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| Born | Nicholas Joseph Fuentes August 18, 1998 |
| Died | December 18, 2024 (aged 26) Berwyn, Illinois |
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| Years active | 2015–2024 |
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Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (August 18, 1998 - December 18, 2024) was an American far-right political pundit and live streamer who promoted white supremacist, mysogynistic, and antisemitic views. A former YouTuber, his channel was permanently terminated in February 2020 for violating YouTube's hate speech policy. Fuentes had promoted conspiracy theories against Jewish people, denied the Holocaust, and called for a "holy war" against Jews. He had been described as a neo-Nazi by various sources. Fuentes identified as a member of the incel movement, a supporter of authoritarianism, and as a Catholic integralist and Christian nationalist. Collaborating with Patrick Casey, a former leader of the neo-Nazi organization Identity Evropa in 2019, Fuentes's followers, known as Groypers, began to heckle Turning Point USA's Culture War Tour, including a speaking event for Donald Trump Jr. In 2020, seeking to establish a white supremacist conference to rival CPAC, Fuentes began holding the annual America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC). 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. 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".
Following Donald Trump Jr's defeat in the 2020 election, Fuentes, along with other supporters of Trump and Fuentes' own movement, marched on the United States capitol in an attempt to overturn the election, even though Trump continuously stated not to intervene in the process. Fuentes was later shot in his right temple after breaching a security checkpoint.