Michelle Malkin

Michelle Malkin was born October 20, 1970, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, to Philippine citizens Rafaela (née Perez), a teacher, and Apolo DeCastro Maglalang, who was then a physician-in-training. Several months prior to Malkin's birth, her parents immigrated to the United States on an employer-sponsored visa.{{Cite interview|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|interviewer=Brian Lamb|title=Invasion|url=http://booknotes.org/Watch/173558-1/Michelle-Malkin|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013191746/http://booknotes.org/Transcript/?ProgramID=1705|archive-date=October 13, 2007|work=Booknotes|date=December 8, 2002}} After her father finished his medical training, the family moved to Absecon, New Jersey. She has described her parents as Ronald Reagan Republicans who were "not incredibly politically active".{{Cite news|last=Nahm|first=H.Y.|title=Michelle Malkin: The Radical Right's Asian Pitbull|work=Goldsea|url=https://www.goldsea.com/Personalities/Malkin/malkin.html|url-status=live|access-date=July 16, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151119175909/http://www.goldsea.com/Personalities/Malkin/malkin.html|archive-date=November 19, 2015}}

Malkin, a Roman Catholic, attended Holy Spirit High School, where she edited the school newspaper and aspired to become a concert pianist. Following her graduation in 1988, she enrolled at Oberlin College. Malkin had planned to pursue a bachelor's degree in music, but changed her major to English. During her college years, she worked as a press inserter, tax preparation aide, and network news librarian.{{Cite web|title=Michelle Malkin|url=http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/michelle-malkin/bio/#s=m-q|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818050151/http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/personalities/michelle-malkin/bio/#s=m-q|archive-date=August 18, 2011|access-date=August 18, 2011|work=Fox News}} At Oberlin, she wrote for a conservative student newspaper started by Jesse Malkin, who later became her husband.{{Cite interview|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|interviewer=Peter Slen|title=Michelle Malkin|url=https://www.c-span.org/video/?291010-1/depth-michelle-malkin#|access-date=August 4, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130012/https://www.c-span.org/video/?291010-1%2Fdepth-michelle-malkin|archive-date=April 14, 2019|work=In Depth|publisher=C-SPAN|date=January 3, 2010|url-status=live}} Her first article for the paper heavily criticized Oberlin's affirmative action program, and she said it received a "huge[ly] negative response" from other students on campus. She graduated in 1992 and later described her alma mater as "radically left-wing".{{Cite magazine|last=Ting|first=Jan|date=Spring 2003|title=Bookshelf: Invasion by Michelle Malkin|url=https://www2.oberlin.edu/alummag/spring2003/bookshelf.html|magazine=Oberlin Alumni Magazine|publisher=Oberlin College|volume=98|issue=4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120121164533/http://www.oberlin.edu/alummag/spring2003/bookshelf.html|archive-date=January 21, 2012|access-date=August 18, 2011}}{{Cite interview|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|interviewer=Karina Rollins|title=Live with Michelle Malkin|url=https://www.aei.org/articles/live-with-michelle-malkin/|access-date=March 7, 2021|work=American Enterprise Institute|date=September 1, 2005|archive-date=March 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200308195509/https://www.aei.org/articles/live-with-michelle-malkin/|url-status=live}}

Malkin began her journalism career at the Los Angeles Daily News, working as a columnist from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, she worked in Washington, D.C. as a journalism fellow at the libertarian think tank Competitive Enterprise Institute.{{Cite news|last1=Eilperin|first1=Juliet|date=March 6, 2009|title=Europe Advises U.S. Officials on Climate|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503293.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221015027/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/05/AR2009030503293.html}} In 1996, she moved to Seattle, Washington, where she became a columnist for The Seattle Times. According to Goldsea, by the end of the year "Malkin was unleashing the no-holds-barred style of political spitballing that would ultimately make her a poster girl for the radical right".

