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Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998[1][2]) is an American far-right[3][4][5][6][7][8] political commentator and podcaster. He was a YouTuber before his channel was permanently suspended in February 2020 for violating YouTube's hate speech policy.[9] He describes himself as an American nationalist and paleoconservative[8][10][11] and is said to hold white nationalist and antisemitic views.[12][13][14][15][16][17]

Fuentes has feuded with Turning Point USA and its founder, Charlie Kirk, for supporting views that Fuentes believes to be insufficiently conservative.[18] On October 29, 2019, his followers, known as Groypers, began heckling Turning Point's Culture War Tour, including a speaking event for Donald Trump Jr.[19]

He was a prominent attendee of and speaker at protests and rallies leading up to the 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.[20]

Career

Fuentes began commentating on politics through a local radio and TV station hosted by his high school.[21] He currently hosts the podcast America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes, which he began in 2017.[5][19][22]

On his show in April 2017, Fuentes said "Who runs the media? Globalists. Time to kill the globalists" and "I want the people that run CNN to be arrested and deported because this is deliberate." Fuentes also said that "The First Amendment was not written for the Saudi Royal Family". The publisher of the show at the time, RSBN, issued an apology, calling the comments "unacceptable" and "inappropriate".[23] Following these and other comments, as well as publicity over his attendance of the Unite the Right rally, he left RSBN in August 2017.[24][25]

He co-hosted the Nationalist Review podcast with James Allsup until January 2018. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, "the two had a public falling out with each host accusing the other of laziness, impropriety and a variety of petty slights."[26]

In January 2020, Fuentes' YouTube channel was demonetized and one of his videos was removed by YouTube as a violation of their hate speech policies. Fuentes had previously been banned from Twitch and from Reddit.[14][27] On February 14, 2020, his YouTube channel was terminated for violating policies on hate speech.[9]

He has received support from conservative commentator Michelle Malkin, who agreed to speak at Fuentes' "America First Political Action Conference" in February 2020.[3][28] As a result of supporting him, in November 2019 Malkin was promptly fired by the Young America's Foundation where she had been employed for 28 years.[29][30][1]

In January 2020, Time magazine reported that Fuentes was the most-viewed live-streamer on the DLive platform. DLive has been criticized for allowing Fuentes to use their platform.[31][7]

Fuentes was among the far-right individuals and groups who participated in the rallies that led up to 2021 storming of the United States Capitol.[20][15] His DLive channel was subsequently suspended permanently for "inciting violent and illegal activities."[32][16] He was also among a group of far-right activists and groups who received large donations in bitcoin from a French donor on December 8. Fuentes received 13.5 bitcoin (approximately $250,000), which was by far the largest share. The donor also posted an apparent suicide note, according to Blockchain analysis group Chainalysis, although the donor's status has not been confirmed.[33][34][35][36] The FBI is launching an investigation as to whether any of this money went toward the financing of illegal acts, such as the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.[37]

Views

Fuentes strongly opposes immigration, which he believes is a demographic threat to the United States.[5] He has spoken out against the "LGBT agenda",[38] and describes transgender people and same-sex marriage as "deviancy".[3] He spoke positively of "a tidal wave of white identity" following his attendance of the Unite the Right rally in August 2017.[39][40]

In January 2019, Fuentes aired a monologue in which he compared the Holocaust to a cookie-baking operation, which led to accusations of Holocaust denial. Fuentes later disputed that he had ever denied the Holocaust, calling his monologue a "lampoon".[3]

Fuentes has repeatedly criticized Turning Point USA and its founder Charlie Kirk, accusing them of betraying Donald Trump by advocating in favor of mass legal immigration, support in foreign aid for Israel and LGBT issues.[13] Throughout October and November 2019, his supporters were present at many of Kirk's public speaking events, which featured guest speakers including Donald Trump Jr., Lara Trump, and Kimberly Guilfoyle.[13] These campaigns frequently involved asking questions that prompt viewers to look up far-right and anti-semitic conspiracy theories and hoaxes online.[12] Fuentes has characterized the campaign as a grassroots effort to expose TPUSA as ideologically inconsistent with the ideology espoused by Donald Trump and other conservative populists. As a result of this campaign, some right-wing mainstream politicians and pundits disavowed Fuentes, characterizing his beliefs as extreme and out-of-touch with mainstream conservatism.[41][42][17]

