In this corner, the man with the shrinking face, the demagogue of Turning Point USA, money man for Libertarian sophomores everywhere, Charlie Kirk!
And here in this corner, the up-and-coming racist with the Hispanic name, Nick Fuentes, founder of America First, who doesn’t even realize the historical taint of that name!
We can always hope for a Kilkenny Cats resolution to the combat.
Anyway, what triggered this fantasy is learning that a book event for Donald Trump Jr.’s new work of fiction was met with a hostile audience, and Junior was booed by the crowd. It opened with some smug snideness about the left.
At the Sunday event, Trump Jr. appeared to think the first shouts of dissent had come from left-leaning counterprotesters.
“Name a time when conservatives have disrupted even the furthest leftist on a college campus,” he said to the crowd. “It doesn’t happen that way. We’re willing to listen.”
Only, as it turns out, it wasn’t a riotous mob of antifa/Sanders supporters screaming at the event.
Fuentes, 21, appeared to take credit for the protests on Sunday evening, tweeting that he and his followers don’t disagree with Trump Jr. Instead, he said their complaint was with Turning Point USA. On Sunday, he shared dozens of tweets celebrating the event’s shutdown and denigrating Turning Point USA.
“Our problem is not with [Trump Jr.] who is a patriot — We are supporters of his father!” he tweeted. “Our problem is with Charlie Kirk’s TPUSA organization that SHUTS DOWN and SMEARS socially conservative Christians and supporters of President Trump’s agenda. We are AMERICA FIRST!”
The host of an ultraconservative podcast and YouTube show called “America First,” Fuentes has appeared on YouTube with bloggers who advocate for a white ethnostate. He has used slurs and promoted anti-Semitism in his broadcasts, which has put him at odds with Daily Wire editor Ben Shapiro. Fuentes marched in Charlottesville with white supremacists during the deadly Unite the Right rally in 2017, the Boston Globe reported.
For weeks, Fuentes has been railing against Turning Point USA, which once invited him to speak at Iowa State University, and the more mainstream wing of the pro-Trump movement. On Nov. 4, he directed his fans to show up to Turning Point USA events and heckle speakers during question-and-answer segments. The 21-year-old’s fans have been harassing Kirk at several recent Turning Point USA events on college campuses.
Oh, yeah. Charlie Kirk and Nick Fuentes hate each other with an abiding passion. FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT! These two horrible people are nearly totally indistinguishable to me, and they deserve each other. Please, please, please, can all the Trump supporters annihilate each other in a savage battle over who loves the Donald the bestest and who is the truest conservative?
Do we have any idea who wrote that new book with Trump Jr’s name on it?
@jrkrideau #1:
Eric.
(The man has hidden depths. Extremely well hidden.)
Let’s see if I understand this correctly…
Kirk wants to pretend that the alt-right discourse is essentially harmless from mainstream conservative standpoint, aside from the juvenile joy of hurting the feelings of liberal snowflakes, who get offended over nothing.
Meanwhile, Fuentes wants to see if the Trump family campaign is willing to engage in (or denounce) serious talk on building a white ethnostate.
And Don Junior thought he was fleecing the Kirk crowd, and found himself largely surrounded by Fuentes followers.
I would pay good money to see a cage match with Nicolas Cage and Captain Kirk.
Someone had to post this.
I would pay good money to not watch a formulaic sitcom starring Kirk Cameron and Daisy Fuentes. That would be like being locked in a cage. But at least I recognize their names.
Whoever loses, we all win. As I’ve wondered elsewhere, why aren’t we doing our bit to foment division and resentment between conservative factions? How did we, with our educations and intellectual gravitas even let this happen in the first place?
Hold on, I’m making popcorn. Anyone else want some?
Deep Rifts?