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| | <blockquote>Fuentes often praises Adolf Hitler and has publicly fantasized about marrying a 16-year-old. </blockquote></ref> propagandist, internet personality, radio show host, and streamer. Fuentas was a full-throated backer of the mentally deficient [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 Democrat presidential]] nominee [[Joe Biden]].<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/24/white-supremacist-who-organized-charlottesville-race-riots-endorses-joe-biden/ White Supremacist Who Organized Charlottesville Race Riots Endorses Joe Biden], BY: EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO, ''[[The Federalist]]'', AUGUST 24, 2020. thefederalist.com</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-reiterates-support-biden-disavows-useless-traitorous-gop-1527555 Richard Spencer Reiterates Support for Biden, Disavows 'Useless' and 'Traitorous' GOP], By Jocelyn Grzeszczak, ''[[Newsweek]]'', Aug 25, 2020. newsweek.com</ref> | | <blockquote>Fuentes often praises Adolf Hitler and has publicly fantasized about marrying a 16-year-old. </blockquote></ref> propagandist, internet personality, radio show host, and streamer. Fuentas was a full-throated backer of the mentally deficient [[Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign|2020 Democrat presidential]] nominee [[Joe Biden]].<ref>[https://thefederalist.com/2020/08/24/white-supremacist-who-organized-charlottesville-race-riots-endorses-joe-biden/ White Supremacist Who Organized Charlottesville Race Riots Endorses Joe Biden], BY: EVITA DUFFY-ALFONSO, ''[[The Federalist]]'', AUGUST 24, 2020. thefederalist.com</ref><ref>[https://www.newsweek.com/richard-spencer-reiterates-support-biden-disavows-useless-traitorous-gop-1527555 Richard Spencer Reiterates Support for Biden, Disavows 'Useless' and 'Traitorous' GOP], By Jocelyn Grzeszczak, ''[[Newsweek]]'', Aug 25, 2020. newsweek.com</ref> |
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| − | Fuentes is known for his talking points attempting to link [[Vladimir Putin]] to [[Nazism]], he also mentioned Stalin as a national hero of Russia ([[#Hero worship|see below]]). His racist anti-semitic ideology has been denounced by [[Conservative of the Year 2021]] winner, Rep. [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]].<ref>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene @RepMTG:<blockquote> | + | Fuentes is known for his talking points attempting to link [[Vladimir Putin]] to [[Nazism]], he also babbled that Stalin as a national hero of Russia ([[#Hero worship|see below]]). His racist anti-semitic ideology has been denounced by [[Conservative of the Year 2021]] winner, Rep. [[Marjorie Taylor Greene]].<ref>Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene @RepMTG:<blockquote> |
| | Of course I denounce Nick Fuentes and his racists anti-semitic ideology. I can’t comprehend why the media is obsessed with him. Do you actually report real news or just use CNN for your political activism? Have you questioned Democrats if they denounce Israel hating [[Ilhan Omar]]?</blockquote>[https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1597675333096214528 Nov 29, 2022]</ref><ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3756423-marjorie-taylor-greene-condemns-fuentes-remarks-on-trump-yiannopoulos/ Marjorie Taylor Greene condemns Fuentes, remarks on Trump, Yiannopoulos], ''The Hill'', Nov 30, 2022.</ref> | | Of course I denounce Nick Fuentes and his racists anti-semitic ideology. I can’t comprehend why the media is obsessed with him. Do you actually report real news or just use CNN for your political activism? Have you questioned Democrats if they denounce Israel hating [[Ilhan Omar]]?</blockquote>[https://twitter.com/RepMTG/status/1597675333096214528 Nov 29, 2022]</ref><ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/house/3756423-marjorie-taylor-greene-condemns-fuentes-remarks-on-trump-yiannopoulos/ Marjorie Taylor Greene condemns Fuentes, remarks on Trump, Yiannopoulos], ''The Hill'', Nov 30, 2022.</ref> |
