In the last 4 days, the mainstreaming of antisemitism accelerated across the establishment Right. Well-known pundits at major outlets like Daily Wire and The Blaze praised Nick Fuentes, platformed conspiracies of Jewish power & called for converting Jews to Christianity 1/
Last week MAGA celeb Candace Owens parted ways with Daily Wire after months of criticizing Israel's genocidal war on Gaza in ways that frequently mobilized actual antisemitism (as distinct from legit criticism, which is extremely warranted) washingtonpost.com/style/media/20…
In public feuds with right-wing Jews like Ben Shapiro and Shmuley Boteach, Owens invoked conspiratorial Zionist cabals, associated Jews w/sexual perversion & greed, & mobilized Christian supremacy by repeatedly directing 'Christ is King', a groyper slogan, at Shapiro
'Christ is King' has long been a core slogan of Nick Fuentes and his white Christian nationalist America First/groyper movement. Here they are chanting it at the Million MAGA March in DC in November 2020, a rally that foreshadowed the Capitol insurrection
Owens' exit from Daily Wire made headlines & triggered a viral debate in online conservative spaces on whether 'Christ is King' is an antisemitic phrase esp when used to troll Jews. MAGA hardliners & Christian nationalists went on the offense, justifying it as Christian doctrine
On Monday Lauren Chen, The Blaze host & TPUSA contributor, held a Twitter space to debate. Chen defends the phrase & has long defended Nick Fuentes, unlike most mainstream Right pundits. A week after 10/7 she called his America First anti-Zionism "balanced & rational"
The debate was a cesspool of antisemitism. Here's just one clip condemning "extraordinary concentration of Jewish power in America" & calling Judaism satanic. On a Space hosted by a mainstream TPUSA pundit w/hundreds of thousands of followers
Nick Fuentes joined the debate & so did Daily Wire CEO Jeremy Boreing. Nick opined Jews shouldn't hold political office in the US & Ben Shapiro should say 'Christ is King'. Boreing-- "I listen to your show quite often, I think you're one of the most talented people out there"
When another speaker told Boreing "Jews had Christ killed" and complained "free speech is under attack" by the "Jewish lobby", Boreing responded not by condemning antisemitism but by reassuring him no Daily Wire employees are Israeli & that DW is America First
It's a sign of changing times that Nick was given space on a mainstream pundit's platform to directly challenge a prominent conservative media CEO; & that a groyper slogan took center stage in right-wing discourse, & they used it to spread antisemitism & shape the narrative
This all reaffirms that, as white nationalist pundit & former groyper Scott Greer correctly put it today, the line between 'center' & 'fringe' doesn't exist in right-wing discourse (& policy flows downstream). If explicit antisemitism is the 'last firewall' that's rapidly eroding
Condemning Israel's genocidal war is crucial for any decent human being. But as condemnation makes inroads on the Right it dips easily into America First antisemitism. Owens is leading the way for pundits & Chen, Tucker Carlson, Matt Walsh, Auron MacIntyre aren't far behind
@BenLorber8 Thank you Ben perfect thread, we shall win in the end, it’s gonna suck getting there
@BenLorber8 Interesting that Nick won’t take the win here