennsylvania woman who steered a group of rioters toward Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6, 2021, and directed others inside the Capitol to steal a laptop computer was sentenced in Federal District Court in Washington on Thursday to three years in prison. The woman, Riley June Williams, 24, was convicted in November of …

USA Today reports: White nationalist Nick Fuentes was removed from CPAC over his lengthy history of openly promoting antisemitic and racist rhetoric. Fuentes is a prominent figure among the far-right, known for peddling white supremacist ideals and using his platform to openly promote antisemitism. Trump dined with Fuentes – a Holocaust denier – as well as rapper Ye (formerly Kanye …

The Daily Beast reports: The filing, which the campaign submitted on Monday to itemize its expenses over the last three months of 2022, shows that Ye paid Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes more than $9,000 for “travel reimbursement” on the same date in November that the rapper and Fuentes dined with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, accompanied by right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos. …

Mediaite reports: The Republican National Committee (RNC) approved a resolution at their annual meeting Friday condemning antisemitism — including specifically calling out Kanye West and Nick Fuentes — but made no mention of their infamous dinner meeting with Trump. It was filed by Shawn Steel, a national committee member from California and former chair of the state party, because “he …

The Huffington Post reports: Twitter reinstated and then quickly re-banned the account of Nick Fuentes, the prominent white supremacist who most recently made headlines for joining the antisemitic presidential campaign of rapper Ye. After a year-and-a-half exile from the platform, Fuentes’ account returned Tuesday morning. By Wednesday, it was banned again. Twitter representatives have not yet explained the reinstatement nor …

Politico reports: Republican National Committee members are set to vote on a resolution this week condemning not just antisemitism, but Ye, better known as Kanye West, and other conservative provocateurs who have made antisemitic remarks. The resolution was filed by California national committeeman Shawn Steel, an Orange County attorney and past California Republican Party chair who said in an interview …

Mediaite reports: Elon Musk’s Twitter reinstated avowed Neo-Nazi and white nationalist Nick Fuentes on Tuesday. Twitter banned Fuentes in December of 2021 for violating rules against hate speech and had a new account re-banned soon after Musk took over Twitter in late October. Fuentes made headlines around the world in late November when he accompanied antisemitic rapper Kanye West, now …

“On this matter, on Kanye West and that other unacceptable guest, I think it’s not merely unacceptable it’s just wrong. And I hope he [Trump] sees his way to staying out of it and condemning it. “I came out very strongly against that meeting with those anti-Semitic rantings, which in the case of at least one of the participants seemed …

Media Matters reports: In the midst of an unhinged and antisemitic rant by Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — the musician handed his Twitter account with over 32 million followers to white nationalist Nick Fuentes, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, and “Stop the Steal” organizer Ali Alexander; all of whom are banned on the platform. Ye now …

Salon reports: Kanye West praised Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler during an appearance on Alex Jones’ InfoWars conspiracy broadcast. The rapper, who now goes by Ye, appeared on the right-wing conspiracy broadcast alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes, a week after the pair met with former president Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “That’s right, you’re not Hitler, you’re not a Nazi, …

The Daily Kos reports: In just a few minutes of listening to white supremacist and notorious Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, anyone would begin to hear the echoed sentiments of Fox News and various members of the Republican Party. The same racist, xenophobic “great replacement” theory conspiracies, the same praise of fascism and white nationalism, and the same misogynistic and anti-LGBTQ …

Semafor reports: Mar-a-Lago is ramping up its screening after white supremacist Nick Fuentes was allowed into the venue to dine with former President Donald Trump. “My understanding is they’re making big changes over who can come in and the vetting process, which I think is smart,” Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga. told reporters on Tuesday night. A source familiar with …

The Washington Post reports: In February, Greene became the second GOP lawmaker in two years to appear at Fuentes’s America First Political Action Conference. Rep. Paul A. Gosar (R-Ariz.) had appeared the year before and drew condemnations, but that apparently didn’t dissuade Greene from doing the same a year later. When the situation again blew up, Greene was actually rather …