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| | [https://twitter.com/MrSantosNY/status/1791572735962775879]</ref> They have run the annual misnomered AFPAC event, or the America First Political Action Conference, since 2020. Fuentes currently hosts the episodic livestream series ''America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes'' on Cozy.tv, which he began in 2017 and previously co-hosted the ''Nationalist Review'' (not to be confused with ''National Review'') podcast with James Allsup. | | [https://twitter.com/MrSantosNY/status/1791572735962775879]</ref> They have run the annual misnomered AFPAC event, or the America First Political Action Conference, since 2020. Fuentes currently hosts the episodic livestream series ''America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes'' on Cozy.tv, which he began in 2017 and previously co-hosted the ''Nationalist Review'' (not to be confused with ''National Review'') podcast with James Allsup. |
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| − | Fuentes is one-quarter [[Mexican]], hence his [[Hispanic]] surname; Fuentes, however, prefers to identify with his [[Italian]] heritage.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-7xjQxL-TI ''Putting America First''] - YouTube</ref> He is also 2% [[African]], and thus jokingly refers to himself as "Afro-Latino". | + | Fuentes is one-quarter [[Mexican]], hence his [[Hispanic]] surname; Fuentes, however, likes to identify with his [[Italian]] heritage.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I-7xjQxL-TI ''Putting America First''] - YouTube</ref> He is also 2% [[African]], and thus jokingly refers to himself as "Afro-Latino". |
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| | Fuentes famously engaged in a food fight at dinner in an L.A. restaurant with innocent bystanders in December 2022.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/nick-fuentes-gets-food-fight-200600069.html</ref> | | Fuentes famously engaged in a food fight at dinner in an L.A. restaurant with innocent bystanders in December 2022.<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/nick-fuentes-gets-food-fight-200600069.html</ref> |
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| | Fuentes claims to be a devout [[Catholic]]. He describes his views as "[[paleoconservative]], [[nationalist]] and [[Christian conservative]]", as well as a self-described member of the "dissident right". He's been labelled as an anti-[[establishment]] [[populist]], and criticizes both the left and the right, strongly the GOP establishment. He supposedly 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 alleged to be an outspoken opponent of the [[homosexual agenda]] in all of its forms, as well as [[transgenderism]], | | Fuentes claims to be a devout [[Catholic]]. He describes his views as "[[paleoconservative]], [[nationalist]] and [[Christian conservative]]", as well as a self-described member of the "dissident right". He's been labelled as an anti-[[establishment]] [[populist]], and criticizes both the left and the right, strongly the GOP establishment. He supposedly 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 alleged to be an outspoken opponent of the [[homosexual agenda]] in all of its forms, as well as [[transgenderism]], |
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| − | He is often described as "[[far right]]" "[[white nationalist]]" "[[white supremacist]]" by sources like [[Wikipedia]], the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], and the [[ADL]]; he rejects these labels, and has publicly denied being a member of the [[alt-right]], as well as having feuded with [[Biden]] operative [[Richard Spencer]], who once shouted violent threats and hateful insults at Fuentes over the phone, calling him a "Mexican peasant", and telling 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 WORLD PREMIERE | Nick Fuentes RELEASES a call he had with Richard Spencer!] - YouTube</ref> When Fuentes and Spencer later did cross paths in public, Spencer proved the threats to be empty. | + | He is often described as "[[far right]]" "[[white nationalist]]" "[[white supremacist]]" by sources like [[Wikipedia]], the [[Southern Poverty Law Center]], and the [[ADL]] and others<ref name=msnaug2024/>; he rejects these labels, and has publicly denied being a member of the [[alt-right]], as well as having feuded with [[Biden]] operative [[Richard Spencer]], who once shouted violent threats and hateful insults at Fuentes over the phone, calling him a "Mexican peasant", and telling 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 WORLD PREMIERE | Nick Fuentes RELEASES a call he had with Richard Spencer!] - YouTube</ref> When Fuentes and Spencer later did cross paths in public, Spencer proved the threats to be empty. |