In December 2019, Fuentes confronted conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro, who was with his family at the time, outside a TPUSA event in West Palm Beach, Florida. Fuentes had confronted Shapiro to ask why he had given a speech at Stanford University bashing Fuentes.[3] The encounter was filmed and led to criticism of Fuentes.[43]

At a pro-Trump protest in Washington, D.C. in December 2020, Fuentes led a crowd to chant "Destroy the GOP", and encouraged them to sit-out the United States Senate special runoff election in Georgia.[44][45]

On January 4, 2021, two days before the storming of the US Capitol building, Fuentes discussed killing state legislators who were unwilling to overturn the results of the 2020 election, saying "What can you and I do to a state legislator — besides kill him? We should not do that. I'm not advising that, but I mean, what else can you do, right?"[46][16][47][15]

On January 6, 2021, prior to the storming of the US Capitol, Fuentes spoke to a crowd of supporters, stating, "It is us and our ancestors that created everything good that you see in this country. All these people that have taken over our country—we do not need them... It is the American people, and our leader, Donald Trump, against everybody else in this country and this world... Our Founding Fathers would get in the streets, and they would take this country back by force if necessary. And that is what we must be prepared to do."[48]

Personal life

Fuentes attended Lyons Township High School, where he was president of the Student Council.[49] In August 2017, he left Boston University after attending the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville.[40] He applied for transfer admission to Auburn University in fall 2017, but he did not confirm his enrollment on time.[24] Fuentes is a Traditional Catholic and of Hispanic descent.[3][50]

