LTHS Grad Floats Idea Of Killing Lawmakers

LA GRANGE, IL — Lyons Township High School graduate Nicholas Fuentes, who is often called a white nationalist, was recently suspended from a video streaming service where he said he had nearly 60,000 followers.

Three days after the Capitol insurrection, DLive announced it was indefinitely suspending the accounts of Fuentes and six others. The streaming service said it found their channels had incited violence and illegal activities.

Before the Capitol riot, Fuentes, a 2016 Lyons Township graduate, mentioned on his show the idea of killing state legislators who voted to certify Joe Biden's election.

"What are we going to do? What can you do to a state legislator besides kill them, although we should not do that. I'm not advising that, but I mean what else can you do, right?" said Fuentes, a former Lyons Township student body president.

Fuentes was at the Capitol when the riot happened, posting a photo of himself in a suit on the steps outside.

But Fuentes has repeatedly tweeted that he never went inside the building and that he had no role in planning in any of the official activities. He also said he never incited or encouraged anyone to join the Capitol siege.

But he seemingly approved of what happened at the Capitol on his show the next day.

"Patriots did storm the Capitol yesterday, and it was glorious, and it was a good thing, and our ancestors in their graves, wherever they are, have smiled down upon us because of yesterday," he said.

While Fuentes is off of DLive, people can still view his shows on the America First streaming service.

He reacted to DLive's decision shortly after the company's announcement. He said his account was "wrongfully terminated under false pretenses" because of pressure from the Montgomery, Ala.-based Southern Poverty Law Center and the media.

Fuentes is considered a leader in the Groyper movement, which is commonly defined as white nationalist.

In a recent tweet, though, he denied he was a white nationalist.

"I'm not even white. I'm Mexican and black," he said.

Yet he has argued that segregation in the South was better for African Americans. And he has entered the realm of Holocaust denial — a favorite of white supremacists. He is on video comparing the Nazi killing of millions of Jews with cookie-baking.

And, according to Time magazine, he wrote the First Amendment was "not written for Muslims." In 2017, he attended the notorious rally of white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va. After the rally, he tweeted, "You can call us racists, white supremacists, Nazis, & bigots. But you will not replace us. The rootless transnational elite knows that a tidal wave of white identity is coming. And they know that once the word gets out, they will not be able to stop us. The fire rises!"

Past Patch stories about Fuentes have drawn criticism from readers who say he should not be covered. Yet national media, including Time and Politico, have quoted the Lyons Township graduate. He also has a Wikipedia entry.

Fuentes did not return a Patch request for comment, as has been the case before.