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| | On his show, Fuentes frequently discusses American and European demographics, immigration, and current political and cultural events. Fuentes takes a hard stance against legal immigration, advocating for a complete ban of immigration coming into the U.S. Like [[David Duke]], as part of his anti Jewish war he is anti-[[Israel]] and anti-[[Zionism]], claiming that Israel is not actually an ally of the US. Fuentes is pro-[[Second Amendment]], and the [[Bill of Rights]] in the past. He calls himself an [[America First]] nationalist who supposedly supports Trump, claiming to have voted for him in both the [[2016 Presidential election]] and the [[2020 Presidential election]]. He protested for the overturning of the fraudulent [[Biden]] win. He openly criticizes President Trump, mainly for Trump's rhetoric on things like the [[Covid vaccine]] and Israel. In November 2022, he told Trump to his face that he was drifting to the left and that he should be more like [[Ron DeSantis]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1596497588555063300]</ref> | | On his show, Fuentes frequently discusses American and European demographics, immigration, and current political and cultural events. Fuentes takes a hard stance against legal immigration, advocating for a complete ban of immigration coming into the U.S. Like [[David Duke]], as part of his anti Jewish war he is anti-[[Israel]] and anti-[[Zionism]], claiming that Israel is not actually an ally of the US. Fuentes is pro-[[Second Amendment]], and the [[Bill of Rights]] in the past. He calls himself an [[America First]] nationalist who supposedly supports Trump, claiming to have voted for him in both the [[2016 Presidential election]] and the [[2020 Presidential election]]. He protested for the overturning of the fraudulent [[Biden]] win. He openly criticizes President Trump, mainly for Trump's rhetoric on things like the [[Covid vaccine]] and Israel. In November 2022, he told Trump to his face that he was drifting to the left and that he should be more like [[Ron DeSantis]].<ref>[https://twitter.com/RonFilipkowski/status/1596497588555063300]</ref> |
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| | He has defended [[Pope Francis]] against [[Sedevacantism|Sedevacantists]] asserting that the [[Roman Catholic Church|Church]] is a [[Monarchy]] and prefers [[Novus Ordo Mass]] to avoid "Schismatics" in the [[Traditional Catholic|Trad]] World.<ref>[https://x.com/darksmoke_83/status/1711736168528667111/video/1]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/Kaizerrev/status/1745287042643185920]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/JudasShroyer/status/1808343568655999397]</ref> | | He has defended [[Pope Francis]] against [[Sedevacantism|Sedevacantists]] asserting that the [[Roman Catholic Church|Church]] is a [[Monarchy]] and prefers [[Novus Ordo Mass]] to avoid "Schismatics" in the [[Traditional Catholic|Trad]] World.<ref>[https://x.com/darksmoke_83/status/1711736168528667111/video/1]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/Kaizerrev/status/1745287042643185920]</ref><ref>[https://x.com/JudasShroyer/status/1808343568655999397]</ref> |
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| | + | August 2024: Nick Fuentes, who abused [[JD Vance]]’s wife Usha, praises [[Kamala Harris]] against Trump.<ref name=msnaug2024>(August 19, 2024). [https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-who-abused-jd-vance-s-wife-usha-praises-kamala-harris/ar-AA1p71KM White supremacist Nick Fuentes, who abused JD Vance’s wife Usha, praises Kamala Harris]. Times of India. |
| | + | * Jaden McNeil @JadenPMcNeil: [https://twitter.com/JadenPMcNeil/status/1825719216269414528]. |
| | + | Homosexual anti-Trumper Nick Fuentes praises Kamala Harris as a good candidate and says she's extremely likable. |
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| | + | "The comments came a few days after Senator JD Vance, the vice-presidential candidate from Ohio, rejected far-right white supremacist Nick Fuentes, who had recently targeted Vance's wife, Usha Vance, because of her Indian heritage. Vance stressed that the best way to handle such attacks was to 'ignore' them." |
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| | ===Hero worship=== | | ===Hero worship=== |