Notorious racist Nick Fuentes reinstated on Twitter – The Forward

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Former President Donald Trump has come under fire for having dinner with Nick Fuentes, a vocal anti-Semite. Photo-illustration by Benyamin Cohen

By Adam Kovac January 24, 2023

One of America’s most notorious white supremacists is back on Twitter.

On Tuesday, the social media company reinstated the account of Nick Fuentes, the racist broadcaster and activist whose profile rose dramatically after dining at Mar-a-Lago with former President Donald Trump and Kanye West.

Elon Musk has restored the verified account of white nationalist and anti-Semite Nick Fuentes.

No other mainstream website allows this guy to have an account. pic.twitter.com/1iVxS3dfo7

— Michael Edison Hayden (@MichaelEHayden) January 24, 2023

In November, West, who goes by the name Ye, traveled to Mar-A-Lago to meet with Trump. At the time, West had just begun his months-long streak of anti-Semitic media appearances. Fuentes was part of West’s entourage that night.

Trump later said he did not know who Fuentes was, but would have avoided criticizing him for fear of alienating Fuentes’ fan base.

But Fuentes is well known in far-right groups. He hosts an online show in which he denies the Holocaust and calls for the death of globalists, a term often used as a whistle for Jews.

Fuentes then accompanied West on an appearance on Alex Jones Infowars, during which West denied the Holocaust and said I love Hitler.

He was originally banned from Twitter in December 2021 for repeated violations of the rules against hate speech. He was banned again after opening a new account shortly after Elon Musks acquired the platform. Fuentes joins a long list of white supremacists and anti-Semites who have been reinstated on Twitter since Musk took over.

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