What specific antisemitic statements has Nick Fuentes made and when were they said?
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Executive summary
Nick Fuentes has repeatedly voiced antisemitic claims ranging from Holocaust minimization or denial, to asserting Jewish control of finance, media and politics, to saying Jews “have no place in Western civilization” — statements documented in reporting across The Atlantic, AJC, PBS, Wikipedia and other outlets [1] [2] [3] [4]. His remarks include specific episodes cited by journalists: a 2021 debate on Alex Jones where he said Jews “have no place in Western civilization,” AFPAC remarks praising Hitler in 2022, and post‑2024/2025 appearances (including a widely watched October 2025 Tucker Carlson interview and ongoing broadcasts) in which he repeated tropes about “Zionist Jews” and global Jewish conspiracies [1] [2] [5] [3].
1. “Jews ‘have no place in Western civilization’” — Alex Jones debate, 2021
Reporting cites a 2021 debate on Alex Jones’s InfoWars during which Fuentes stated that Jews “have no place in Western civilization,” a line journalists and organizations use to illustrate his long‑standing exclusionary view of Jewish people from Western identity [1] [2].
2. Holocaust minimization and denial — documented pattern
Multiple outlets report Fuentes has “openly questioned the Holocaust,” including crude comparisons and language characterized as Holocaust denial or minimization; PBS and AJC describe his rhetoric as ranging “from Holocaust denial to his belief in a global Jewish conspiracy,” and AJC recounts a comment likening victims to “cookies in an oven” [1] [3].
3. “Globalists,” “elites,” and conspiracy claims about Jewish control — recurring trope
Journalists record Fuentes repeatedly recycling classic antisemitic tropes by referring to “globalists,” “elites,” and suggesting Jews secretly control media, finance and government — tropes AJC and PBS identify as central to his messaging and to the white‑nationalist milieu he leads [1] [3].
4. “Zionist Jews” as enemies of conservatism — appearances in 2024–2025
Coverage of Fuentes’s later media appearances notes that in 2024–2025 he framed “Zionist Jews” as enemies of the conservative movement; his October 2025 appearance on Tucker Carlson’s network and subsequent videos were cited by The Guardian and PBS as instances in which he decried conservatives who support Israel and reaffirmed antisemitic positions [5] [3].
5. AFPAC 2022 and public praise of Hitler — a notable moment
Fuentes’s speech at the 2022 America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC) included “giggling praise” of Adolf Hitler, an episode widely reported and used to document the alignment of his rhetoric with explicitly Nazi‑adjacent imagery and admiration [2].
6. Specific accusations involving public figures and donors — recent examples
Recent reporting recounts Fuentes making statements accusing public figures of undue Jewish influence or financial ties — for example, a claim reported December 2025 that “Donald Trump is taking a hundred million dollars from Miriam Adelson” — framed by outlets as part of his pattern of invoking Jewish donors to delegitimize political opponents [6].
7. Scale, platforms and amplification — context on reach and timing
Journalists note the timing of several high‑profile appearances (Tucker Carlson interview late October 2025, extensive nightly livestreams documented in December 2025) and the platforms he uses (his America First broadcasts, AFPAC events, and reinstatements on social platforms) to explain how his antisemitic statements have been amplified in 2024–2025 [1] [4] [2].
8. Disagreements in the record and Fuentes’s own framing
Fuentes has told reporters he has “toned down” his antisemitic views as he aged, a claim noted on Wikipedia; major outlets such as The New York Times and The Atlantic have reviewed his output and found continued antisemitic themes, creating a dispute between his self‑characterization and independent reporting [2] [4].
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Available sources here are secondary news reports and encyclopedic summaries; they document quoted lines and summarize patterns but do not provide full verbatim transcripts for every cited remark in all cases. If you need direct, timestamped transcripts or video clips of each quoted line (for legal or research purposes), available sources do not mention a consolidated public repository of every primary source utterance and you should consult original video archives or primary transcripts referenced by these outlets [1] [2] [3] [4].