Politics & Government
Trump Loses La Grange Park Racist's Backing: Report
In late 2022, the white nationalist dined with the former president at Mar-a-Lago.

LA GRANGE PARK, IL – La Grange Park's Nicholas Fuentes, who has admitted to being a racist, said earlier this month he won't endorse Donald Trump this time around, according to a news report.
In November 2022, Fuentes, who was a student leader at Lyons Township High School before graduating in 2016, dined with Trump and the rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, at the former president's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
After news of the meeting got out, Trump said he knew nothing about Fuentes. But he did not denounce the white nationalist's views.
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For some reason, Fuentes is apparently no longer a Trump supporter.
"I'm not a Republican and I don't care that much and I'm not going to turn out," Fuentes said on his livestream June 18, according to Newsweek. "I don't even really care. I'm not energetic, I'm not enthusiastic... I'm not leaving my house to vote. Vote for what? For JD Vance and Usha (Vance's wife). I'm not voting for this, I'm not lending my credibility to this."
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Newsweek also quoted Fuentes as saying, "As a real conservative, as a real right-wing American, you could not force me to care about this. You could not bribe me to care. I don't care. I don't even want to look at it anymore."
Last winter, Fuentes called himself a "Trump cultist" and a member of the "paramilitary wing" of the Trump movement.
"I do not answer to the civilian government. I'm the praetorian guard of Donald Trump," Fuentes said on his podcast. "If Donald Trump ordered me to do an extrajudicial killing, I would perform it."
During the Christmas season, Fuentes pushed for the death penalty for non-Christians.
Last fall, Fuentes fantasized about having African Americans killed, saying it would be "awesome."
For years, Fuentes aired his podcast from his parents' home in La Grange Park. He is believed to have moved his studio to Berwyn.
At last check, Fuentes still votes in La Grange Park.
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