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Following the rally, Fuentes praised the "tidal wave of white identity." On his video Internet program America First, he has denied the Holocaust and called for the return to racial segregation saying, "Even if it was bad, who cares?" referring to the Jim Crow laws of the south.
Since October, Fuentes fanatics attended conservative college talks organized by Young America Foundation (YAF), a conservative group and Turning Point USA. The mission of the Fuentes attendees was to heckle the speakers and disrupt their speeches, lest the speakers make good points that challenge the hateful ones of the Fuentes mob.
Since October, Fuentes fanatics attended conservative college talks organized by Young America Foundation (YAF), a conservative group and Turning Point USA. The mission of the Fuentes attendees was to heckle the speakers and disrupt their speeches, lest the speakers make good points that challenge the hateful ones of the Fuentes mob.
The activists refer to themselves as 'Groypers' – as a nod to a Pepe the Frog-like toad meme adopted by the most extreme internet white nationalists and originating on 4Chan, a white supremacist site. The Groypers typically ask questions about the US support of Israel as a way to mainstream their anti-Semitism within the conservative movement.
Right wing columnist Michelle Malkin, a former Fox News contributor, and a speaker at YAF presentations, has been dropped by YAF over her support of Fuentes. Her firing exemplifies the latest response in ongoing conflicts of Fuentes supporters and establishment conservatives such as Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens.
Right wing columnist Michelle Malkin, a former Fox News contributor, and a speaker at YAF presentations, has been dropped by YAF over her support of Fuentes. Her firing exemplifies the latest response in ongoing conflicts of Fuentes supporters and establishment conservatives such as Ben Shapiro, Charlie Kirk and Candace Owens.
Malkin has praised Fuentes and referred to him in a recent speech as "one of the New Right leaders," before calling on establishment conservatives to engage with them.
She displayed the full extent of her support in a speech for YAF delivered on November 14, which she addressed to "the young men and women of this country who identify as America First conservatives."
This is how the Fuentes mob conflates white nationalism with the conservative movement.
Malkin continued: "Another YAF speaker, Ben Shapiro, repeatedly denigrated an entire movement of young men who watch a YouTuber named Nick Fuentes, and are seeking answers to tough questions about where America is headed as masturbating losers in their basements who share memes. As a mom with brilliant right-thinking kids who, yes, live in my basement – and, yes, share memes – I found these obsessive references to young people’s dating lives and habits, by prominent conservative media personalities much older than their targets, to be tellingly defensive and touchy. Also: creepy.
"I will not be using my platform and my position to insult you, marginalize you, and shout you down."
But she will attack an orthodox Jew, Ben Shapiro, for not falling in lockstep with her fellow anti-Semites.
YAF's tolerance toward Malkin appeared to have run out three days after that speech, when they tweeted a post distancing themselves from her views, although they didn't mention her by name.
The spat drew the attention of conservative commentators including the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh, who tweeted:
Ironically, Malkin's parents are Filipino immigrants. One hardly wonders just what Fuentes thinks of them.
And while we're at it, isn't it ironic how the left quickly blames President Trump for the crimes of white supremacists but refuse to censure their party's open anti-Semites: Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib? Trump is no racist nor anti-Semitic.
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She displayed the full extent of her support in a speech for YAF delivered on November 14, which she addressed to "the young men and women of this country who identify as America First conservatives."
This is how the Fuentes mob conflates white nationalism with the conservative movement.
Malkin continued: "Another YAF speaker, Ben Shapiro, repeatedly denigrated an entire movement of young men who watch a YouTuber named Nick Fuentes, and are seeking answers to tough questions about where America is headed as masturbating losers in their basements who share memes. As a mom with brilliant right-thinking kids who, yes, live in my basement – and, yes, share memes – I found these obsessive references to young people’s dating lives and habits, by prominent conservative media personalities much older than their targets, to be tellingly defensive and touchy. Also: creepy.
"I will not be using my platform and my position to insult you, marginalize you, and shout you down."
But she will attack an orthodox Jew, Ben Shapiro, for not falling in lockstep with her fellow anti-Semites.
YAF's tolerance toward Malkin appeared to have run out three days after that speech, when they tweeted a post distancing themselves from her views, although they didn't mention her by name.
"Immigration is a vital issue that deserves robust debate. But there is no room in mainstream conservatism or at YAF for Holocaust deniers, white nationalists, street brawlers, or racists," they said.Malkin responded:
"The Keepers of the Gate have spoken. #AmericaFirst is not "mainstream." My defense of unjustly prosecuted Proud Boys, patriotic young nationalists/groypers & demographic truth-tellers must not be tolerated. SPLC is cheering."The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American, far-left, nonprofit legal advocacy organization that, according to its website, "battles racial and social injustice." But mostly it battles true conservatives.
The spat drew the attention of conservative commentators including the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh, who tweeted:
"Hi @michellemalkin. Fuentes called me a "race traitor" and "f*ggot" because I "work for Jews." He also said that black people who complained about segregation needed to "grow up." How do you feel about these statements? And in what way are they "America First"?"In response Malkin replied with a link to a transcript of the speech she gave on the 14th.
Ironically, Malkin's parents are Filipino immigrants. One hardly wonders just what Fuentes thinks of them.
And while we're at it, isn't it ironic how the left quickly blames President Trump for the crimes of white supremacists but refuse to censure their party's open anti-Semites: Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib? Trump is no racist nor anti-Semitic.
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