Groypers

Groypers are extremely conservative and critical of more mainstream conservative organizations, which they believe are insufficiently nationalist and pro-white; thus, they appeal to racists and xenophobes.Mak, Aaron; Slate (December 4, 2017) [https://web.archive.org/web/20181223211831/https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/groyper-the-far-right-s-new-meme-is-a-more-racist-version-of-pepe-the-frog.html "The Far Right's New Toad Mascot Is a Fatter, More Racist Pepe the Frog"] Retrieved September 27, 2022. Groypers and their leaders have tried to position the group's ideology as based on "Christian conservatism", "traditional values", and "American nationalism". Some Groypers downplay their positions' extremism, and instruct others on how to engage in entryism and radicalization tactics such as slowly introducing their targets to increasingly extreme ideas.{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=20}} Despite attempts to brand themselves more moderately, the group is widely recognized as white nationalist, antisemitic, and homophobic.{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=15}}{{Cite web|title=What is a Groyper? It's a Combination of Nick Fuentes and Pepe the Frog|url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/groyper/|last=Cohen|first=Libby|date=December 19, 2019|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|access-date=May 19, 2020|archive-date=May 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200526052103/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/groyper/|url-status=live}}

Fuentes has said he has been "oppressed" by "the Jews" and blamed the Jewish community for antisemitism, claiming that matters "tend to go from zero to sixty" and that "the reason is them". He has said that matters would get "a lot uglier" for their community if they do not begin to support "people like us".{{Cite tweet |author=Right Wing Watch |author-link=Right Wing Watch |user=RightWingWatch |number=1592598676886949888 |title=White nationalist antisemite Nick Fuentes warns that if "the Jews" don't stop oppressing people like him, it will soon lead to violence: "When it comes to the Jews, every society where shit has gone down with these people, it always goes from zero to sixty."}}{{Cite web|title='Why is this NOT a Bigger Story?!!' Trump's Hosting White Supremacist Nick Fuentes for Dinner at Mar-a-Lago Raises Questions|url=https://www.mediaite.com/news/why-is-this-not-a-bigger-story-trumps-hosting-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-for-dinner-at-mar-a-lago-raises-questions/|access-date=2022-11-25|website=Mediaite|date=November 25, 2022|language=en|archive-date=November 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125181749/https://www.mediaite.com/news/why-is-this-not-a-bigger-story-trumps-hosting-white-supremacist-nick-fuentes-for-dinner-at-mar-a-lago-raises-questions/|url-status=live}} According to the Anti-Defamation League, Groypers blame the mainstream conservative movement as well as the political left for what they view as "destroying white America". They oppose immigration and globalism. Groypers support "traditional" values and Christianity and oppose feminism and LGBTQ rights.

Of the relationship between Groypers and the Republican Party, Fuentes has said, "We are the right-wing flank of the Republican Party". He has summarized his political ambitions by saying, "We have got to be on the right, dragging [moderate Republicans] kicking and screaming into the future. Into a truly reactionary party".{{Cite web|title=One Year After Jan. 6, the Hard Right Digs In|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/12/30/one-year-after-jan-6-hard-right-digs|access-date=2021-12-31|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|date=December 30, 2021 |language=en|archive-date=December 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211231061150/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/12/30/one-year-after-jan-6-hard-right-digs|url-status=live}} In 2022, Fuentes advocated for a "white uprising" to bring Donald Trump back to power and "never leave" and for the U.S. to "stop having elections" and abolish Congress.{{Cite web|title=Nick Fuentes' Pro-Trump Video Urging A 'White Uprising' Reminds Us How Racists Love The GOP|url=https://newsone.com/4415005/nick-fuentes-pro-trump-video/|access-date=2022-10-30|website=News One|date=September 23, 2022|language=en|archive-date=October 30, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221030231139/https://newsone.com/4415005/nick-fuentes-pro-trump-video/|url-status=live}}{{Cite tweet |author=Right Wing Watch |author-link=Right Wing Watch |user=RightWingWatch |number=1572963742018674690 |title=Nick Fuentes says the only hope for America is for there to be a "white uprising" that then disbands Congress and installs Trump as a dictator: "Elect Trump one more time and then stop having elections."}}

Groypers are named after a cartoon amphibian named "Groyper", a variant of the Internet meme Pepe the Frog. Groyper is depicted as a rotund, green, frog-like creature, often sitting with its chin resting on interlocked fingers. There is some disagreement about the details: Groyper is variously said to be a depiction of Pepe, a different character from Pepe but of the same species, or a toad. The Groyper meme was used as early as 2015 and became popular in 2017.{{Cite web|last=Mak|first=Aaron|date=December 4, 2017|title=The Far Right's New Toad Mascot Is a Fatter, More Racist Pepe the Frog|url=https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/groyper-the-far-right-s-new-meme-is-a-more-racist-version-of-pepe-the-frog.html|access-date=May 22, 2020|website=Slate Magazine|language=en|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522152200/https://slate.com/technology/2017/12/groyper-the-far-right-s-new-meme-is-a-more-racist-version-of-pepe-the-frog.html|url-status=live}}

In 2018, a group of computer scientists studying hateful speech on Twitter observed the Groyper image being used frequently in account avatars among accounts identified as "hateful" in their dataset. The researchers observed that the profiles tended to be anonymous and collectively tweeted primarily about politics, race, and religion. They also found that the users were not "lone wolves" and could be identified as a community with a high network centrality.{{Cite journal|last1=Ribeiro|first1=Manoel Horta|last2=Calais|first2=Pedro H.|last3=Santos|first3=Yuri A.|last4=Almeida|first4=Virgílio A. F.|last5=Meira|first5=Wagner Jr.|date=2018|title='Like Sheep Among Wolves': Characterizing Hateful Users on Twitter|journal=Proceedings of WSDM Workshop on Misinformation and Misbehavior Mining on the Web (MIS2)|publisher=Association for Computing Machinery|page=1|arxiv=1801.00317}} The same year, Right Wing Watch reported that Massachusetts congressional hopeful Shiva Ayyadurai had created a campaign pin featuring a variation of the Groyper image, which RWW described as an attempt to appeal to far-right activists on 4chan, Gab, and Twitter who had adopted the meme.{{Cite web|last1=Holt|first1=Jared|date=2018-05-24|title=In Latest Nod To The Fringe, Shiva Ayyadurai Is Hawking 'Groyper' Campaign Pins|url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/in-latest-nod-to-the-fringe-shiva-ayyadurai-is-hawking-groyper-campaign-pins/|access-date=2020-06-20|website=Right Wing Watch|language=en-US|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622032204/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/in-latest-nod-to-the-fringe-shiva-ayyadurai-is-hawking-groyper-campaign-pins/|url-status=live}}