References

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  1. ↑ a b Meghashyam Mali: Conservative group cuts ties with Michelle Malkin. In: TheHill. 18. November 2019, abgerufen am 7. März 2020 (englisch).
  2. ↑ Nicholas J. Fuentes: Thank you everyone for the birthday wishes! Twitter, 18. August 2020, abgerufen am 14. Oktober 2020.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f Anderson Nick: Far-right agitators roil the conservative movement on college campuses in battle to define Trumpism In: The Washington Post. Abgerufen im November 18, 2019 (englisch). 
  4. ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen :3.
  5. ↑ a b c Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen globe.
  6. ↑ Referenzfehler: Ungültiges <ref>-Tag; kein Text angegeben für Einzelnachweis mit dem Namen colins.
  7. ↑ a b How Far-Right Personalities And Conspiracy Theorists Are Cashing In On The Pandemic Online. In: Time. Abgerufen am 20. August 2020.
  8. ↑ a b Jeffrey L. Kidder, Amy J. Binder: Analysis | In the Trump era, campus conservative groups are fighting one another. In: Washington Post. Abgerufen am 27. Februar 2020 (englisch): „Over the past several months, however, Turning Point and YAF have been attacked for failing to espouse the more extreme “America First” populism advocated by figures like conservative columnist Michelle Malkin and conservative podcaster Nick Fuentes.“
  9. ↑ a b Mikael Thalen: YouTube deplatforms white nationalist Nick Fuentes In: The Daily Dot, February 14, 2020. Abgerufen im February 16, 2020 (englisch). 
  10. ↑ Jared Holt: Nick Fuentes Denies Being A White Nationalist By Explaining That He's A White Nationalist In: Right Wing Watch, People for the American Way, May 8, 2018. Abgerufen im March 5, 2020 
  11. ↑ Kalina Newman: Citing threats, student withdraws from BU after attending Charlottesville rally. In: USA TODAY. Abgerufen am 5. Januar 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  12. ↑ a b Ali Breland: How Twitter and YouTube are helping a white nationalist build a community fueled by hate In: Mother Jones, November 21, 2019. Abgerufen im January 5, 2020 
  13. ↑ a b c Jane Coaston: Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr. In: Vox. 11. November 2019, abgerufen am 17. November 2019 (englisch).
  14. ↑ a b Mikael Thalen: It looks like white nationalist Nick Fuentes just had his YouTube channel demonetized In: The Daily Dot, January 10, 2020. Abgerufen im January 12, 2020 (englisch). 
  15. ↑ a b c White supremacists among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol, live streamed from inside In: Haaretz, January 9, 2021. Abgerufen im 16 January 2021 (englisch). 
  16. ↑ a b c A. C. Thompson, Ford Fischer: Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot In: ProPublica, January 9, 2021. Abgerufen im January 16, 2021 (englisch). 
  17. ↑ a b Zachary Petrizzo: Charlie Kirk has finally had it with these white nationalists in his movement In: The Daily Dot, November 5, 2019. Abgerufen im March 7, 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  18. ↑ How the groypers gave the 'debate guys' a rough time. In: Spectator USA. 6. November 2019, abgerufen am 5. Januar 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  19. ↑ a b Andrew Gumbel: Donald Trump Jr walks out of Triggered book launch after heckling – from supporters In: The Guardian, November 11, 2019. Abgerufen im January 5, 2020 (britisches Englisch). 
  20. ↑ a b Malachi Barrett: Far-right activist who encouraged U.S. Capitol occupation also organized 'stop the steal' rally in Michigan. In: MLive. 7. Januar 2021, abgerufen am 8. Januar 2021.
  21. ↑ LTHS Grad Pushes White Nationalism, Gains National Spotlight. In: La Grange, IL Patch. 15. September 2020, abgerufen am 18. Januar 2021 (englisch).
  22. ↑ The Groyper Rebellion. In: Chronicles. Abgerufen am 18. Januar 2021 (englisch).
  23. ↑ Right Side Broadcasting, The "Unofficial Version Of Trump TV," Forced To Apologize For Contributor's Call To "Kill The Globalists" At CNN. In: Media Matters for America. Abgerufen am 17. November 2019 (englisch).
  24. ↑ a b Roy S. Johnson: Alt-right's Fuentes no longer with Right Side Broadcasting In: Al.com, August 30, 2017. Abgerufen im January 7, 2020 (englisch). 
  25. ↑ Eric Hananoki: Right Side Broadcasting and Nicholas Fuentes, host who participated in white supremacist rally, part ways In: Media Matters for America, August 22, 2017. Abgerufen im January 7, 2020 (englisch). 
  26. ↑ James Orien Allsup. In: Southern Poverty Law Center. Abgerufen am 26. April 2020 (englisch).
  27. ↑ Zachary Petrizzo: White nationalist Nick Fuentes tossed off Reddit In: The Daily Dot, November 8, 2019. Abgerufen im January 12, 2020 (englisch). 
