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,

White nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes blasted President Donald Trump in a rant last week, calling the president “a weird guy” who’s “not right in the head.” Fuentes was streaming his online show America First,