America First Political Action Conference#2022
{{Short description|American political conference}}
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{{Infobox recurring event
| name = America First Political Action Conference
| image = AFPAC III logo.png
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| caption = AFPAC III logo
| location = {{plainlist|
- Washington, D.C., U.S (2020)
- Orange County, Florida, U.S. (2021 and 2022)
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| years_active = 2020–present
| first = {{start date and age|February 28, 2020}}
| founders = Nick Fuentes
| dates = February (dates vary)
| frequency = Annual
| last = June 16, 2024
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| organized = America First Foundation
| website = {{official website}}
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The America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC {{IPAc-en|ˈ|æ|f|p|æ|k}} {{respell|AF|pak}}) is an annual white nationalist and far-right political conference. Founded in 2020 by political commentator Nick Fuentes, many of its attendees are supporters of his America First show. The conference was described by The Daily Dot as a "white nationalist alternative" to CPAC, the Conservative Political Action Conference.{{Cite web|last=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=February 25, 2021|title=What you need to know about AFPAC, the white nationalist alternative to CPAC|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-afpac-cpac/|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227041710/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-afpac-cpac/ |archive-date=February 27, 2021 }} The Arizona Republic has characterized it as an extremist rival of CPAC.{{cite news|last=Hansen|first=Ronald|date=March 27, 2021|title=Rep. Paul Gosar speaks at white nationalist event in Florida, skips in-person D.C. votes|work=The Arizona Republic|location=|url=https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2021/02/27/rep-paul-gosar-arizona-skips-relief-bill-votes-talks-far-right-afpac-conference/6846801002/|access-date=March 2, 2021}}
As of 2025, the conference has hosted four elected officials as speakers: U.S. Congress members Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar, Arizona state senator Wendy Rogers, and lieutenant governor of Idaho Janice McGeachin.
Background
On December 21, 2019, in the wake of the "Groyper Wars", leaders of the Groyper movement held a speaking conference called the "Groyper Leadership Summit" in West Palm Beach, Florida. The event was invite-only and held at an undisclosed location. The date, location, and title of the event mirrored Turning Point USA's "Student Action Summit," a speaking event featuring conservatives including Ben Shapiro, who Fuentes would publicly confront outside the venue. In the confrontation, Fuentes said, "Ben, it's great to see you. Why did you give a 45-minute speech about me at Stanford? And you wouldn't even look in my direction." Shapiro did not respond as he walked into the venue.{{Cite news|last=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=December 21, 2019|title=Nick Fuentes trying to bicker with Ben Shapiro riles up the internet|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ben-shapiro-nick-fuentes/|access-date=February 1, 2022|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}} The Daily Beast characterized the Groyper Leadership Summit as "aimed at embarrassing Turning Point, potentially by luring some of the Turning Point students to Fuentes' white nationalist event".{{Cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=December 11, 2019|title=Racist 'Groypers' Step up Attacks on Campus Conservative Groups|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/racist-groypers-step-up-attacks-on-campus-conservative-groups|access-date=February 1, 2022}}
History
=2020=
The inaugural AFPAC was held on February 28, 2020, in Washington, D.C. Speakers included the political commentator Michelle Malkin;{{Cite news|last=Sommer|first=Will|date=February 11, 2020|title=Michelle Malkin Endorses Racist CPAC Rival|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/right-richter-michelle-malkin-endorses-racist-cpac-rival-america-first-political-action-conference|access-date=March 5, 2021}} former leader of the neo-Nazi group Identity Evropa, Patrick Casey; former Daily Caller editor Scott Greer; and Fuentes.{{Cite web|date=February 10, 2020|title=Michelle Malkin receives media credentials for CPAC, despite being listed for alt-right conference|url=https://www.jns.org/michelle-malkin-receives-media-credential-for-cpac-despite-being-listed-for-alt-right-conference/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307015516/https://www.jns.org/michelle-malkin-receives-media-credential-for-cpac-despite-being-listed-for-alt-right-conference/|archive-date=March 7, 2020|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Jewish News Syndicate|language=en-US}} After his appearance at the inaugural AFPAC and immediately following the 2021 United States Capitol attack, Casey cut ties with Fuentes and declared that he would not be returning as a speaker or guest at future conferences.{{Cite news|last=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=February 13, 2021|title=Nick Fuentes' 'groyper' movement splinters over fears of feds, doxing at conference|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-patrick-casey-groypers-afpac/|access-date=February 4, 2022|work=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}}
=2021=
The second AFPAC was held on February 25, 2021, near Orlando, Florida. While it was open to the public, the organizers were secretive about where the conference would be held; it was later reported that it had been held at the Hilton Orlando.{{Cite web|last=Lemongello|first=Steven|date=March 1, 2021|title=Hilton Orlando hosted secret AFPAC conference, where organizers spouted white nationalist rhetoric|url=https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-hilton-america-first-conference-20210301-okkxr54zt5cpfexfm2yvniavny-story.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Orlando Sentinel|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302022122/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-hilton-america-first-conference-20210301-okkxr54zt5cpfexfm2yvniavny-story.html |archive-date=March 2, 2021 }} Speakers included Malkin, Vincent James of The Red Elephants radio show, former BlazeTV host and Glenn Beck Program writer Jon Miller,{{cite news|last=Ellefson|first=Lindsey|date=February 10, 2020|title=BlazeTV's Jon Miller Backpedals After Grousing 'Parasite' Director Bong Joon Ho Accepted Oscar in Korean|work=TheWrap|location=|url=https://www.thewrap.com/jon-miller-parasite-oscars-tweet-backlash-the-blaze/|access-date=March 4, 2021}} and former Representative Steve King.{{Cite web|last=Leber|first=Rebecca|title=GOP congressman skipped the stimulus vote to appear at a white nationalist event|url=https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/02/paul-gosar-nick-fuentes-white-nationalist/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227173305/https://www.motherjones.com/mojo-wire/2021/02/paul-gosar-nick-fuentes-white-nationalist/|archive-date=February 27, 2021|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Mother Jones|language=en-US}} According to the Orlando Sentinel, the event "was more of a dinner than a multi-day conference". ABC News reported, "speakers spread white nationalist rhetoric, organizers railed about the U.S. losing its 'white demographic core,' and some called for further engagement like the ire that drove the Capitol attack on Jan. 6".
Arizona Representative Paul Gosar appeared as a surprise keynote speaker at the conference; his attendance was the subject of controversy.{{cite news |last=Steakin |first=Will |date=February 27, 2021 |title=GOP congressman headlines conference where organizers push white nationalist rhetoric |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/gop-congressman-headlines-conference-organizers-push-white-nationalist/story?id=76152780 |work=ABC News |location= |access-date=March 2, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Spocchia|first=Gino|date=February 28, 2021|title=Republican congressman appears at white nationalist conference whose founder called Capitol riot 'awesome'|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-gosar-afpac-cpac-fuenetes-b1808678.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228135648/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/paul-gosar-afpac-cpac-fuenetes-b1808678.html |archive-date=February 28, 2021 }}{{Cite web|last=Axelrod|first=Tal|date=February 27, 2021|title=Rep. Gosar denounces 'white racism' after controversial appearance|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540835-rep-gosar-denounces-white-racism-after-controversial-appearance|url-status=live|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=The Hill|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227193726/https://thehill.com/homenews/house/540835-rep-gosar-denounces-white-racism-after-controversial-appearance |archive-date=February 27, 2021 }} In his speech, he discussed immigration and what he described as censorship by social media platforms. Gosar skipped voting on a COVID-19 relief bill in order to attend AFPAC. Gosar, appearing on a panel at CPAC several hours after his appearance at AFPAC, stated, "I denounce when we talk about white racism. That's not appropriate."{{Cite news|last=Weigel|first=David|authorlink=David Weigel|date=February 27, 2021|title=Rep. Gosar criticizes 'white racism' after speaking at event whose organizer called for white supremacy|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gosar-racism-remarks/2021/02/27/64f8ffa4-7901-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html|access-date=March 5, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}
=2022=
The third AFPAC was held on February 25, 2022 at the Orlando World Center Marriott near Orlando, Florida. It was sponsored by the social media platform Gab, which resulted in backlash from Gab users due to Fuentes' harsh comments about Gab users. Many of Gab's donors stated that they would stop funding Gab due to this decision; in response to the backlash, Gab CEO Andrew Torba said that "Controversy is attention. Attention is influence" and that "The point of marketing is to influence people to get off Big Tech and get on Gab. In order to do that I need their attention."{{Cite web|last=Goforth|first=Claire|date=January 25, 2022|title=Gab users are furious after its CEO announces partnership with notorious white nationalist|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/gab-sponsoring-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-conference/|access-date=January 29, 2022|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US}} It was later announced that Torba would be a guest speaker at the AFPAC.{{Cite web|last=Kaplan|first=Alex|date=February 18, 2022|title=The growing links between Gab CEO Andrew Torba and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/gab/growing-links-between-gab-ceo-andrew-torba-and-holocaust-denier-nick-fuentes|access-date=February 18, 2022|website=Media Matters for America|language=en}}
During his speech, Fuentes stated that the media had been comparing Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler "and they say that's not a good thing".{{Cite web |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene downplays speaking at a conference founded by white nationalist |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-nick-fuentes-afpac-white-nationalist/ |access-date=March 1, 2022 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=February 28, 2022 |language=en-US}} Fuentes also asked the audience, "Can we get a round of applause for Russia?" which was followed by large applause and chants of "Putin! Putin!".{{Cite web |date=March 5, 2022 |title='Key to white survival': how Putin has morphed into a far-right savior |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/mar/05/putin-ukraine-invasion-white-nationalists-far-right |access-date=March 18, 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio spoke at the conference and received cheers when he stated, "I have the reputation of being the biggest racist in the country." In response to the applause, Arpaio asked the audience, "What are you clapping for?"{{Cite web |title=Wendy Rogers, Kari Lake and Joe Arpaio are listed as speakers at white nationalist conference |url=https://www.azmirror.com/blog/wendy-rogers-kari-lake-and-joe-arpaio-are-listed-as-speakers-at-white-nationalist-conference/}}{{Cite web |date=February 26, 2022 |title=Trump-pardoned Arpaio cheered after saying people think he is 'biggest racist' |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/arpaio-biggest-racist-far-right-b2024054.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226173541/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/arpaio-biggest-racist-far-right-b2024054.html |archive-date=February 26, 2022 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=The Independent |language=en}}
The conference featured four elected officials as speakers: Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Arizona Representative Paul Gosar, Arizona Senator Wendy Rogers, and Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Janice McGeachin.{{Cite web |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene Speaks At White Nationalist Conference |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference-afpac-orlando_n_62199063e4b0d1388f1506ca |access-date=February 25, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=AFPAC III: Elected Officials Support White Supremacist Event |url=https://www.adl.org/blog/afpac-iii-elected-officials-support-white-supremacist-event |access-date=November 27, 2022 |website=Anti-Defamation League |language=en |quote=Four of the speakers – Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, Lt. Governor Janice McGeachin, Rep. Paul Gosar, and Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers – are elected officials.}} Greene and Gosar were subsequently met with criticism from members of the Republican Party, including from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. Greene initially stated to CBS News that she was not aware of Fuentes' views,{{Cite web |title=Marjorie Taylor Greene downplays speaking at a conference founded by white nationalist |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-nick-fuentes-afpac-white-nationalist/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=February 28, 2022 |language=en-US}} but later defended her attendance in a statement which read, "It doesn't matter if I'm speaking to Democrat union members or 1,200 young conservatives who feel cast aside and marginalized by society [...] The Pharisees in the Republican Party may attack me for being willing to break barriers and speak to a lost generation of young people who are desperate for love and leadership."{{Cite news |title=McConnell says no space in GOP for 'white supremacists or anti-Semitism' after two House Republicans participate in white nationalist's conference |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/28/marjorie-taylor-greene-white-nationalist-conference/ |access-date=February 28, 2022 |issn=0190-8286}} Rogers was censured by the Arizona State Senate for calling for political violence during her AFPAC speech.{{Cite news |last=Wise |first=Alana |date=March 1, 2022 |title=Arizona State Senate censures lawmaker who threatened rivals with violence |language=en |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083817494/arizona-state-senate-censures-lawmaker-who-threatened-rivals-with-violence |access-date=March 4, 2022}}
The conference additionally hosted a variety of far-right media personalities, including Gavin McInnes, Milo Yiannopoulos, and Jesse Lee Peterson, as well as white supremacists Jared Taylor and Peter Brimelow.{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Jared |date=February 23, 2022 |title=Republican Footsie With White Nationalists Has to Stop |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-america-first-political-action-conference-is-courting-republicans-towards-extremism |access-date=February 24, 2022}} Fuentes claimed that Yiannopoulos was responsible for connecting him with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene.{{Cite web |date=February 28, 2022 |title=Did Milo Connect Marjorie Taylor Greene With a Racist Fla. Convention? |url=https://www.advocate.com/politics/2022/2/28/did-milo-connect-marjorie-taylor-greene-racist-florida-convention-afpac |access-date=February 28, 2022 |website=www.advocate.com |language=en}}
Kari Lake, a Republican candidate in the 2022 Arizona gubernatorial election, was advertised as a speaker on a flyer for the conference. Lake later denied plans to attend, with Fuentes claiming it was due to a scheduling conflict rather than ideological differences.{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Jared |date=February 23, 2022 |title=Republican Footsie With White Nationalists Has to Stop |language=en |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-america-first-political-action-conference-is-courting-republicans-towards-extremism |access-date=February 28, 2022}} Thomas Homan, former Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, confirmed to The Huffington Post that he had been scheduled to speak at AFPAC, but cancelled his appearance on the day of the conference due to Fuentes' support of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web |date=March 3, 2022 |title=White Nationalists With Lanyards: Orlando Showed The Ugly Future Of The GOP |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-afpac-white-nationalists-republicans-maga_n_6217fd24e4b0ef74d72d36d1 |access-date=March 4, 2022 |website=HuffPost |language=en}}
= 2023–2024 =
The fourth AFPAC was postponed after Fuentes claimed to have difficulty hosting the event in Washington, D.C., near CPAC in March 2023. After being removed from the premises of CPAC on March 2, Fuentes organized a brief rally at the Residence Inn by Marriott across from CPAC two days later.{{Cite web |title=Nick Fuentes holds racist conference across from CPAC |url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2023/03/04/nick-fuentes-holds-racist-conference-across-cpac |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=Southern Poverty Law Center |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=White nationalist Nick Fuentes is 'removed' from CPAC, chair of ultraconservative conference says |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-removed-ultra-conservative-cpac-event-c-rcna73311 |access-date=March 5, 2023 |website=NBC News |date=March 3, 2023 |language=en}} During his speech, Fuentes endorsed and expanded upon a CPAC speech in which Daily Wire host Michael Knowles called to "eradicate transgenderism" by adding that Satanism, feminism, liberalism, and Judaism should similarly be eradicated.{{Cite web |last=Seitz |first=Jacob |date=March 6, 2023 |title=Marriott under fire for allowing Nick Fuentes to host antisemitic, off-brand CPAC conference |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-cpac-hitler-marriott/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} On December 4, Fuentes announced that the fourth AFPAC event will not go ahead in December (as it was previously announced it would take place), but would instead take place in 2024.
