We've been missing out on some of what passes for "thought" on the far right Malignant Fascist's MAGA movement, namely the anti-Semitism that's recently burst out into the public courtesy of trust fund baby Tucker Carlson and neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes:
A civil war over the direction of the conservative movement and who should be considered part of it erupted after Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts posted a video Thursday defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing white nationalist Nick Fuentes.
The statement sparked backlash from Republican senators and a number of traditionally conservative organizations — and from staffers within the Heritage Foundation itself who say that Fuentes, who is known for antisemitic commentary, and his ideas are not worthy of debate.
“Nick Fuentes is a disgusting, anti-American, antisemitic loser. He is not a conservative, not America First, and not an ally of President Trump or any conservative organization,” one Heritage staffer, granted anonymity to share candid thoughts, told The Hill. “In his own words, Nick Fuentes is an ally of Stalin, Hitler, and the Taliban. That is not someone with ideas worthy of debate. Conservatives should pray he gets the help he needs, not give him even an inch of space in our movement.”
But Roberts had also gotten strong backup from the heads of other conservative groups and commentators with influence in the Trump administration, like former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, who argued it should not be controversial to debate U.S. aid to Israel and that attempts to “cancel” those with opposing views are not productive.
Following the uproar, Roberts posted another statement Friday more explicitly condemning the antisemitism from Fuentes and his followers, but not backing down from his defense of Carlson conducting the interview...
While he received some backlash from skittish politicians, Roberts also got support from some of the MAGA herrenvolk:
“I mean, what a state of the country when that’s controversial,” Bannon said on his “War Room” show Friday. “That’s pretty basic. Dr. Roberts, pretty straight guy, pretty straightforward guy.”
Eric Teetsel, president of the Center for Renewing America think tank that was founded by now-Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought, posted that Roberts had made an “excellent statement” and that he was “proud to stand with you and Heritage.”
Nick Solheim, CEO of the organization American Moment that has helped funnel young staffers into Trump administration roles, responded to the video with support of Roberts as a “leader for this moment” — adding, “I’ve never been more excited about where our movement is headed.”...
The American right, well before the MF came lumbering on the scene, has been at minimum fascist- curious, including anti-Semites, like paleo-conservatives Father Charles Coughlin, Sen. Joseph McCarthy, William F. Buckley, Pat Buchanan, and Richard Nixon, to name a few.
But conservative David French had the most direct explanation of why today's right- wing MAGA movement dog can't get rid of its fascist fleas:
The reason this moment isn't remotely surprising is that the conservative movement (such as it exists) has been refusing to police itself in large part because Trump fails any reasonable character test. He'd be one of the first policed out of the movement. So, instead, all too many people try an untenable middle way -- sanctifying Trump and anyone in his inner circle while trying to maintain standards on everyone else. It simply can't work. When your leaders are hateful and nihilistic then your movement becomes hateful and nihilistic.
Exactly. The fish always rots from the head.
BONUS:
The Jewish right discovering in real time that the Trumpist right, and the open bigotries it has unleashed upon the US body politic, is not in fact going to spare Jews, is quite a trip.
— Joel S. (@joelhs.bsky.social) October 30, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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(Image: German Stern Magazine cover after Charlottesville, VA, "both sides" Nazi march in August 2017 / via Daily Mail online)
Members of the Untermenschen seem to think that throwing their lot in with Nazis or white-supremacists will somehow protect them. The Association of National German Jews didn't work for Jews in the 1930s and there's no reason that similar stances will protect the Untermenschen now---who would the fascists demagogue against if they started letting everyone join the party?
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