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Fuentes's followers began to be known as Groypers beginning in 2019. They are also sometimes called "Nickers". In September 2019, Ashley St. Clair, a "brand ambassador" for the conservative student group Turning Point USA, was photographed at an event featuring several allegedly white nationalist and alt-right figures, including Fuentes, Jacob Wohl, and Anthime Gionet, better known as "Baked Alaska". After Right Wing Watch brought the photographs to Turning Point USA's attention, the organization issued a statement that it had severed ties with St. Clair and condemning white nationalism as "abhorrent and un-American".{{cite web|title=TPUSA Cuts Ties With 'Brand Ambassador' Photographed With White Nationalists|url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tpusa-cuts-ties-with-brand-ambassador-photographed-with-white-nationalists/|author=Holt|first=Jared|date=September 30, 2019|work=Right Wing Watch|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523191918/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/tpusa-cuts-ties-with-brand-ambassador-photographed-with-white-nationalists/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Turning Point USA 'brand ambassador' dumped after photo with white nationalists and anti-Semites surfaces|url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/turning-point-usa-brand-ambassador-dumped-after-photo-with-white-nationalists-and-anti-semites|author=Becker|first=Carlin|date=October 1, 2019|work=Washington Examiner|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=July 16, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200716083217/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/turning-point-usa-brand-ambassador-dumped-after-photo-with-white-nationalists-and-anti-semites|url-status=live}} At the 2019 Politicon convention, Fuentes tried to access several Turning Point events featuring its founder Charlie Kirk, including a line to take photos with Kirk and Kirk's debate with Kyle Kulinski of The Young Turks. Security repeatedly barred him from being allowed near Kirk, and Fuentes accused Kirk of suppressing him to avoid a confrontation, as Fuentes had grown critical of Kirk's positions, which he believes are too weak.{{cite web|title=Charlie Kirk has finally had it with these white nationalists in his movement|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/charlie-kirk-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-turning-point-usa/|author=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=December 5, 2019|work=The Daily Dot|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430000405/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/charlie-kirk-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-turning-point-usa/|url-status=live}} Kirk and Rob Smith were then questioned by Patrick Casey and other plants in the audience about free speech and homosexuality. Groypers believe that mainstream conservative groups are moving the country leftward and ceding ground on cultural issues by banning members for associating with white nationalists or neo-Nazis and not caring what consenting adults do.

In the fall of 2019, Kirk launched a college speaking tour with Turning Point USA titled "Culture War", featuring himself and guests such as Rand Paul, Donald Trump Jr., Kimberly Guilfoyle, Lara Trump, and Dan Crenshaw. In retaliation for the firing of St. Clair and the Politicon incident, Fuentes began organizing a social media campaign asking his followers to go to Kirk's events and ask provocative and controversial leading questions about his stances on immigration, Israel, and LGBT rights to expose Kirk as a "fake conservative". At a Culture War event hosted by Ohio State University on October 29, 11 out of 14 questions were asked by Groypers.{{Cite web|title=Charlie Kirk's Culture War, Groypers, Nickers and Q&A-trolling|url=https://www.diggitmagazine.com/column/charlie-kirk-culture-war-groyper-trolls|last=Maly|first=Ico|date=October 31, 2019|website=Diggit Magazine|language=en|access-date=May 19, 2020|archive-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527072238/https://www.diggitmagazine.com/column/charlie-kirk-culture-war-groyper-trolls|url-status=live}} Their questions included "Can you prove that our white European ideals will be maintained if the country is no longer made up of white European descendants?" They asked Kirk's co-host Rob Smith, a gay, black Iraq War veteran, "How does anal sex help us win the culture war?"{{Cite web|title=Alt-right trolls make life miserable for Charlie Kirk and his Turning Point USA 'Culture War' tour|url=https://www.dailykos.com/story/2019/11/1/1896408/-Alt-right-trolls-make-life-miserable-for-Charlie-Kirk-and-his-Turning-Point-USA-Culture-War-tour|last=Neiwert|first=David|date=November 1, 2019|website=Daily Kos|access-date=May 19, 2020|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220162031/https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/1/1896408/-Alt-right-trolls-make-life-miserable-for-Charlie-Kirk-and-his-Turning-Point-USA-Culture-War-tour|url-status=live}} Fuentes's social media campaign against Kirk became known as the "Groyper Wars".{{cite web|title=Why Donald Trump Jr. Was Heckled by 'America First Nationalists'|url=https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/why-donald-trump-jr-was-heckled-by-america-first-nationalists/|author=Kupfer|first=Theodore|date=November 14, 2019|work=National Review|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=May 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200523122708/https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/11/why-donald-trump-jr-was-heckled-by-america-first-nationalists/|url-status=live}} Kirk, Smith, and others at Turning Point USA, including Benny Johnson, began calling the questioners white supremacists and antisemites.{{cite web|title=Donald Trump Jr walks out of Triggered book launch after heckling - from supporters|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/11/donald-trump-jr-walks-out-of-triggered-book-launch-after-heckling-from-supporters|author=Gumbel|first=Andrew|date=November 10, 2019|work=The Guardian|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=January 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200105135015/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/11/donald-trump-jr-walks-out-of-triggered-book-launch-after-heckling-from-supporters|url-status=live}}