In June 2024, Fuentes and far right influencer Jake Shields were prevented from attending the Turning Point Action conference in Detroit. Fuentes and his group were removed from the planned AFPAC venue, the Russell Industrial Center in Detroit, Michigan, shortly before the event was scheduled to take place. The next day, Fuentes addressed a crowd by megaphone outside of Huntington Place and stated his intention to reschedule the conference.{{Cite web |last=Warikoo |first=Niraj |title=Rightwing conference in Detroit is canceled after police respond to dispute |url=https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2024/06/15/america-first-conference-in-detroit-is-canceled-amid-dispute/74113669007/ |access-date=June 16, 2024 |website=Detroit Free Press |language=en-US}} This was also attended by Sulaiman Ahmed, an online disinformation influencer, far right social media personality Lucas Gage, and David Duke, formerly of the Ku Klux Klan.{{cite web | last=Starr | first=Michael | title=David Duke, antisemites, Israel-haters find common cause at failed Detroit rally | website= The Jerusalem Post | date=17 June 2024 | url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-806611 | access-date=2 October 2024}}{{cite web | title=Far-Right Influencers on X Promote Anti-Zionism, Hate and Conspiracy Theories| website=Anti-Defamation League Center on Extremism | url=https://www.adl.org/resources/article/far-right-influencers-x-promote-anti-zionism-hate-and-conspiracy-theories | access-date=2 October 2024}}
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- {{Cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2017/11/27/identity-evropas-controversial-new-ringleader|title=Identity Evropa's Controversial New Ringleader|last=Kelley|first=Brendan|date=November 27, 2017|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|quote=But not that long ago, in spring of this year, Mosley a/k/a Kline wasn't shy about the bigotry in his polemics whatsoever. In a report for Andrew Anglin's Daily Stormer about a pro-Trump demonstration in March, Mosley wrote, "In Philadelphia, the city of faggotry love, played out an alliance between the Nazi led marchers and local police departments against their oven-dodging enemies… Spoiler, the Nazis won bigly." He continues, "This is a sign that we have moved into a new era in the Nazification of America. Normie Trump supporters are becoming racially aware and Jew Wise."}}
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- {{Cite news|last1=Frosch|first1=Dan|last2=Levy|first2=Rachael|last3=Elinson|first3=Zusha|date=January 15, 2021|title=Extremists in Capitol Riot Had Histories of Violent Rhetoric and Threats|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-in-capitol-riots-had-histories-of-violent-rhetoric-and-threats-11610639781|access-date=March 4, 2021|issn=0099-9660|quote=Far-right personality and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who was at Charlottesville during that deadly 2017 rally, told followers he planned to attend the Jan. 6 protest.}}
- {{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Evans |title=Million MAGA March: Unravelling a Violent Viral Video |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/18/million-maga-march-unravelling-a-violent-viral-video/ |access-date=March 4, 2021 |work=Bellingcat |date=November 18, 2020 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118223410/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/18/million-maga-march-unravelling-a-violent-viral-video/ |archive-date=November 18, 2020 }}
- {{cite news |last1=Beaujon |first1=Andrew |title=Far-Right Activists Are Promoting Pro-Trump Rallies in DC this Saturday |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/10/far-right-activists-are-promoting-pro-trump-rallies-in-dc-this-saturday/ |website=The Washingtonian |access-date=March 4, 2021 |date=November 10, 2020}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20948317/alt-right-donald-trump-jr-conservative-tpusa-yaf-racism-antisemitism|title=Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr.|last=Coaston|first=Jane|date=November 11, 2019|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112152101/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20948317/alt-right-donald-trump-jr-conservative-tpusa-yaf-racism-antisemitism|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news |last1=Weigel |first1=David |title=At conservative conference, Trump's election falsehoods flourish |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 4, 2021 |date=February 28, 2021}}
- {{cite news |last1=Thalen |first1=Mikael |title=It looks like white nationalist Nick Fuentes just had his YouTube channel demonetized |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/youtube-demonetizes-nick-fuentes/ |access-date=January 12, 2020 |work=The Daily Dot |date=January 10, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111121957/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/youtube-demonetizes-nick-fuentes/ |url-status=live}}
- {{cite news |title=White supremacists among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol, live streamed from inside |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/white-supremacists-among-those-who-stormed-the-u-s-capitol-live-streamed-inside-1.9431649 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |work=Haaretz |agency=Associated Press |date=January 9, 2021 |language=en}}
- {{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=A. C. |last2=Fischer |first2=Ford |title=Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/several-well-known-hate-groups-identified-at-capitol-riot |access-date=January 16, 2021 |work=ProPublica |date=January 9, 2021 |language=en}}
- {{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=November 11, 2020|title=MAGA nation tries to rally around Trump with MAGApalooza|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/11/maga-rally-washington-dc-435958|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Politico|language=en}}
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