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| | Fuentes is a devout [[Catholic]] and self-described paleoconservative, as well as a self-described member of the "dissident right". He is an anti-[[establishment]] [[populist]], and criticizes both the left and the right. | | Fuentes is a devout [[Catholic]] and self-described paleoconservative, as well as a self-described member of the "dissident right". He is an anti-[[establishment]] [[populist]], and criticizes both the left and the right. |
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| − | He is often referred to by left-wing organizations like [[Wikipedia]], the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], and the [[ADL]] as a "[[white nationalist]]" and "[[white supremacist]]". He rejects these labels, and has publicly disavowed the [[Alt-Right]], as well as having feuded with Biden operative [[Richard Spencer]], who once shouted threats and hateful insults at Fuentes over the phone, calling him a "Mexican peasant", and told him to "do my f---ing laundry, you little f---ing spic" as well as saying he "better hope and pray you never f---ing see me in public".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfhPHkYeNwU</ref> Fuentes and Spencer later did cross paths in public, to which Spencer proved his threats to be empty. | + | He is often referred to as a "[[white nationalist]]" and "[[white supremacist]]" by left-wing organizations like [[Wikipedia]], the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], and the [[ADL]]; he rejects these labels, and has publicly disavowed the [[Alt-Right]], as well as having feuded with Biden operative [[Richard Spencer]], who once shouted threats and hateful insults at Fuentes over the phone, calling him a "Mexican peasant", and told him to "do my f---ing laundry, you little f---ing spic" as well as saying he "better hope and pray you never f---ing see me in public".<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfhPHkYeNwU</ref> Fuentes and Spencer later did cross paths in public, to which Spencer proved his threats to be empty. |
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| − | On his show, Fuentes frequently discusses American and European demographics and immigration, and cultural events. Fuentes takes a hard stance against immigration, and criticizes what he describes as "[[Israel]] First" foreign policy. Fuentes is pro-[[Second Amendment]], and in a video debating another content creator, known as 'Atheism is Unstoppable', over the right to bear arms, he defends the [[Bill of Rights]]. He is an [[America First]] nationalist, and supports [[President Trump]], voting for him in both the [[2016 Presidential election|2016 election]] and the [[2020 Presidential election|2020 election]], and advocated for the overturning of the fraudulent [[Biden]] win; However, he is also not afraid to criticize Trump, mainly for his rhetoric on the [[Covid vaccine]] and foreign relations with [[Israel]]. | + | On his show, Fuentes frequently discusses American and European demographics, immigration, and cultural events. Fuentes takes a hard stance against immigration, and advocates for an immigration moratorium, halting all immigration indefinitely. He criticizes what he describes as "[[Israel]] First" foreign policy, stating that Israel is not actually an ally of the US. Fuentes is pro-[[Second Amendment]], and defends the [[Bill of Rights]]. He is an [[America First]] nationalist who supports [[President Trump]], voting for him in both the [[2016 Presidential election|2016 election]] and the [[2020 Presidential election|2020 election]], and protested for the overturning of the fraudulent [[Biden]] win; However, he is also not afraid to criticize Trump, mainly for his rhetoric on things like the [[Covid vaccine]] and Israel. |
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| − | He is a strong [[social conservatism|social conservative]], motivated by his Catholic faith, and uses "[[Christ]] is King" as one of his many catchphrases. | + | He is a strong [[social conservatism|social conservative]], motivated by his Catholic faith, and uses "[[Christ]] is King" as one of his many catchphrases. He strongly opposes the [[homosexual agenda]] in all of its forms. |
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| − | Fuentes is often wrongly accused of [[bigotry]] and [[anti-semitism]], mainly for his anti-[[Zionist]] views and edgy sense of humor; Jewish conservative [[Laura Loomer]] has come to his defense, saying he has treated her better as a [[Jewish]] woman than [[Conservative Inc.|big "conservative" organizations]] like [[Turning point usa|Turning Point USA]]. | + | Fuentes is often wrongly accused of [[bigotry]] and [[anti-semitism]], mainly for his anti-[[Zionist]] stance and edgy sense of humor; Jewish conservative [[Laura Loomer]] has come to his defense, saying he has treated her better as a [[Jewish]] woman than [[Conservative Inc.|big "conservative" organizations]] like [[Turning point usa|Turning Point USA]]. |
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| − | On August 7, 2019, Fuentes got into a feud with Matt Walsh of [[The Daily Wire]] on Twitter, over comments Walsh had made about a mass shooting by a suspected White Supremacist, in which Walsh says that "white racist scumbags should be executed". Fuentes called Walsh a "Race Traitor" and a "Shabbos [[Goy]]". | + | On August 7, 2019, Fuentes got into a feud with Matt Walsh of [[The Daily Wire]] on Twitter, over comments Walsh had made in response to the El Paso shooting by a suspected white supremacist, in which Walsh says that "white racist scumbags should be executed". Fuentes called Walsh a "Race Traitor" and a "Shabbos [[Goy]]". |
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| | On September 28th, 2019, Fuentes appeared in a group photo with Kathy Zhu, Ashley St. Clair, and Baked Alaska, and others. Ashley St. Clair was fired from her position at Turning Point USA for appearing in the photo. This sparked outrage on Twitter from Zhu and Fuentes, with Fuentes stating on Twitter, | | On September 28th, 2019, Fuentes appeared in a group photo with Kathy Zhu, Ashley St. Clair, and Baked Alaska, and others. Ashley St. Clair was fired from her position at Turning Point USA for appearing in the photo. This sparked outrage on Twitter from Zhu and Fuentes, with Fuentes stating on Twitter, |