Another Turning Point USA event the Groypers targeted was a promotional event for Donald Trump Jr.'s book Triggered, featuring Trump, Kirk, and Guilfoyle at the University of California, Los Angeles in November 2019. Anticipating further questions from Fuentes's followers, it was announced that the event's Q&A portion would be canceled, which led to heckling and boos from the mostly pro-Trump audience.{{Cite web|title=Donald Trump Jr. talk marked by anger over no questions|url=https://apnews.com/f1afff0c4f654a91bc72621c13445e81|date=November 11, 2019|website=Associated Press|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=December 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216002550/https://apnews.com/f1afff0c4f654a91bc72621c13445e81|url-status=live}} The disruptions forced the event, originally scheduled to last two hours, to end after 30 minutes.{{cite news|title=Donald Trump Jr. went to UCLA to decry 'triggered' liberals. He was heckled off the stage by the far right.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/11/donald-trump-jr-book-talk-ucla-derailed-by-far-right-protesters/|author=Shepherd|first=Katie|date=November 11, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=June 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601142938/https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/11/donald-trump-jr-book-talk-ucla-derailed-by-far-right-protesters/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=How Donald Trump Jr. Landed Smack in the Middle of a Right-Wing Civil War|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-donald-trump-jr-landed-smack-in-the-middle-of-a-right-wing-civil-war?source=articles&via=rss|author=Sommer|first=Will|date=November 12, 2019|work=The Daily Beast|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=May 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200520023042/https://www.thedailybeast.com/how-donald-trump-jr-landed-smack-in-the-middle-of-a-right-wing-civil-war?source=articles&via=rss|url-status=live}}{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=5}}

Groypers' targets for heckling quickly expanded beyond Kirk and Turning Point USA{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=8}} to other mainstream conservative groups and individuals, which they sometimes collectively call "Conservative Inc.", including Young America's Foundation and its student outreach branch Young Americans for Freedom, which included such speakers as Ben Shapiro and Matt Walsh of The Daily Wire and Jonah Goldberg of The Dispatch.{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=8}} Groypers' questions often focus on United States–Israel relations, immigration policy, affirmative action, and LGBTQ conservatives.{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=6}}{{Cite web|title=Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr.|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20948317/alt-right-donald-trump-jr-conservative-tpusa-yaf-racism-antisemitism|last=Coaston|first=Jane|date=November 11, 2019|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=May 19, 2020|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}} They regularly use antisemitic dog-whistles, including questions about the USS Liberty incident and references to the "dancing Israelis" conspiracy theory alleging Israeli involvement in the September 11 attacks.

In August 2024, Fuentes began a "digital war" against Trump's presidential campaign, which he dubbed "Groyper War 2", referencing his followers' activities in 2019.{{Cite news |last=Harwell |first=Drew |date=2024-08-18 |title=Far-right influencers turn against Trump campaign |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/18/trump-campaign-nick-fuentes-groypers-hard-right-criticism/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |newspaper=Washington Post |language=en-US |issn=0190-8286}} In response to Trump's poor polling, Fuentes began calling on his followers to "bring the energy with memes, edits, replies, and trolls" aimed at pressuring Trump's campaign to adopt further-right positions on race and immigration, as well as urging Trump to fire his campaign advisors Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles.{{Cite web |last=Covucci |first=David |date=2024-08-12 |title=Gropyers launch all-out meme war on Trump's campaign team |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/groyper-war-2-fire-chris-lacivita/ |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US}} In addition to directing his followers to make their demands trend on X (formerly Twitter) and Truth Social, Fuentes threatened to "escalate pressure in the real world", urging followers to withhold their votes and protest Trump rallies in battleground states.

Shortly after initiating this effort, Fuentes took credit for Trump's rehiring of Corey Lewandowski as a senior campaign advisor. An anonymous source cited by The Washington Post claimed that Fuentes was making it "far more difficult for Trump" to make changes to his campaign "if it looks like he's responding to the groypers".

A senior researcher for the Institute for Strategic Dialogue speculated that Fuentes's "crude" attempts at platform manipulation could be a blueprint for more sophisticated actors, such as hostile states, to engage in foreign election interference due to the lack of enforcement actions taken by Twitter and Truth Social in response to Fuentes's brief influence campaign.{{Cite web |last=Merlan |first=Anna |title=Nick Fuentes' failed "Groyper war" against Trump was a blatant attempt at platform manipulation |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/09/nick-fuentes-groyper-war-truth-social-twitter-x/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=Mother Jones |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=A 'Groyper War' struggles to exert influence but paves the way for other bad actors |url=https://www.isdglobal.org/digital_dispatches/a-groyper-war-struggles-to-exert-influence-but-paves-the-way-for-other-bad-actors/ |access-date=2024-10-07 |website=ISD |language=en-GB}}

In December 2019, Fuentes held the Groyper Leadership Summit in Florida. A small group attended in person, and others joined via livestream. The event was held at the same time and in the same city as Turning Point USA's Student Action Summit (SAS); Groypers argued with SAS attendees outside their venue, and Fuentes, Patrick Casey, and some Groypers were removed from the SAS venue after attempting to enter. At the Groyper Leadership Summit, Fuentes, Casey, and former InfoWars contributor Jake Lloyd spoke about the Groypers' strategy and ideology.{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=9–10}} Outside a venue where a Turning Point USA event was being held, Fuentes crossed paths with Ben Shapiro, who was on his way to the event with his wife and children. Fuentes confronted Shapiro over his past public speaking comments. Shapiro refused to acknowledge him.{{cite web|title=Nick Fuentes trying to bicker with Ben Shapiro riles up the internet|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ben-shapiro-nick-fuentes/|author=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=December 21, 2019|work=The Daily Dot|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=May 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522080619/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/ben-shapiro-nick-fuentes/|url-status=live}} Fuentes faced widespread condemnation from politicians and various pundits—including Nikki Haley, Meghan McCain, Sebastian Gorka, Megyn Kelly, and Michael Avenatti—for confronting Shapiro while he was with his family.{{cite web|title=Nick Fuentes fires back at Nikki Haley, Meghan McCain, others over Ben Shapiro confrontation|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nick-fuentes-fires-back-at-nikki-haley-others-over-ben-shapiro-confrontation|author=Calicchio|first=Dom|date=December 22, 2019|work=Fox News|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231034746/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nick-fuentes-fires-back-at-nikki-haley-others-over-ben-shapiro-confrontation|url-status=live}}

In January 2020, Groyper and former leader of Kansas State University's Turning Point USA chapter Jaden McNeil formed the Kansas State University organization America First Students. The group, which shares a name with Fuentes' America First podcast, was conceived at the Groyper Leadership Summit, and Groyper leaders have helped promote it. The America First Students organization, which says it formed "in defense of Christian values, strong families, closed borders, and the American worker", is considered to promote the Groyper movement.

In February 2020, Fuentes spoke at several events held as rival events to the Conservative Political Action Conference. One of these, hosted by the online publication National File, featured Fuentes, Alex Jones of InfoWars, and Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes.{{cite web|title=CPAC exiles grapple with the new devotion to TrumpTin|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/cpac-trump-118279|author=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=February 29, 2020|work=Politico|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311103602/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/29/cpac-trump-118279|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=CPAC 2020: Worshipping Trump and feeling bullied by 'the left'|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/cpac-2020-trump-worship-hating-socialism-bullied-victim-left-2020-2|author=Fisher|first=Anthony|date=March 1, 2020|work=Business Insider|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=June 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604022202/https://www.businessinsider.com/cpac-2020-trump-worship-hating-socialism-bullied-victim-left-2020-2|url-status=live}} Fuentes hosted the first annual America First Political Action Conference, which included such speakers as Patrick Casey, former Daily Caller author Scott Greer, and Malkin.{{Cite web|title=Young America's Foundation Excommunicates Michelle Malkin for Defending Nick Fuentes|url=https://reason.com/2019/11/18/young-americas-foundation-michelle-malkin-nick-fuentes/|last=Soave|first=Robby|date=November 18, 2019|website=Reason|language=en-US|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=February 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200218064842/https://reason.com/2019/11/18/young-americas-foundation-michelle-malkin-nick-fuentes/|url-status=live}}

Groypers are very active online, particularly on Twitter, and have engaged in targeted harassment. Financial Times reported that many Groypers use "deceptively anodyne" Twitter biographies, describing themselves in terms that downplay their extremism, like "Christian conservative".{{Cite web|last=Venkataramakrishnan|first=Siddharth|date=February 10, 2021|title=Big Tech needs to tackle the white supremacists of Gen Z|url=https://www.ft.com/content/73ee3fd7-d6fd-444f-93ad-d7dceb01663f|url-access=limited|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=Financial Times|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221161438/https://www.ft.com/content/73ee3fd7-d6fd-444f-93ad-d7dceb01663f|url-status=live}} In April 2020, The Daily Dot reported that Fuentes and other Groypers had begun to move to TikTok, where they streamed live and used the "duet" feature to respond to Trump supporters. Groypers particularly targeted one left-wing teenage girl for harassment, first on TikTok and then on other platforms.{{Cite web|last=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=May 1, 2020|title=This woman criticized white nationalists on TikTok. It led to an internet-wide harassment campaign|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-groyper-army-online-harassment/|access-date=March 5, 2021|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|archive-date=January 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116005257/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-groyper-army-online-harassment/|url-status=live}} Fuentes and some other Groyper accounts were banned from TikTok shortly after the Daily Dot article was published.{{Cite web|title=Nick Fuentes and his white nationalist 'Groyper Army' have a new home on TikTok|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-tiktok-groyper/|last=Petrizzo|first=Zachary|date=April 23, 2020|website=The Daily Dot|language=en-US|access-date=May 20, 2020|archive-date=May 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200524104729/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/nick-fuentes-tiktok-groyper/|url-status=live}}

Groypers were present at the January 6 United States Capitol attack and prominent among those who participated in the early waves of attack on the Capitol.{{cite web | last1=Wu | first1=Nicholas | last2=Cheney | first2=Kyle | title=Extremists at the vanguard of a siege: The Jan. 6 panel's last word | website=POLITICO | date=22 December 2022 | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/22/jan-6-committee-releases-full-final-report-on-capitol-attack-00075380 | access-date=21 October 2024}} Exact numbers are not known, but several were arrested. In February 2021, the Anti-Defamation League reported that it had identified ten Groypers or related white supremacists involved in the riots.{{cite web | url=https://www.adl.org/resources/article/extremists-face-arrests-uncertain-future-following-january-6-insurrection | title=Extremists Face Arrests, Uncertain Future Following January 6 Insurrection | ADL }}

Fuentes and Casey were on the Capitol steps and celebrated the temporary disruption of Congress, but have not been charged.{{cite web | url=https://www.mlive.com/politics/2021/01/far-right-activist-who-encouraged-us-capitol-occupation-also-organized-stop-the-steal-rally-in-michigan.html | title=Far-right activist who encouraged U.S. Capitol occupation also organized 'stop the steal' rally in Michigan | date=January 7, 2021 | access-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-date=January 8, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108013723/https://www.mlive.com/politics/2021/01/far-right-activist-who-encouraged-us-capitol-occupation-also-organized-stop-the-steal-rally-in-michigan.html | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Woodward | first=Alex | title=Jan 6 committee subpoenas far-right 'groypers' Nick Fuentes and Patrick Casey | website=The Independent | date=20 January 2022 | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/capitol-riot-nick-fuentes-groypers-b1996769.html | access-date=21 October 2024}} Both were subpoenaed by the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack in January 2022 for their role in planning the attack.

