Nick Fuentes

Nicholas Joseph Fuentes born August 18 1998 is an American farright political commentator activist and live streamer known for leading the Groypers He identifies as a Christian nationalist and a supporter of authoritarianism while also associating with the incel subculture He has been described as a neoNazi by various sources His views have been characterized as white supremacist misogynistic homophobic antisemitic Islamophobic and denying the Holocaust Fuentes was raised in La Grange Park Illinois and studied at Lyons Township High School where he embraced farright conservative views He began political activism in 2016 and started the episodic live stream America First in 2017 Collaborating with Patrick Casey a former leader of the neoNazi organization Identity Evropa in 2019 Fuentes followers began to heckle Charlie Kirk and his organization Turning Point USAs Culture War Tour including a speaking event for Donald Trump Jr This is referred to as the Groyper War In 2020 seeking to establish a white supremacist conference to rival the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC Fuentes began holding the annual America First Political Action Conference AFPAC In November 2022 Fuentes and the American rapper Kanye West had a private dinner with Donald Trump at MaraLago The meeting was broadly condemned by American political commentators with The New York Times describing it as what may be the most discomfiting moment in US history in a halfcentury or more for American Jews In January 2024 Fuentes said he was a Trump cultist Fuentes became more critical of Donald Trump that year partly due to his immigration foreign affairs and race policies In August 2024 Nick Fuentes launched Groyper War 2 a digital war against Trumps presidential campaign involving memes trolls and protests to push for more extreme rightwing positions unsuccessful demands to fire advisors Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles and withholding votes crediting his efforts for Trumps rehiring of Corey Lewandowski while drawing concerns over potential election interference blueprints due to lax platform enforcement In 2025 Fuentes said Trump was a scam artist due to his comments about the Epstein files Fuentes has been involved in a number of controversial events Fuentes attended the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville and was also an attendee and speaker at events preceding the January 6 United States Capitol attack Fuentes faced widespread deplatforming from major social media streaming and financial services between 2020 and 2023 primarily for violating hate speech policies and inciting violence In 2023 Fuentes was criticized for allegedly covering for a friends sexual misconduct with underage boys reportedly pressuring an accuser to apologize In November 2024 after his home was doxed he was arrested for battery for pepperspraying and pushing an activist taking her phone In December 2024 Fuentes survived an apparent assassination attempt at his home by a 24yearold who was killed by police after a shootout Description above from the Wikipedia article Nick Fuentes licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia