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October 8, 2025 4 mins
Nicholas Fuentes BioSnap a weekly updated Biography.

Nicholas Fuentes has become one of the most visible and controversial figures on the American far-right in recent days, fueled by a barrage of incendiary commentary, public feuds, and mainstream media attention. Rupturing the already fraught conservative landscape, much of the drama this week revolves around Charlie Kirk's assassination and the aftermath, with Fuentes launching an unvarnished attack on Erika Kirk—the new CEO of Turning Point USA and widow of Kirk—accusing her of being “fake” in her grieving and slamming TPUSA’s memorial pageantry as “gratuitous,” even saying on his Rumble stream that he had “a really bad feeling” about Erika since the shooting at Utah Valley University. According to Economic Times and the Hindustan Times, Fuentes pulled no punches, using language like “she’s over the moon, happy as a clam” and deriding the funeral’s “WWE Batista entrance with fireworks” as a tasteless spectacle.

Continuing this surge of public appearances, Fuentes took his characteristic brand of contrarian, often hateful rhetoric to a bevy of high-visibility podcasts and talk streams, including another viral moment on Patrick Bet-David’s PBD Podcast, Glenn Greenwald’s show, and appearances alongside notorious figures such as Alex Jones and the Nelk Boys. Media Matters notes that these combined guest spots have earned millions of views, amplifying his bid for relevance and echoing his boast that “Think about how far we’ve come in a year and a half…how similar to me they all sound.”

But perhaps the most headline-generating moment came when Fuentes trolled Tucker Carlson over widely condemned remarks at Kirk’s memorial. According to The Independent, Fuentes sarcastically accused Carlson of going “overkill” with antisemitism, even paraphrasing Carlson’s biblical comparisons of Kirk to Jesus Christ as “crazy” and suggesting they were too extreme even for him. This feud has ballooned into a months-long public spat, with Fuentes simultaneously mocking the mainstreaming of his own once-toxic persona and poking at what he frames as the hypocrisy of other right-wing media stars.

These high-profile conflicts are set against a backdrop of ongoing business activity as Fuentes continues to push his Cozy.tv streaming platform, repositioning himself as a leading provocateur for a new generation of hard-right digital activists. While Fuentes enjoys growing mainstream exposure, including positive nods from popular hosts and controversial rehabilitation efforts in publications like The New York Times, Media Matters has underscored the risks as his rhetoric—racist, antisemitic, and white supremacist by consensus of watchdogs—continues to threaten social boundaries and public norms.

Across social channels, Fuentes and his “Groyper” followers keep stoking fires, especially targeting Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, Candace Owens, and JD Vance. The past few days have shown him doubling down, unapologetic in his strategies, and, if anything, more visible than ever, even as much of the right attempts to distance themselves from his well-documented hate speech. Speculation online suggests that some of Fuentes’s rehabilitation into mainstream podcasting could signal a slow erosion of previous taboos, but reputable outlets caution that these appearances carry profound long-term risks for broader normalization of extremist viewpoints.

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Nicholas twenties has become one of the most visible and
controversial figures on the American far right in recent days,
fueled by a barrage of incendiary commentary, public feuds, and
mainstream media attention, rupturing the already fraught conservative landscape. Much
of the drama this week revolves around Charlie Kirk's assassination

(00:21):
and the aftermath, with Flint's launching an unvarnished attack on
Erica Kirk, the new CEO of Turning Point USA and
widow of Kirk, accusing her of being fake in her
grieving and slamming tpusa's memorial pageantry as gratuitous, even saying
on his rumble stream that he had a really bad

(00:43):
feeling about Erica since the shooting at Utah Valley University.
According to Economic Times and The Hindustan Times, Flint has
pulled no punches, using language like she's over the moon
happy as a clam and deriding the funeral's wwe Batista
entrance with fireworks as a tasteless spectacle. Continuing this surge

(01:04):
of public appearances, Foyts took his characteristic brand of contrarian,
often hateful rhetoric to a bevy of high visibility podcasts
and talk streams, including another viral moment on Patrick Bette
David's PDD podcast, Glenn Greenwald's show, and appearances alongside notorious
figures such as Alex Jones and The Milk Boys. Media

(01:27):
Matters notes that these combined guest spots have earned millions
of views, amplifying his bid for relevance and echoing his
boast that think about how far we've come in a
year and a half, how similar to me they all sound.
But perhaps the most headlined generating moment came when Flinte's
trolled Tucker Carlson over widely condemned remarks at Kirk's memorial.

(01:49):
According to The Independent, Flente sarcastically accused Carlson of going
overkill with antisemitism, even paraphrasing Carlson's biblical comparisons of Cark
to Jesus Christ as crazy and suggesting they were too
extreme even for him. This feud has ballooned into a
month's long public spat with Fronta, simultaneously mocking the mainstreaming

(02:11):
of his own once toxic persona and poking at what
he frames as the hypocrisy of other right wing media stars.
These high profile conflicts are set against a backdrop of
ongoing business activity as Funtse continues to push his cozy
TV straining platform, repositioning himself as a leading provocateur for

(02:31):
a new generation of hard right digital activists. While Fointes
enjoys growing mainstream exposure, including positive nods from popular hosts
and controversial rehabilitation efforts in publications like The New York Times,
Media matters has underscored the risks as his rhetoric, racist,
anti Semitic, and white supremacist by consensus of watchdogs, continues

(02:55):
to threaten social boundaries and public norms across social channels,
Flentis and his groper followers keep stoking fires, especially targeting
Turning Point USA, Charlie Kirk, Candice Owens, and Jade events.
The past few days have shown him doubling down, unapologetic
in his strategies, and if anything, more visible than ever,

(03:18):
even as much of the right attempts to distance themselves
from his well documented hate speech. Speculation online suggests that
some of Flente's rehabilitation into mainstream podcasting could signal a
slow erosion of previous taboos, but reputable outlets cautioned that
these appearances carry profound long term risks for broader normalization

(03:38):
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