Riley June Williams of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, was accused of invading Nancy Pelosi's office and stealing her laptop and gavel and of generally accelerating the attack. She was tried and found guilty of six charges, including a felony count of civil disorder. On March 23, 2023, Williams was sentenced to three years in prison with three years of probation and fined.{{cite news| date=March 23, 2023| title=Rioter charged in Pelosi laptop theft sentenced to prison| first=Michael| last=Kunzelman| url=https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-pelosi-laptop-riley-june-williams-19b5423e4fc70b2a698b140f13ead1be| access-date=March 27, 2023| website=AP News| archive-date=March 27, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021902/https://apnews.com/article/capitol-riot-pelosi-laptop-riley-june-williams-19b5423e4fc70b2a698b140f13ead1be| url-status=live}}{{cite web | title=Capitol rioter who stormed Nancy Pelosi's office jailed | website=BBC News | date=23 March 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-65060096 | access-date=21 October 2024}}{{cite web | title=Far-right extremist Riley Williams sentenced to 3 years in prison for storming Capitol on Jan. 6 | website=NBC News | date=23 March 2023 | url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/far-right-groyper-riley-williams-set-sentenced-storming-capitol-jan-6-rcna75779 | access-date=21 October 2024}}

Christian Secor of Costa Mesa, California, was at the Capitol, where he allegedly flew the Groypers flag. He was convicted of obstruction of an official proceeding, civil disorder, assault, and resisting arrest, and sentenced to 42 months in prison.{{cite news| publisher=justice.gov| date=October 19, 2022| title=SECOR, Christian, Case Number: 1:21-cr-157| author=U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia, Capitol Breach Cases| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/secor-christian#:~:text=Arraigned%20and%20pleaded%20not%20guilty,of%20supervised%20release%2C%20%242%2C000%20restitution| access-date=March 27, 2023| archive-date=March 27, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021909/https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/defendants/secor-christian#:~:text=Arraigned%20and%20pleaded%20not%20guilty,of%20supervised%20release%2C%20%242%2C000%20restitution| url-status=live}}

Joseph Brody of Springfield, Virginia, and four others acted as a group that assisted the mob "in using a metal barricade against a U.S. Capitol Police officer, knocking the officers back as he attempted to secure the North Door". He was convicted of assaulting a police officer, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers, causing bodily injury, interfering with a law enforcement officer during a civil disorder, and obstruction of an official proceeding.{{cite news| publisher=justice.gov| date=September 20, 2022| title=Virginia Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach| author=Department of Justice, U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Columbia| url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-man-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach| access-date=March 27, 2023| archive-date=March 27, 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021913/https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-man-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach| url-status=live}}{{cite news| publisher=nbcnews.com| date=September 20, 2022| title=Members of far-right group America First charged in connection with Jan. 6 riot| author=Ryan J. Reilly and Zoë Richards| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/members-far-right-group-america-first-charged-connection-jan-6-riot-rcna48664}}{{cite news | last=Weiner | first=Rachel | title = Follower of far-right group who assaulted officer on Jan. 6 sentenced| newspaper=Washington Post | date=19 July 2024 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/19/brody-sentenced-jan-6/ | archive-url=https://archive.today/20240719194538/https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/07/19/brody-sentenced-jan-6/ | url-status=dead | archive-date=2024-07-19 | access-date=21 October 2024}}

David Dempsey of Los Angeles, California, received a 20-year sentence for attacking several law enforcement officers on January 6. To date, this is the second-longest sentence for a convicted insurrectionist. Before sentencing, Dempsey apologized to the police officers in the courtroom, saying he had a "profound sense of regret", but as he was led out of the room after sentencing he made a hand sign associated with the Groyper movement.{{Cite web |url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/jan-6-rioter-attacked-numerous-officers-sentenced-20/story?id=112722004 |title=Jan. 6 rioter who attacked numerous officers sentenced to 20 years |website=ABC News |access-date=August 9, 2024 }}

Thomas Carey of Pittsburgh, Ohio, Gabriel Chase of Gainesville, Florida, Jon Lizak of Cold Spring Harbor, New York, and Paul Ewald Lovley of Halethorpe, Maryland, all pleaded guilty to demonstrating in a Capitol Building and were each fined $500.{{Cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1562701/download |title=Archived copy |access-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-date=March 27, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021902/https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/case-multi-defendant/file/1562701/download |url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/suffolk/news/all-around-great-guy-from-cold-spring-harbor-charged-for-alleged-role-in-jan-6-riots/844358/ | title='All Around Great Guy' from Cold Spring Harbor Charged for Alleged Role in Jan. 6 Riots | date=September 22, 2022 | access-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021903/https://dailyvoice.com/new-york/suffolk/news/all-around-great-guy-from-cold-spring-harbor-charged-for-alleged-role-in-jan-6-riots/844358/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-man-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach | title=Virginia Man Arrested on Felony and Misdemeanor Charges for Actions During Jan. 6 Capitol Breach | date=September 20, 2022 | access-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-date=March 27, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327021913/https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/virginia-man-arrested-felony-and-misdemeanor-charges-actions-during-jan-6-capitol-breach | url-status=live }}

Groyper influencer Anthime Gionet, known as Baked Alaska, was arrested for his role in storming the Capitol building, which he live streamed. According to the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, "During the riot, he wore Pit Viper sunglasses, which have since been adopted as a symbol by the Groypers."{{cite web | title=Groypers | website=ISD | date=30 January 2024 | url=https://www.isdglobal.org/explainers/groypers/ | access-date=21 October 2024}}{{cite web | last=Cheney | first=Kyle | title='Baked Alaska' charged for breaching the Capitol, asks judge to remove GPS monitor | website=POLITICO | date=26 March 2021 | url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/03/26/baked-alaska-charged-capitol-breach-478153 | access-date=21 October 2024}}

Tristan Sartor of Ruffs Dale, Pennsylvania, was charged with criminally entering a restricted building and attempting to "impede or disrupt the orderly conduct of Government business" at the Capitol.{{cite web | last=Ettinger | first=Marlon | title=Dandy Groyper arrested on Capitol riot charges after FBI found his fits on Insta | website=The Daily Dot | date=1 August 2024 | url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/tristan-sartor-america-first-capitol-riot-fashion/ | access-date=21 October 2024}}{{cite web | title=Fashion choices help ID Jan. 6 rioter who snapped selfie with Roger Stone, Nick Fuentes: Feds | website=Law & Crime | date=2 August 2024 | url=https://lawandcrime.com/high-profile/fashion-focused-jan-6-rioter-who-snapped-selfies-with-roger-stone-and-white-supremacist-arrested-thanks-to-instagram-feds/ | access-date=21 October 2024}}