Since 1999, Malkin has written a syndicated column for Creators Syndicate.{{Cite web|title=About Michelle Malkin|url=https://www.creators.com/author/michelle-malkin|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Creators Syndicate|archive-date=March 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210314181716/https://www.creators.com/author/michelle-malkin}} Her column is published by outlets including Townhall. Some publications which previously carried her column, such as The Daily Wire and National Review, stopped doing so around 2019 when she began to espouse more extreme views.{{cite web|last1=Charen|first1=Mona|date=May 21, 2020|title=Trump smashes the right's ability to police itself|url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/5/21/21266542/michelle-malkin-proud-boys-paul-nehlen-vdare-groypers-neo-nazis-mona-charen|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Chicago Sun-Times|language=en|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308064121/https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/5/21/21266542/michelle-malkin-proud-boys-paul-nehlen-vdare-groypers-neo-nazis-mona-charen}} The white supremacist publication American Renaissance began publishing her column in 2020.{{Cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Luke|date=March 7, 2021|title=How Republican Politics (And Twitter) Created Ali Alexander, The Man Behind 'Stop The Steal'|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-twitter-ali-alexander-stop-the-steal_n_6026fb26c5b6f88289fbab57|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307151611/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/republicans-twitter-ali-alexander-stop-the-steal_n_6026fb26c5b6f88289fbab57}}

On April 24, 2006, Malkin launched the conservative blog Hot Air, where she remained CEO until she sold the website in 2010.{{Cite web|last=Barr|first=Andy|date=February 17, 2010|title=Salem Communications buys Hot Air|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2010/02/salem-communications-buys-hot-air-033090|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Politico|language=en|archive-date=December 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201210163144/https://www.politico.com/story/2010/02/salem-communications-buys-hot-air-033090}}{{Cite web|last=Good|first=Chris|date=February 17, 2010|title=Exclusive: Hot Air Acquired By Salem Communications|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/02/exclusive-hot-air-acquired-by-salem-communications/36148/|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=The Atlantic|language=en}} The site's staff at launch included Allahpundit and Bryan Preston; Preston was later replaced by Ed Morrissey on February 25, 2008.{{Cite web|last=Joyner|first=James|date=February 25, 2008|title=Captain's Quarters Closing|url=https://www.outsidethebeltway.com/captains_quarters_closing/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607005753/http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/captains_quarters_closing/|archive-date=June 7, 2017|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Outside the Beltway|language=en}} In February 2010, Salem Communications bought Hot Air from Malkin. In March 2012, Malkin founded the website Twitchy, a Twitter content curation site. She sold Twitchy, also to Salem Communications, the following year.{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Benny|date=December 10, 2013|title=Twitchy Sold To Owners Of Townhall And Hotair|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bennyjohnson/twitchy-sold-to-owners-of-townhall-and-hotair|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310150304/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/bennyjohnson/twitchy-sold-to-owners-of-townhall-and-hotair}}

For years, Malkin was a frequent commentator for Fox News and a regular guest host of The O'Reilly Factor. In 2007, she announced that she would not return to The O'Reilly Factor, alleging that Fox News had mishandled a dispute over derogatory statements made about her by Geraldo Rivera in a Boston Globe interview.{{Cite news|last=Edgers|first=Geoff|date=September 23, 2007|title=Geraldo: I Won't Spit On Michelle Malkin|language=en|work=Boston.com|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/exhibitionist/2007/09/geraldo_i_wont.html|access-date=March 7, 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Inside Cable News|date=March 28, 2008|title=Malkin Quits 'O'Reilly Factor'|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/malkin-quits-oreilly-fact_n_68420|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203509/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/malkin-quits-oreilly-fact_n_68420}} Malkin joined Conservative Review's online television network, CRTV, when it launched in 2016, to host the documentary-style show Michelle Malkin Investigates.{{Cite web|date=October 24, 2016|title=CRTV Launches Digital Network With Mark Levin and Michelle Malkin to Headline|url=https://www.marklevinshow.com/2016/10/24/crtv-launches-digital-network-with-mark-levin-michelle-malkin-and-mark-steyn-to-headline/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=The Mark Levin Show|language=en-US|archive-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201206132743/https://www.marklevinshow.com/2016/10/24/crtv-launches-digital-network-with-mark-levin-michelle-malkin-and-mark-steyn-to-headline/}} Malkin left CRTV under unclear circumstances when it merged with TheBlaze in December 2018.{{Cite web|last=Howe|first=Caleb|date=December 4, 2018|title=Michelle Malkin Abruptly Leaves CRTV the Day Glenn Beck Announces Merger With TheBlaze|url=https://www.mediaite.com/online/michelle-malkin-abruptly-leaves-crtv-the-day-glenn-beck-announces-merger-with-theblaze/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Mediaite|language=en|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108103839/https://www.mediaite.com/online/michelle-malkin-abruptly-leaves-crtv-the-day-glenn-beck-announces-merger-with-theblaze/}}{{cite news|last1=Concha|first1=Joe|date=December 4, 2018|title=Michelle Malkin departs CRTV one day after Blaze merger announced|language=en|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/419677-michelle-malkin-departs-crtv-one-day-after-blaze-merger-announced|url-status=live|access-date=April 22, 2019|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221024108/https://thehill.com/homenews/media/419677-michelle-malkin-departs-crtv-one-day-after-blaze-merger-announced}}{{Cite web|last=Levine|first=Jon|date=December 10, 2018|title=Blaze TV Hosts Michelle Malkin, Gavin McInnes Out After CRTV Merger|url=https://www.thewrap.com/blaze-tv-hosts-michelle-malkin-gavin-mcinnes-out-after-crtv-merger/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=TheWrap|language=en-US|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111200652/https://www.thewrap.com/blaze-tv-hosts-michelle-malkin-gavin-mcinnes-out-after-crtv-merger/}} Malkin later joined competitor Newsmax TV in May 2020, where she began to host the show Sovereign Nation.{{Cite news|last=Baragona|first=Justin|date=October 24, 2020|title=Newsmax TV Is Coming for Fox News by Hiring All the Worst. Is It Actually Working?|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-tv-is-coming-for-fox-news-by-hiring-all-the-crazies-is-it-actually-working|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203416/https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmax-tv-is-coming-for-fox-news-by-hiring-all-the-crazies-is-it-actually-working}}{{Cite web|last=Campbell|first=Jason|date=May 22, 2020|title=Newsmax hired white nationalist sympathizer Michelle Malkin|url=https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/newsmax-hired-white-nationalist-sympathizer-michelle-malkin|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Media Matters for America|language=en|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117052544/https://www.mediamatters.org/newsmax/newsmax-hired-white-nationalist-sympathizer-michelle-malkin}}

{{external media| float = right| video1 = [https://www.c-span.org/video/?173558-1/invasion Booknotes interview with Malkin on Invasion, December 8, 2002], C-SPAN}}

Malkin published her first book, Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces, in 2002.{{Cite book|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|title=Invasion: How America Still Welcomes Terrorists, Criminals, and Other Foreign Menaces|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2002|isbn=978-0895260758|location=Washington, D.C.|url= https://archive.org/details/invasionhowameri00malk}} It reached #14 on the New York Times bestseller list.{{cite news|date=November 17, 2002|title=Best Sellers: November 17, 2002|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/books/best-sellers-november-17-2002.html|access-date=November 18, 2015|archive-date=March 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307233651/http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/17/books/best-sellers-november-17-2002.html|url-status=live}}

In 2004, she published In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror,{{cite book|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|url=https://archive.org/details/indefen_mal_2004_00_5055|title=In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2004|isbn=9780895260512|location=Washington, D.C.|url-access=registration}} defending the U.S. government's internment of 112,000 Japanese Americans in prison camps during World War II, and arguing that racial profiling is acceptable in times of war.{{Cite journal|last=Hager|first=Robert P.|date=January 25, 2007|title=A Review of: Malkin, Michelle. 'In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World war II and the War on Terror'|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/095465590944163|journal=Terrorism and Political Violence|language=en|volume=17|issue=4|pages=655–659|doi=10.1080/095465590944163|s2cid=143161548|issn=0954-6553|via=Taylor & Francis}} The book drew harsh criticism from mainstream scholars, organizations, and individuals including the Japanese American Citizens League and Fred Korematsu.{{Cite press release|publisher=Japanese American Citizens League|url=http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/politics_law/archives/jacl_malkin_response_0804.asp|title=JACL Responds to 'Defense of Internment, Case for Race Profiling'|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007095519/http://www.imdiversity.com/villages/asian/politics_law/archives/jacl_malkin_response_0804.asp|archive-date=October 7, 2008|website=IMDiversity.com|date=August 24, 2004|access-date=July 18, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{Cite magazine|last=Vyse|first=Graham|date=November 18, 2016|title=Why Does Team Trump Keep Talking About Japanese Internment?|magazine=The New Republic|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/138835/team-trump-keep-talking-japanese-internment|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|issn=0028-6583|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203423/https://newrepublic.com/article/138835/team-trump-keep-talking-japanese-internment}}{{Cite web|date=November 1, 2019|title=Factsheet: Michelle Malkin|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-michelle-malkin/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Bridge Initiative|publisher=Georgetown University|language=en-US|archive-date=March 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311052500/https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-michelle-malkin/}} The Historians' Committee for Fairness, an organization of scholars and professional researchers, published an open letter condemning the book for not having undergone peer review and arguing that its central thesis is false.{{Cite web|date=August 31, 2004|title=Open Letter to Michelle Malkin|url=http://hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=40982|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070805083832/http://hnn.us/readcomment.php?id=40982|archive-date=August 5, 2007|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=History News Network|publisher=George Mason University}}{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Douglas|date=September 2, 2004|title=In disgrace or in defense? A new book's claim that the U.S. was justified in interning Japanese Americans in WWII worsens the pain of their history, Colorado families say|work=The Denver Post|url=https://denverpost.newsbank.com/doc/news/104DEA1FF895F357|url-access=subscription|access-date=March 7, 2021|via=Newsbank}} Some conservative scholars spoke out in support of the book, including Thomas Sowell and Daniel Pipes. The Virginian-Pilot called her "an Asian Ann Coulter" and dropped her column in November 2004.{{Cite news|date=November 22, 2004|title=Virginia Paper Drops Columnist Malkin|work=Editor & Publisher|url=http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000724900|url-status=dead|access-date=July 18, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050312041405/http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000724900|archive-date=March 12, 2005}} Eric L. Muller also published a critique of In Defense of Internment.{{Cite web|url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/7094|title=So Let Me Get This Straight: Michelle Malkin Claims to Have Rewritten the History of Japanese Internment in Just 16 Months? | History News Network|website=historynewsnetwork.org|date=September 7, 2004 }}

Malkin's third book, Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild, was released in October 2005.{{Cite book|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|url=https://archive.org/details/unhingedexposing00malk|title=Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2005|isbn=9780895260307|location=Washington, D.C.|url-access=registration}} Malkin released her fourth book, Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies, in July 2009.{{Cite book|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|title=Culture of Corruption: Obama and His Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks, and Cronies|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2009|isbn=978-1596981096|location=Washington, D.C.|url= https://archive.org/details/cultureofcorrupt0000malk}} It remained on The New York Times Non-Fiction, Hardcover Best Seller list for six weeks.{{Cite news|date=September 20, 2009|title=Hardcover Nonfiction – Best Sellers – September 20, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/09/20/hardcover-nonfiction/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-date=July 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729063738/https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/09/20/hardcover-nonfiction/}}{{cite news|date=August 16, 2009|title=Hardcover Nonfiction – Best Sellers – August 16, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/08/16/hardcover-nonfiction/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-date=January 28, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128001830/http://www.nytimes.com/books/best-sellers/2009/08/16/hardcover-nonfiction/}} Her fifth book, Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs, was released in May 2015 and was a response to the "you didn't build that" statement made by President Barack Obama three years earlier, on July 13, 2012.{{cite book|author=Malkin|first=Michelle|title=Who Built That: Awe-Inspiring Stories of American Tinkerpreneurs|publisher=Simon and Schuster|year=2005|isbn=978-1476784946|location=New York|url= https://archive.org/details/whobuiltthatawei0000malk}}{{cite news|last=Lozado|first=Carlos|date=June 3, 2015|title=Michelle Malkin's new book has a chapter in which she pretends to be a roll of toilet paper|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/book-party/wp/2015/06/03/michelle-malkins-new-book-has-a-chapter-in-which-she-pretends-to-be-a-roll-of-toilet-paper/|access-date=June 10, 2015}} Malkin published Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers in 2015 along with John Miano.{{Cite book|last1=Malkin|first1=Michelle|title=Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers|last2=Miano|first2=John|publisher=Threshold Editions|year=2015|isbn=978-1-5011-1594-3|edition=|location=New York, NY|oclc=922639608|url= https://archive.org/details/soldouthowhighte0000malk}} She published Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction? in 2019.{{Cite book|last=Malkin|first=Michelle|url=|title=Open Borders Inc.: Who's Funding America's Destruction?|publisher=Regnery Publishing|year=2019|isbn=978-1-62157-971-7|location=Washington, DC|oclc=1114336878}}

