Nick Fuentes
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Nick Fuentes | |
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| Born | Nicholas Fuentes |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Lyons Township High School |
| Known for | YouTube |
| Movement | Paleoconservatism |
Nicholas J. Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American far-right[1] paleoconservative[2] YouTuber based out of Chicago who hosts the YouTube show America First with Nicholas J. Fuentes. While enrolled in high school, he had been the host of The Nicholas J. Fuentes Show. He then moved to Right Side Broadcasting Network as the host of an earlier show also bearing the name 'America First'.[3] He left Right Side Broadcasting Network after he made controversial comments that the people who ran CNN should be "hung"[4]. He later partnered with James Allsup to create America First Media and co-hosted the podcast Nationalist Review.[3] Allsup and Fuentes parted ways in January 2018.[3] Fuentes then independently started the current version of the show the same month.
Controversy
Some groups have accused Fuentes of being alt-right and a white nationalist.[5][6] He has rejected these labels on his show and on Twitter,[7] and describes himself as a paleoconservative.[8]
In October 2019, the Zionist Organization of America called for Fuentes to be banned from Twitter after he made a joke about Holocaust revisionism on his show,[9] wherein he lampooned logistical arguments made by Holocaust revisionists about the rate at which victims were murdered in the Holocaust by analogising the event to the rate at which the cookie monster could bake cookies. In the same segment, Fuentes paraphrased a segment from the Norm MacDonald show joking about Holocaust denialist claims that the smoke stacks of Auschwitz fail to cast shadows when viewed from aerial photography.
In April 2017, while still working at Right Side Broadcasting Network, 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 or hanged because this is deliberate. This is not an accident [...] It is malicious intent. There is a design, there is an agenda here." Fuentes also said that "The First Amendment was not written for Muslims" in the two-paragraph transcript. RSBN issued an apology, calling them "unacceptable" and "inappropriate".[4]
Activities
In August 2017, after attending the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Fuentes left Boston University.[10]
In October and November of 2019, Fuentes criticized Turning Point USA and its founder Charlie Kirk, accusing them of betraying Donald Trump by advocating for mass legal immigration, promoting LGBT conservatives, and advocating excessive Zionism.[11] His supporters were present at many of Kirk's 'Culture War' college tour events in Fall of 2019, which had guest speakers including Donald Trump Jr., Lara Trump, and Kimberly Guilfoyle.[11]
Personal life
Fuentes attended Lyons Township High School.[3]
References
- ^ Nick, Anderson. "Far-right agitators roil the conservative movement on college campuses in battle to define Trumpism". Washington Post (November 16, 2019). Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ Debating Lauren Southern, NoBS, Fuentes, RM and More, retrieved November 17, 2019
- ^ a b c d America First 500th Episode Special | America First Ep. 500, retrieved November 17, 2019
- ^ a b Staff, Media Matters. "Right Side Broadcasting, The "Unofficial Version Of Trump TV," Forced To Apologize For Contributor's Call To "Kill The Globalists" At CNN". Media Matters for America. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ Collins, Ben (November 12, 2019). "Pro-Trump conservatives are getting trolled in real life by a far-right group". NBC News. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "The kids are far right". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ @NickJFuentes (November 17, 2019). (Tweet) https://twitter.com/NickJFuentes/status/1196090298000121857 – via Twitter. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ^ Debating Lauren Southern, NoBS, Fuentes, RM and More, retrieved November 17, 2019
- ^ "ZOA Urges Twitter to Remove White Supremacist and Holocaust Denier Nick Fuentes". Zionist Organization of America. October 10, 2019. Retrieved November 18, 2019.
- ^ "Right-wing BU teen won't return to Boston after attending Charlottesville rally". www.metro.us. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
- ^ a b Coaston, Jane (November 11, 2019). "Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr". Vox. Retrieved November 17, 2019.