On October 28, Tucker Carlson hosted Nick Fuentes for an interview on The Tucker Carlson Show. The episode was immediately met with a social media firestorm of divided backlash and support among conservatives—an outsized reaction given Fuentes’ isolated, marginal reputation.
Carlson pulled his weight in deserved criticism. On air, Carlson said he disliked Christians who support Israel “more than anybody.” Further, Carlson offered zero pushback when Fuentes said he is a “big fan” and “admirer” of Joseph Stalin.
But, setting aside the present controversy—who is Nick Fuentes? And why should we, as Christians, reject his worldview?
In 2017, Fuentes launched his podcast, America First, in his parents’ Chicago basement. By 2019, he had gained a large audience, dubbed his “Groypers” or “Groyper Army,” and now, at age twenty-seven, Fuentes is an established political commentator popular among some young men.
Though Fuentes claims he is simply “America First,” his commentary is consistently violent and profane. Here is a short compilation of his comments:
To his Groyper Army: “Raise your right hand and repeat after me: I pledge allegiance to kill, rape, and die for Nicholas J. Fuentes.”
On Adolf Hitler: “Buddy, it’s Führer Friday. It is Hitler Friday. Shut up! It is Heil Hitler Friday, n***a, Heil Hitler, all my n***as Nazis n***as Heil Hitler.” And, “Hitler was awesome. Hitler was right. The Holocaust didn’t happen.”
On women: “A lot of women want to be raped … there’s lot of women that really want a guy to beat the sh*t out of them, but they have to pretend that they don’t.”
On African Americans: “[What if we had] Chinese soldiers on every corner, and if a black person started spazzing out, they took a sword out and cut his hands off … and then they cut his head off, and his head went rolling around, you know, his decapitated body falling to his knees. What if that happened? That would be awesome!”
On the Jews: “There is an occult element at the highest levels of society, and specifically among the Jews … When we take power, they need to be given the death penalty.”
On Vice President JD Vance: “A fat, ugly piece of sh*t with a brown family.”
On Charlie Kirk: “Charlie Kirk in the grand scheme of things is just some retarded idiot. The guy’s a fake Christian. The guy’s not a patriot. He hates our country, he’s un-American. Let’s focus all our firepower on Charlie Kirk.”
Do these comments exhibit the fruit of the Spirit of the Living God? Do they witness to Christ; do they honor God, and are they true, good, and pure? The simple truth is that these words suggest Fuentes is empty, self-serving, rage-filled, and unregenerate.
Tucker Carlson did not confront Fuentes on any of these statements, and for Carlson, it seems it was incredibly unwise to bring Fuentes out of the online extremist fringes and into the limelight with a charitable interview.
In the ensuing controversy, Christians should turn to 2 Corinthians 10:5, “For though we walk in the flesh, we are not waging war according to the flesh. For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine power to destroy strongholds. We destroy arguments and every lofty opinion raised against the knowledge of God, and take every thought captive to obey Christ, being ready to punish every disobedience, when your obedience is complete.”
Fuentes’ “lofty opinions raised against the knowledge of God” must be “taken captive to obey Christ.” The antisemitism, racism, profanity, sexism, and degeneracy proliferated by Nick Fuentes’ commentary should be rejected by Conservatives, and that much more by Christians. Tucker Carlson failed to do that last week, and we shouldn’t make the same mistake.
Challenging Fuentes’ ideas is not “cancel culture.” It’s Biblical wisdom. And criticizing Tucker Carlson for platforming Nick’s ideas isn’t “silencing Tucker,” either; it’s Biblical discernment. Christians—we must firmly reject Nick Fuentes’ worldview.