In June 2004, Malkin launched a political blog, MichelleMalkin.com. A 2007 memo from the National Republican Senatorial Committee described Malkin as one of the five "best-read national conservative bloggers".{{Cite news|last=Brown|first=Carrie Budoff|date=June 13, 2007|title=GOP issues rules to avoid Macaca moments|work=Politico|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2007/06/gop-issues-rules-to-avoid-macaca-moments-004483|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150505022257/http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4483.html|archive-date=May 5, 2015}} In December 2008, Malkin's blog was the largest conservative blog,{{Cite journal|last=Karpf|first=David|date=December 17, 2008|title=Understanding Blogspace|journal=Journal of Information Technology & Politics|language=en|volume=5|issue=4|pages=369–385|doi=10.1080/19331680802546571|s2cid=216139014|issn=1933-1681|doi-access=free}} and in 2011, the people search company PeekYou reported that Malkin had the largest digital footprint of any political blogger.{{cite web|date=November 30, 2011|title=The PeekScores of 30 Top Political Bloggers|url=http://score.peekyou.com/the-peekscores-of-30-top-political-bloggers/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120528124319/http://score.peekyou.com/the-peekscores-of-30-top-political-bloggers/|archive-date=May 28, 2012|access-date=May 8, 2012|website=PeekYou}} In April 2020, Malkin moved her blog and its archives to The Unz Review, a far-right website run by former publisher of The American Conservative, Ron Unz.{{Cite news|last=Harmon|first=Amy|author-link=Amy Harmon|date=October 17, 2018|title=Why White Supremacists Are Chugging Milk (and Why Geneticists Are Alarmed)|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/white-supremacists-science-dna.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=March 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308233908/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/17/us/white-supremacists-science-dna.html//}}{{Cite web|last=Sixsmith|first=Ben|date=September 15, 2018|title=The curious case of Ron Unz|url=https://spectator.us/topic/ron-unz/|url-status=live|access-date=March 8, 2021|website=The Spectator|language=en-US|archive-date=February 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210216232556/https://spectator.us/topic/ron-unz/}} According to the Anti-Defamation League, The Unz Review is "a site that features numerous white supremacists and antisemites and is run by Ron Unz, who has written a number of antisemitic tracts."{{Cite web|date=August 5, 2020|title=Michelle Malkin is Attempting to Normalize White Supremacy|url=https://www.adl.org/blog/michelle-malkin-is-attempting-to-normalize-white-supremacy|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Anti-Defamation League|language=en|archive-date=November 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124034244/https://www.adl.org/blog/michelle-malkin-is-attempting-to-normalize-white-supremacy}}

Malkin has also been a contributor to the far-right anti-immigration website VDARE, writing a weekly column since 2002.{{Cite web|last=Charen|first=Mona|date=May 20, 2020|title=Is Holocaust Denial Conservative Now?|url=https://thebulwark.com/is-holocaust-denial-conservative-now/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=The Bulwark|language=en-US|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304080220/https://thebulwark.com/is-holocaust-denial-conservative-now/}}