The Groyper movement has repeatedly failed to gain political traction, often being disavowed by the politicians it has attempted to support. Congressman Paul Gosar, the keynote speaker at Fuentes's AFPAC II in 2021, disavowed Fuentes and his followers the next day while addressing CPAC.{{Cite news |last=Weigel |first=David |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 |author-link=David Weigel |archive-date=March 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303182252/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gosar-racism-remarks/2021/02/27/64f8ffa4-7901-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html |url-status=live }} At AFPAC III in 2022, several political figures whom Fuentes claimed were slated to speak, including Arizona gubernatorial nominee Kari Lake and former acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thomas Homan, did not attend and disavowed the event upon learning of Fuentes's views.{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Jared |date=2022-02-23 |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=2022-02-28}}{{Cite web |date=2022-03-03 |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=2022-03-04 |website=HuffPost |language=en |archive-date=June 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230609193004/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-afpac-white-nationalists-republicans-maga_n_6217fd24e4b0ef74d72d36d1 |url-status=live }} The conference's keynote speaker, Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, later said she did not know who Fuentes was and, upon learning of his views, condemned him.{{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=2022-02-28 |website=www.cbsnews.com |date=February 28, 2022 |language=en-US |archive-date=February 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228212502/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-cpac-nick-fuentes-afpac-white-nationalist/ |url-status=live }}

Of the AFPAC III speakers who did not rescind their support for Fuentes, only two ran for major office: Lieutenant Governor of Idaho Janice McGeachin and Arizona State Senator Wendy Rogers. Rogers won a competitive primary that year and was reelected, but she was censured for her remarks at the conference calling for political violence.{{Cite news |last=Wise |first=Alana |date=2022-03-01 |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=2022-03-04 |archive-date=June 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607132730/https://www.npr.org/2022/03/01/1083817494/arizona-state-senate-censures-lawmaker-who-threatened-rivals-with-violence |url-status=live }} McGeachin, who ran for governor of Idaho that year, lost the primary to incumbent Governor Brad Little by a 20-point margin.

One of the candidates Fuentes endorsed in the 2022 midterms who later disavowed his endorsement was Joe Kent, who ran for the 3rd congressional district in Washington.{{Cite news |last=Hounshell |first=Blake |date=July 25, 2022 |title=A Trump-Backed Veteran Ran Hard to the Right, Only to be Outflanked |language=en-US |work=New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/us/politics/joe-kent-house-trump.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=August 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809234057/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/25/us/politics/joe-kent-house-trump.html |url-status=live }} In response to Kent's disavowal, Fuentes began organizing an online campaign against him, but Kent won the Republican nomination and defeated incumbent Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler.{{Cite news |last=Grisales |first=Claudia |date=November 8, 2022 |title=In Washington state, controversial ties and rhetoric are upending a House race |language=en-US |work=NPR |url=https://www.npr.org/2022/11/08/1134422170/in-washington-state-controversial-ties-and-rhetoric-are-upending-a-house-race |access-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622183324/https://www.npr.org/2022/11/08/1134422170/in-washington-state-controversial-ties-and-rhetoric-are-upending-a-house-race |url-status=live }}

Fuentes and the Groyper movement later supported Laura Loomer's candidacy for Florida's 11th congressional district in 2022.{{Cite news |last=Breland |first=Ali |date=August 24, 2022 |title=Laura Loomer Loses GOP Primary, Opportunity to Vie for Most Racist Congressperson |language=en-US |work=Mother Jones |url=https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/laura-loomer-congress-primary-florida-racism-twitter/ |access-date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622183318/https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2022/08/laura-loomer-congress-primary-florida-racism-twitter/ |url-status=live }} On the night of the primary, Fuentes attended Loomer's election watch party, and they were filmed sharing a toast as results came in that seemed to suggest Loomer would defeat incumbent Congressman Daniel Webster; Loomer toasted "to the hostile takeover of the Republican Party".{{Cite news |date=August 24, 2022 |title=Losing Far-Right Candidate Laura Loomer Won't Concede Because She's "A Winner," After Toasting With Holocaust Denier |language=en-US |work=Yeshiva World News |url=https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/2117988/losing-far-right-candidate-laura-loomer-wont-concede-because-shes-a-winner-after-toasting-with-holocaust-denier-videos.html |access-date=2023-03-29 |archive-date=June 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230623143924/https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/headlines-breaking-stories/2117988/losing-far-right-candidate-laura-loomer-wont-concede-because-shes-a-winner-after-toasting-with-holocaust-denier-videos.html |url-status=live }} When additional results came in confirming Loomer's loss to Webster by 7 points, she claimed without evidence in a speech to her supporters that her loss was due to voter fraud.{{Cite news |last=Jankowicz |first=Mia |date=August 24, 2022 |title=Far-right GOP candidate Laura Loomer refuses to concede after losing Florida primary, alleging voter fraud |language=en-US |work=Business Insider |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/far-right-gop-laura-loomer-refuses-to-concede-florida-loss-2022-8 |access-date=2022-08-26}}{{Cite web |title=Loomer lost, but naturally, she claims she won {{!}} Editorial |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-loomer-webster-election-20220906-mpyma5k54bccpow2i6c3nispci-story.html |access-date=2022-09-08 |website=Sun Sentinel |date=September 6, 2022 |archive-date=April 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410100520/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/opinion/editorials/fl-op-edit-loomer-webster-election-20220906-mpyma5k54bccpow2i6c3nispci-story.html |url-status=live }}

