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Which specific 2022 livestream episodes feature Nick Fuentes praising or discussing Adolf Hitler?
Executive summary
Public reporting documents multiple occasions where Nick Fuentes praised or discussed Adolf Hitler on livestreams and live chats, including at least a Twitter Spaces session in January 2023 where attendees heard him praise Hitler multiple times and his remarks at AFPAC 2022 where he "bestowed 'giggling praise' on Hitler" [1] [2]. Available sources do not provide a comprehensive episode-by-episode catalog of every 2022 livestream in which Fuentes mentioned Hitler, but they highlight prominent 2022 appearances and later summaries that cite past livestream comments [2] [3].
1. What the major outlets report about 2022 instances
Several mainstream and international outlets describe Fuentes praising Hitler in contexts tied to 2022 events: Wikipedia’s entry summarizes his AFPAC 2022 speech as containing praise for Hitler and says he "bestowed 'giggling praise' on Hitler" at that event [2]. Italian paper Il Sole 24 Ore similarly quotes Fuentes saying "Adolf Hitler was very, very cool" while discussing his livestream persona and reach around 2022 [3]. These pieces indicate that his pro‑Hitler remarks were made publicly in 2022 settings, but they report selectively on high‑visibility moments rather than listing every livestream episode [2] [3].
2. Documented live‑chat and livestream moments cited by reporters
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reported a January 2023 Twitter Spaces live chat—attended in part by roughly 14,000 people—during which Fuentes “praised Hitler multiple times,” a concrete, dated example that reporters have used when summarizing his pattern of praise across 2022–2023 [1]. Business Insider and other outlets also note video clips and livestream segments in which Fuentes calls Hitler “cool” or “awesome,” citing specific media that captured those lines [4] [5]. Those reports show a pattern across platforms rather than an exhaustive episode list [1] [4].
3. Why a full episode list is hard to produce from available reporting
Available reporting compiles quotes, notable appearances (AFPAC 2022, Mar‑a‑Lago context, Twitter Spaces), and summaries of past livestreams, but none of the provided sources publish a full episode-by-episode index of Fuentes’s 2022 livestreams that contained Hitler praise [2] [3] [1]. Journalists often rely on highlighted moments and leaked clips; thus, absence of a named episode in these pieces does not mean Fuentes did not discuss Hitler elsewhere—only that the sources do not list every episode [2] [3].
4. Context reporters give for why these comments matter
Coverage frames Fuentes’s praise of Hitler as evidence of his antisemitism and extremist ideology and connects those remarks to his broader role in mainstream political controversies—e.g., his presence at AFPAC 2022 and the 2022 Mar‑a‑Lago dinner with Kanye West and Donald Trump—which increased media scrutiny [2] [3] [6]. Outlets emphasize that these statements are part of a pattern: praising dictators, denying the Holocaust, and using livestreams to reach followers [2] [5].
5. Competing narratives and caveats you should know
Some reporting contextualizes Fuentes’s remarks as part of his provocative persona—joking‑until‑he’s‑not—but the articles cited present direct quotations and audience reactions that reporters interpret as genuine praise of Hitler [7] [5]. Other pieces summarize reactions inside conservative circles—some condemn and others debate deplatforming—showing disagreement on how to treat Fuentes’s comments and whether giving him audiences amplifies them [8] [9].
6. What the sources explicitly do and do not say
The provided sources explicitly cite AFPAC 2022 and the January 2023 Twitter Spaces as moments where Fuentes praised Hitler and include quotes like "really fucking cool" reported by outlets [2] [1] [3]. The sources do not offer a searchable archive or timestamped episode list of every 2022 livestream mentioning Hitler; therefore, a definitive episode‑by‑episode inventory for 2022 is not published in the reporting you provided [2] [3] [1].
7. How to get a definitive episode list (next steps)
To compile a complete, verifiable list you would need primary records: archived livestream video files with timestamps (Rumble/YouTube/Twitter/X archives), platform metadata, or a forensic review by journalists or researchers. The provided materials include channel listings (e.g., Rumble channel page) but not episode transcripts from 2022; reporters rely on highlighted clips and major events when documenting Fuentes’s praise of Hitler [10] [5].
Summary: reporting documents clear instances of Fuentes praising Hitler in 2022–early 2023 (notably AFPAC 2022 and widely reported live chats), but the sources you gave do not supply a comprehensive episode list of every 2022 livestream in which he made such remarks [2] [1] [3].