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In late 2006 and early 2007, Malkin was a leading voice among several right-wing bloggers who questioned both the credibility and the existence of Iraqi police captain Jamil Hussein, who had been used as a source by the Associated Press in over 60 stories about the Iraq war.{{Cite web|last=Weinger|first=Mackenzie|date=February 8, 2014|title=Malkin girds for 2014 GOP civil war|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/michelle-malkin-2014-elections-republicans-103284|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Politico|language=en|archive-date=December 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201207075820/https://www.politico.com/story/2014/02/michelle-malkin-2014-elections-republicans-103284}}{{Cite web|date=January 22, 2007|title=Michelle Malkin In Iraq: Going After The Truth, Dammit, As Long As It Agrees With What She Already Thought|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michelle-malkin-in-iraq-_n_39308|url-status=live|access-date=March 8, 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203458/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michelle-malkin-in-iraq-_n_39308}}{{Cite book|last=Hayes|first=Arthur S.|url=|title=Press Critics are the Fifth Estate: Media Watchdogs in America|publisher=Praeger|year=2008|isbn=978-0-275-99910-0|location=Westport, Connecticut|pages=50–51|oclc=191808044}} The controversy began in November 2006 when the AP reported that six Iraqis had been burned alive as they left a mosque and that four mosques had been destroyed, citing Hussein as one of its sources. The Iraqi Ministry of the Interior and the United States military initially denied Hussein existed, leading Malkin and others to dispute the AP's reporting.

In January 2007 the AP reported that the Ministry had acknowledged Hussein's existence, and that authorities were seeking his arrest for having spoken to the press.{{Cite web|last=Montopoli|first=Brian|date=January 5, 2007|title=A Break In The Case Of The Missing Police Captain|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-break-in-the-case-of-the-missing-police-captain/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=CBS News|language=en-US|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705070833/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/a-break-in-the-case-of-the-missing-police-captain/}} Malkin reported the Iraqi government's confirmation. According to The Washington Post, Malkin also "expressed regret", though media scholar Arthur S. Hayes wrote in his 2008 book Press Critics are the Fifth Estate that her post "contains no apology or words of regret from her".{{Cite news|last=Kurtz|first=Howard|author-link=Howard Kurtz|date=February 16, 2007|title=A Hard Right Punch: Michelle Malkin's Conservative Fight Has Others Coming Out Swinging|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2007/02/16/a-hard-right-punch-span-classbankheadmichelle-malkins-conservative-fight-has-others-coming-out-swinging-span/1874233b-89a6-41df-a937-74cb037095ac/|access-date=March 7, 2021|issn=0190-8286}}

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For 17 years, Malkin was a featured speaker for Young America's Foundation (YAF). On November 14, 2019, during a YAF-sponsored speech at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Malkin praised white nationalist political commentator Nick Fuentes.Multiple sources:

• {{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|url-status=live|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.|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304185241/https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-in-capitol-riots-had-histories-of-violent-rhetoric-and-threats-11610639781}}
• {{cite web|last1=Evans|first1=Robert|author-link=Robert Evans|date=November 18, 2020|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/|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|work=Bellingcat|archive-date=February 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213150248/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/18/million-maga-march-unravelling-a-violent-viral-video/}}
• {{cite news|last1=Beaujon|first1=Andrew|date=November 10, 2020|title=Far-Right Activists Are Promoting Pro-Trump Rallies in DC this Saturday|website=The Washingtonian|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/10/far-right-activists-are-promoting-pro-trump-rallies-in-dc-this-saturday/|access-date=March 4, 2021|archive-date=December 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205051507/https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/10/far-right-activists-are-promoting-pro-trump-rallies-in-dc-this-saturday/|url-status=live}}
• {{Cite web|last=Coaston|first=Jane|date=November 11, 2019|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|url-status=live|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|archive-date=November 12, 2019|access-date=November 17, 2019|website=Vox|language=en}}
• {{cite news|last1=Weigel|first1=David |author-link1=David Weigel|date=February 28, 2021|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|access-date=March 4, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|archive-date=February 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228194758/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last1=Thalen|first1=Mikael|date=January 10, 2020|title=It looks like white nationalist Nick Fuentes just had his YouTube channel demonetized|language=en|work=The Daily Dot|url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/youtube-demonetizes-nick-fuentes/|url-status=live|access-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111121957/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/youtube-demonetizes-nick-fuentes/|archive-date=January 11, 2020}}
• {{cite news|date=January 9, 2021|title=White supremacists among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol, live streamed from inside|language=en|work=Haaretz|agency=Associated Press|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|archive-date=January 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113035803/https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/white-supremacists-among-those-who-stormed-the-u-s-capitol-live-streamed-inside-1.9431649|url-status=live}}
• {{cite news|last1=Thompson|first1=A. C.|last2=Fischer|first2=Ford|date=January 9, 2021|title=Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot|language=en|work=ProPublica|url=https://www.propublica.org/article/several-well-known-hate-groups-identified-at-capitol-riot|access-date=January 16, 2021|archive-date=January 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114233308/https://www.propublica.org/article/several-well-known-hate-groups-identified-at-capitol-riot|url-status=live}}
• {{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|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Politico|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115001617/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/11/maga-rally-washington-dc-435958}} In the same speech, she spoke supportively of the Proud Boys, Laura Loomer, and former Iowa Republican Representative Steve King. YAF cut ties with Malkin on November 18, saying, "there is no room in mainstream conservatism or at YAF for holocaust deniers, white nationalists, street brawlers, or racists".{{Cite news|last=Lancaster|first=Jordan|date=November 18, 2019|title=Conservative youth group cuts longtime ties with Michelle Malkin|work=The Hill|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/media/470974-conservative-group-cuts-ties-with-michelle-malkin|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|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}} Organizers at Bentley University also canceled a scheduled book promotion event after the incident.

Malkin has spoken at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). She was a featured speaker in 2019, and her anti-immigration speech, in which she condemned the "ghost" of John McCain, drew controversy. In 2020, Malkin spoke at the America First Political Action Conference (AFPAC), an event organized by Nick Fuentes that was described by Rolling Stone as the "right-wing extremist answer to CPAC".{{Cite magazine|last=Wade|first=Peter|date=February 28, 2021|title=Rep. Gosar Used Pandemic Vote-by-Proxy to Speak at Far-Right Extremist Event|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rep-gosar-used-pandemic-vote-by-proxy-to-speak-at-far-right-extremist-event-1134418/|url-status=live|access-date=March 5, 2021|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302024945/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/rep-gosar-used-pandemic-vote-by-proxy-to-speak-at-far-right-extremist-event-1134418/}} She also received press credentials to attend CPAC 2020, but did not speak at the conference.{{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|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Jewish News Syndicate|language=en-US|archive-date=March 7, 2020|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/}} She spoke again at AFPAC 2021.{{Cite web|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|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=March 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210306154119/https://abcnews.go.com/US/gop-congressman-headlines-conference-organizers-push-white-nationalist/story?id=76152780}}