  28. ↑ Young America's Foundation Excommunicates Michelle Malkin for Defending Nick Fuentes. In: Reason.com. 18. November 2019, abgerufen am 11. Februar 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  29. ↑ Will Sommer: Conservative Group Fires Michelle Malkin Over Support for Holocaust Denier In: The Daily Beast, November 18, 2019. Abgerufen im March 7, 2020 (englisch). 
  30. ↑ Young America's Foundation Excommunicates Michelle Malkin for Defending Nick Fuentes. In: Reason.com. 18. November 2019, abgerufen am 7. März 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  31. ↑ What is DLive? It's White Nationalists Favorite Streaming Platform. In: The Daily Dot. 1. Januar 2020, abgerufen am 2. März 2020 (englisch).
  32. ↑ Nick Fuentes, 'Baked Alaska' banned from DLive following Capitol riots. In: The Daily Dot. 9. Januar 2021, abgerufen am 9. Januar 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  33. ↑ $500K in Bitcoin sent from France to US far-right groups. In: AP NEWS. 15. Januar 2021, abgerufen am 16. Januar 2021.
  34. ↑ Leonard Greene: Foreign Bitcoin trader may have helped finance Capitol Hill rioters: researchers In: nydailynews.com, January 15, 2021. Abgerufen im January 16, 2021 
  35. ↑ Far-right groups received large Bitcoin payment ahead of U.S. Capitol riot: report In: Global News, January 14, 2021. Abgerufen im January 16, 2021 
  36. ↑ Jenna McLaughlin: Exclusive: Large bitcoin payments to right-wing activists a month before Capitol riot linked to foreign account In: news.yahoo.com, January 14, 2021. Abgerufen im January 16, 2021 
  37. ↑ Ken Dilanian: FBI probing if foreign interests paid extremists tied to Capitol riot In: NBC News, 16 January 2021. Abgerufen im 18 January 2021 (englisch). 
  38. ↑ Don Jr. storms out over far-right hecklers at event for his book about liberals "silencing" speech. In: Salon. 11. November 2019, abgerufen am 10. Februar 2020 (englisch).
  39. ↑ Will Sommer: Racist 'Groypers' Step up Attacks on Campus Conservative Groups In: Daily Beast, December 11, 2019. Abgerufen im January 5, 2020 (englisch). 
  40. ↑ a b Kristin Toussaint: Right-wing BU teen won't return to Boston after attending Charlottesville rally In: www.metro.us, August 16, 2017. Abgerufen im January 7, 2020 
  41. ↑ John SextonPosted at 4:43 pm on November 8, 2019: Ben Shapiro bashes the alt-right- gets protested by the far-left. In: HotAir. 8. November 2019, abgerufen am 7. März 2020 (englisch).
  42. ↑ The Washington Times http://www.washingtontimes.com: No- Nick Fuentes and his 'Groypers' are not conservatives. In: The Washington Times. Abgerufen am 7. März 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  43. ↑ Petrizzo, Zachary (December 21, 2019). "Nick Fuentes Trying to Bicker with Ben Shapiro Riles Up the Internet (updated)." web.archive.org Fehler bei Vorlage * Parametername unbekannt (Vorlage:Webarchiv): "date"Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Parameter Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: Genau einer der Parameter 'wayback', 'webciteID', 'archive-today', 'archive-is' oder 'archiv-url' muss angegeben werden.Vorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/Linktext_fehltVorlage:Webarchiv/Wartung/URL Fehler bei Vorlage:Webarchiv: enWP-Wert im Parameter 'url'. The Daily Dot. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  44. ↑ Peter Wade: MAGA Protesters Chant 'Destroy the GOP' at Pro-Trump Rally. In: Rolling Stone. 12. Dezember 2020, abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  45. ↑ Daniel Politi: Pro-Trump Protesters Chant "Destroy the GOP," Boo Georgia Senate Candidates at Rally. In: Slate Magazine. 12. Dezember 2020, abgerufen am 13. Dezember 2020 (englisch).
  46. ↑ Malachi Barrett: Far-right activist who encouraged U.S. Capitol occupation also organized ‘stop the steal’ rally in Michigan In: mlive, Advance Publications, January 7, 2021. Abgerufen im January 16, 2021 (englisch). 
  47. ↑ Zachary Petrizzo: White nationalist Zoomer Nick Fuentes floats the idea of killing legislators who certified Biden's win In: The Daily Dot, January 5, 2021. Abgerufen im January 16, 2021 
  48. ↑ Luke Mogelson: Among the Insurrectionists In: The New Yorker, January 15, 2021. Abgerufen im January 30, 2021 
  49. ↑ Annemarie Mannion: Area teen rallied in Charlottesville, got death threats, now planning move to 'solidly red' Alabama. In: chicagotribune.com. Abgerufen am 2. März 2020.
  50. ↑ Eric Cortellessa, Matthew Sheffield: The Conservative Establishment's Nightmare Is Only Just Beginning. In: Washington Monthly - Politics. 22. November 2019, abgerufen am 30. April 2020 (amerikanisches Englisch): „Fuentes, who identifies as a traditional Catholic and is partially of Hispanic descent...“
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