In late 2022 and early 2023, the Groyper movement shifted away from its longtime position of supporting Trump and instead began promoting Kanye West's presidential campaign. West brought Fuentes to a dinner at Mar-a-Lago with Trump, which generated significant controversy and raised Fuentes's profile; Trump later disavowed Fuentes, saying he was not initially aware of Fuentes's views.{{Cite web |last=McGraw |first=Meridith |date=November 25, 2022 |title=Donald Trump dined with white nationalist, Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825 |website=POLITICO |access-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221125213812/https://www.politico.com/news/2022/11/25/trump-white-nationalist-nick-fuentes-kanye-00070825 |url-status=live }}{{cite web |last1=Dress |first1=Brad |date=November 27, 2022 |title=Trump blames Kanye West for bringing Nick Fuentes as dinner guest |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/3751785-trump-blames-kanye-west-for-bringing-nick-fuentes-as-dinner-guest/ |work=The Hill |access-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130091204/https://thehill.com/homenews/3751785-trump-blames-kanye-west-for-bringing-nick-fuentes-as-dinner-guest/ |url-status=live }} West's campaign soon included other figures in the Groyper movement, including Milo Yiannopoulos,{{cite web |date=November 21, 2022 |title=Kanye West Confirms Presidential Run, Enlists Milo Yiannopoulos for His 2024 Campaign |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-2024-presidential-run-enlists-milo-yiannopoulos-1235175253/ |access-date=November 23, 2022 |website=www.billboard.com |quote="Yes… It's simple…. It's just we're moving toward the future," he said when asked if he's running. |archive-date=November 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221123071916/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/kanye-west-2024-presidential-run-enlists-milo-yiannopoulos-1235175253/amp/ |url-status=live }} Ali Alexander,{{Cite web |last=Burris |first=Sarah |date=Dec 5, 2022 |title=Jan. 6 rally organizer Ali Alexander takes over Kanye West's political campaign |url=https://www.rawstory.com/amp/kanye-west-hires-january-6-organizer-2658836102 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Raw Story |archive-date=February 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212040139/https://www.rawstory.com/amp/kanye-west-hires-january-6-organizer-2658836102 |url-status=live }} and Rumble streamer Nico Kenn De Balinthazy, better known by his online alias "Sneako".{{Cite news |last=Petrizzo |first=Zachary |date=2022-11-29 |title=Racist YouTuber Joins Kanye West's Campaign |work=The Daily Beast |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/racist-youtuber-joins-kanye-wests-campaign |access-date=2022-12-04 |archive-date=December 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221204013830/https://www.thedailybeast.com/racist-youtuber-joins-kanye-wests-campaign |url-status=live }} Many Groypers, including fellow streamers on Fuentes's website Cozy.tv, began using their platforms to promote West's antisemitic views.{{Cite web |last=Ecarma |first=Caleb |date=Feb 13, 2023 |title=Kanye West has fueled a flurry of antisemitic hate on college campuses |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/kanye-west-antisemitic-hate-campuses |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=Vanity Fair |archive-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419232745/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/02/kanye-west-antisemitic-hate-campuses |url-status=live }} Two Cozy streamers, Dalton Clodfelter and Tyler Russell, began streaming themselves harassing students at college campuses with a table display reading "Ye is Right—Change my Mind", a slogan that derived from a college tour by right-wing commentator Steven Crowder.{{Cite web |last=Pefley |first=Al |date=Feb 7, 2023 |title='Ye is Right' group takes messages of antisemitism to college campuses |url=https://cbs12.com/news/local/ye-is-right-group-takes-messages-of-antisemitism-to-college-campuses-february-7-2023 |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=WPEC |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622183322/https://cbs12.com/news/local/ye-is-right-group-takes-messages-of-antisemitism-to-college-campuses-february-7-2023 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Goforth |first=Claire |date=Feb 24, 2023 |title=Dalton Clodfelter's 'Ye is Right' college tour is the latest outgrowth of Zoomer antisemitism |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dalton-clodfelter/ |access-date=2023-02-26 |website=The Daily Dot |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622183324/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dalton-clodfelter/ |url-status=live }} Jewish student groups and allies frequently protested these events, playing music on loudspeakers and chanting in order to drown out the streamers' speeches.{{Cite web |last1=Bushman |first1=Heather |last2=O'Neill |first2=Nora |date=Feb 2, 2023 |title=Kanye West supporters host show, clash with Jewish students on UF campus |url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/kanye-west-supporters-host-livestream-221936256.html |access-date=2023-02-16 |website=Yahoo News |archive-date=June 22, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622183321/https://www.yahoo.com/news/kanye-west-supporters-host-livestream-221936256.html |url-status=live }} The planned college tour was canceled after less than a month after Clodfelter lost the funding for both the tour and the Rumble channel associated with it.{{Cite web |last=Goforth |first=Claire |date=March 2, 2023 |title=Zoomer antisemite Dalton Clodfelter loses funding for 'Ye is Right' college tour, Rumble channel |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dallton-clodfelter-funding-rumble-ye-is-right/ |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=The Daily Dot |archive-date=May 20, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230520233932/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/dallton-clodfelter-funding-rumble-ye-is-right/ |url-status=live }}

On May 4, 2023, it was reported that West had fired Fuentes and Alexander, the latter of whom had become embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal involving young men and underage boys, and rehired Yiannopoulos, who had since split from Fuentes and was the first person to leak the allegations against Alexander.{{Cite web |date=May 4, 2023 |title=Milo Yiannopoulos back leading Ye24 campaign…Nick Fuentes booted |url=https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/04/kanye-west-milo-yinnapolous-ye24-director-political-operations-nick-fuentes/ |website=TMZ |access-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-date=May 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230504210939/https://www.tmz.com/2023/05/04/kanye-west-milo-yinnapolous-ye24-director-political-operations-nick-fuentes/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last1=Grow |first1=Kory |last2=Madarang |first2=Charisma |date=May 4, 2023 |title=Kanye West Rehires Far-Right 'Troll' Milo Yiannopoulos in Run-Up to Presidential Bid |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-milo-yiannopoulos-nick-fuentes-presidential-bid-1234729921/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |access-date=June 24, 2023 |archive-date=June 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611162743/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/kanye-west-milo-yiannopoulos-nick-fuentes-presidential-bid-1234729921/ |url-status=live }}

