Nick Fuentes

Nick Fuentes
Nick Fuentes, pictured from a webcam. He is wearing a white shirt and navy sport coat, and the background is a photograph of a cityscape
Fuentes in 2022
Born
Nicholas Joseph Fuentes

(1998-08-18) August 18, 1998 (age 25)[1][2]
Occupations
  • Political commentator
  • streamer
Years active2015–present
Known for
Movement
Websitenicholasjfuentes.com Edit this at Wikidata

Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American far-right[5] political commentator and live streamer who is known for his white supremacist, misogynistic, homophobic, antisemitic, and Islamophobic views. A former YouTuber, his channel was permanently terminated in February 2020 for violating YouTube's hate speech policy.[6] Fuentes has promoted conspiracy theories against Jewish people,[7] has denied the Holocaust,[8][9] and advocates for the genocide of Jews.[10][11] Fuentes identifies as a member of the incel movement, as a supporter of authoritarian government, and as a Catholic integralist and Christian nationalist.[4][12][13]

Collaborating with Patrick Casey, a former leader of the neo-Nazi organization Identity Evropa in 2019,[14] Fuentes' followers, known as Groypers, began to heckle Turning Point's Culture War Tour, including a speaking event for Donald Trump Jr.[15] In 2020, seeking to establish a white supremacist conference to rival CPAC, Fuentes began holding the annual America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC).[16][17] Fuentes attended the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville,[18] and he later was an attendee and speaker at events preceding the 2021 United States Capitol attack.[19] He has encouraged the use of jokes and irony among white nationalist groups, stating that it "is so important for giving a lot of cover and plausible deniability for our views".[14][20]

In late November 2022, Fuentes, along with Kanye West, met with former U.S. President Donald Trump for a private dinner. The meeting received significant comment from domestic and international political figures, with the debate surrounding the dinner being called "the most discomfiting moment in U.S. history in a half-century or more" for American Jews.[5]

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  2. ^ Fuentes, Nicholas [@NickJFuentes] (August 17, 2019). "Lol my birthday is on sunday but thanks!!" (Tweet). Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference white-nationalist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Owen, Tess (June 7, 2022). "They Love Jesus, Bon Iver, and Incels. Inside America's New Ultranationalist Youth Movement". www.vice.com. Retrieved October 15, 2022.
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  6. ^ Thalen, Mikael (February 14, 2020). "YouTube deplatforms white nationalist Nick Fuentes". The Daily Dot. Archived from the original on February 15, 2020. Retrieved February 16, 2020.
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  8. ^ Nordlinger, Jay (November 28, 2022). "Guess Who Came to Dinner". National Review. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  9. ^ Cite error: The named reference holocaust-denier was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  10. ^ "White supremacist Nick Fuentes: 'We will make Jews die in the holy war'". The Jerusalem Post. July 18, 2023. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
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  13. ^ Goforth, Claire (February 9, 2022). "'Wannabe incel': Nick Fuentes fans revolt over admission he's voluntarily celibate". The Daily Dot. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  14. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference :11 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  15. ^ Gumbel, Andrew (November 11, 2019). "Donald Trump Jr walks out of Triggered book launch after heckling – from supporters". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on January 5, 2020. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
  16. ^ Sommer, Will (February 11, 2020). "Michelle Malkin Endorses Racist CPAC Rival". The Daily Beast. Archived from the original on March 8, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
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  19. ^ Barrett, Malachi (January 7, 2021). "Far-right activist who encouraged U.S. Capitol occupation also organized 'stop the steal' rally in Michigan". MLive. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
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