Although Fuentes has many dedicated fans, who call themselves “Groypers,” mainstream conservatives have long ignored him. Even as the Republican Party has come to embrace more extreme ideologies, he has been seen as too radioactive: Fuentes has praised Hitler on multiple occasions,

For years, influencer Nick Fuentes was too extreme even for MAGA. Now he's working his way into the mainstream—and has a plan for his secret followers to seize the levers of power.