The Groyper Wars earned widespread media attention after the UCLA incident with Donald Trump Jr. Chadwick Moore of Spectator USA commented that the ordeal revealed deep divisions within the American right among young voters, particularly Generation Z. Moore claimed this divide is due to the Groypers viewing Charlie Kirk and others in the mainstream conservative movement as "snatching the baton and appointing themselves the guardians of 2016's spoils", despite holding beliefs that Fuentes and his followers believe conflict with Trump's "Make America Great Again" agenda.{{cite web|title=Nick Fuentes fills Milo's gap|url=https://spectator.us/nick-fuentes-sad-demise-provocation/|author=Moore|first=Chadwick|date=November 1, 2019|work=The Spectator|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=June 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603011943/https://spectator.us/nick-fuentes-sad-demise-provocation/}} Another Spectator author, Ben Sixsmith, claimed that Turning Point's unwillingness to respond to controversial questions and use of insults to dismiss its critics revealed the organization's hypocrisy after having "promoted themselves as the debate guys".{{cite web|title=How the groypers gave the 'debate guys' a rough time|url=https://spectator.us/groypers-debate-guys-rough-time/|author=Sixsmith|first=Ben|date=November 5, 2019|work=The Spectator|access-date=May 21, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231034751/https://spectator.us/groypers-debate-guys-rough-time/}}

Several mainstream conservative commentators also weighed in. Addressing the increase in attention to the far right due to the aggressive questioning of Kirk, Ben Shapiro gave a speech at Stanford University in which he attacked Fuentes (without naming him) and his followers as essentially a rebranded version of the alt-right.{{Cite web|title=Ben Shapiro bashes the alt-right- gets protested by the far-left|url=https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2019/11/08/ben-shapiro/|author=Sexton|first=John|date=November 8, 2019|work=Hot Air|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101035344/https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2019/11/08/ben-shapiro/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Far-right agitators roil the conservative movement on college campuses in battle to define Trumpism|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/far-right-agitators-roil-the-conservative-movement-on-college-campuses-in-battle-to-define-trumpism/2019/11/16/a757d88a-0723-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html|author=Anderson|first=Nick|date=November 16, 2019|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=November 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117130610/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/far-right-agitators-roil-the-conservative-movement-on-college-campuses-in-battle-to-define-trumpism/2019/11/16/a757d88a-0723-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Ben Shapiro Bashes Alt-Right In Stanford Speech: "Keeping People Confused Is One Of Their Chief Tactics"|url=https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/11/11/ben_shapiro_bashes_alt-right_in_stanford_speech_keeping_people_confused_is_one_of_their_chief_tactics.html|author=Schwartz|first=Ian|date=November 11, 2019|work=RealClearPolitics|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=April 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200406140104/https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/11/11/ben_shapiro_bashes_alt-right_in_stanford_speech_keeping_people_confused_is_one_of_their_chief_tactics.html|url-status=live}} Similarly, Dan Crenshaw called the questioners "alt-right 2.0", while American Conservative Union chairman Matt Schlapp said, "there is no place in our conservative movement for those interested in fomenting hate, mob violence, or racist propaganda."{{cite web|title='Groyper' white nationalists target Don Jr., Charlie Kirk, causing rift in Trump's conservative base|url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/28/far-right-white-nationalists-fracturing-donald-tru/|author=Boyer|first=Dave|date=November 28, 2019|work=Washington Times|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=August 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807070539/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/28/far-right-white-nationalists-fracturing-donald-tru/|url-status=live}} Conversely, conservative commentator Michelle Malkin wrote an article for American Greatness attacking Kirk's immigration policies, particularly his stance that immigrants who graduate from U.S. universities should receive green cards.{{cite web|title=Michelle Malkin Tears Into 'Slow Learner' Charlie Kirk In Scathing Article|url=https://www.mediaite.com/politics/michelle-malkin-tears-into-slow-learner-charlie-kirk-in-scathing-article/|author=Nash|first=Charlie|date=October 31, 2019|work=Mediaite|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=May 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200508052832/https://www.mediaite.com/politics/michelle-malkin-tears-into-slow-learner-charlie-kirk-in-scathing-article/|url-status=live}} After defending Fuentes and his followers, Malkin was fired as a speaker for Young America's Foundation, a rival organization to Turning Point whose events Groypers had also targeted.{{sfn|Tanner|Burghart|2020|p=8}}{{cite web|title=Conservative group cuts ties with Michelle Malkin|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/470974-conservative-group-cuts-ties-with-michelle-malkin|author=Lancaster|first=Jordan|date=November 18, 2019|work=The Hill|access-date=May 22, 2020|archive-date=April 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200430002145/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/470974-conservative-group-cuts-ties-with-michelle-malkin|url-status=live}} Malkin later called herself a mother figure to and leader of the Groypers.{{Cite web|title=Michelle Malkin: Mother of Groypers|url=https://thebulwark.com/michelle-malkin-mother-of-groypers/|last=Carpenter|first=Amanda|date=March 9, 2020|website=The Bulwark|language=en-US|access-date=May 19, 2020|archive-date=March 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200310132540/https://thebulwark.com/michelle-malkin-mother-of-groypers/|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|last=Shugerman|first=Emily|date=2020-05-16|title=Trump's Very Normal Saturday Amplifying the Far-Right Blogger Shunned by Conservatives|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-trump-fans-out-on-far-right-columnist-michelle-malkin-in-saturday-morning-tweet-storm|access-date=2020-05-28|quote=Malkin has even started referring to herself as a "mommy" to these fringe-right figures, and talked about "passing the torch" to "kids who do video from their basement."|archive-date=August 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801211603/https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-trump-fans-out-on-far-right-columnist-michelle-malkin-in-saturday-morning-tweet-storm|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|title=Trump retweets right-wing activist associated with Holocaust denier|url=https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-retweets-right-wing-activist-associated-with-white-nationalist-group-1.8852355|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en|access-date=2020-05-28|quote=Malkin has been ostracized by mainstream conservatism after supporting a Holocaust denier earlier this year. She recently dubbed herself the "mommy" of the so-called groyper army – a movement of white nationalists vying to replace the alt-right.|archive-date=May 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200527203409/https://www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-trump-retweets-right-wing-activist-associated-with-white-nationalist-group-1.8852355|url-status=live}}

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