Until 2019, Malkin was generally described as a conservative. Beginning in 2019, some publications began to describe her as right-wing, while some continue to describe her as conservative.{{Cite web|last=Bradbury|first=Shelly|date=August 31, 2020|title=Bandimere Speedway to host rally in protest of coronavirus precautions, sparking concern with public health officials|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/31/bandimere-speedway-rally-protest-mandated-coronavirus-jeffco-public-health/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=The Denver Post|language=en-US|archive-date=January 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117121259/https://www.denverpost.com/2020/08/31/bandimere-speedway-rally-protest-mandated-coronavirus-jeffco-public-health/}}{{Cite web|last=Soave|first=Robby|date=November 18, 2019|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/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Reason|language=en-US|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/}} She has been described as far-right by HuffPost in 2019, and Business Insider, Vanity Fair, and the Washingtonian in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Meisenzahl|first=Mary|date=June 15, 2020|title=A Bill Gates conspiracy theory trended on Twitter, as the billionaire continues to be at the center of false coronavirus claims|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/expose-bill-gates-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-trends-on-twitter-2020-6|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Business Insider|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310182247/https://www.businessinsider.com/expose-bill-gates-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-trends-on-twitter-2020-6}}{{Cite web|last=Ecarma|first=Caleb|date=February 10, 2020|title=CPAC Is Officially Trump's Anti-Romney Safe Space|url=https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/cpac-donald-trumps-anti-mitt-romney-safe-space|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Vanity Fair|language=en-us|archive-date=February 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222173509/https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/cpac-donald-trumps-anti-mitt-romney-safe-space}}{{Cite web|last=Beaujon|first=Andrew|date=November 12, 2020|title=There's a Very Real Potential for Violence at Saturday's MAGA Events in DC, Say Extremism-Watchers|url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/12/saturdays-pro-trump-events-in-dc-have-a-very-real-potential-to-turn-violent-according-to-experts-who-track-extremism/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Washingtonian|language=en-US|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126081118/https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/12/saturdays-pro-trump-events-in-dc-have-a-very-real-potential-to-turn-violent-according-to-experts-who-track-extremism/}} She has been described as alt-right by The Bulwark and The Independent in 2020.{{Cite web|last=Wigderson|first=James|date=September 28, 2020|title=They Went Full Malkin. You Never Go Full Malkin.|url=https://thebulwark.com/they-went-full-malkin-you-never-go-full-malkin/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=The Bulwark|language=en-US|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203441/https://thebulwark.com/they-went-full-malkin-you-never-go-full-malkin/}}{{Cite web|last=Marcus|first=Josh|date=September 25, 2020|title=Mother of alleged Kenosha shooter gets standing ovation at GOP event|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kyle-rittenhouse-mother-kenosha-shooter-gop-event-standing-ovation-blm-b605105.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=January 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129180857/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/kyle-rittenhouse-mother-kenosha-shooter-gop-event-standing-ovation-blm-b605105.html}}

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Malkin has written about Daniel Holtzclaw, a former Oklahoma City Police Department patrol officer who was convicted in December 2015 of multiple counts of rape, sexual battery, forcible oral sodomy, and other sexual charges.{{cite news| last=HELSEL|first=PHIL|work=NBC News|date=December 11, 2015| url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/ex-oklahoma-city-cop-daniel-holtzclaw-found-guilty-rapes-n478151|title=Ex-Oklahoma City Cop Daniel Holtzclaw Found Guilty of Rapes|access-date=May 21, 2016}} She has repeatedly argued that she believes Holtzclaw is innocent, saying that the forensic evidence backs his version of events, not the accusers' versions, and also that the investigators chose not to perform several tests she characterized as routine.{{Cite web|url=http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/01/exclusive_what_if_the_convicted_serial_rapist_cop_is_innocent_132483.html|title=Exclusive: What If the Convicted "Serial Rapist Cop" Is Innocent? - RealClearPolitics}}{{cite news|last1=Meyer|first1=Ali|title=EXCLUSIVE: Daniel Holtzclaw's family speaks out about conviction, appeal one year later|url=http://kfor.com/2016/12/13/exclusive-holtzclaw-family-talks-about-officer-verdict-one-year-ago/|access-date=December 16, 2016|work=KFOR|agency=NBC News|date=December 13, 2016}} Malkin debuted her first and second episodes of CRTV.com's Daniel in the Den on December 12, 2016, in Enid.{{cite web|title=Screening of show on convicted OKC officer held in Enid|url=http://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/screening-of-show-on-convicted-okc-officer-held-in-enid/article_95e0b156-cd6d-5e8c-935d-cf7106cdc7f7.html|website=enidnews.com|date=December 11, 2016 |publisher=Enid News and Eagle Funk|access-date=December 11, 2016}} Malkin released her film about the case, entitled Railroaded: Surviving Wrongful Convictions in 2017.{{cite web|url=http://www.enidnews.com/news/local_news/documentary-about-daniel-holtzclaw-wins-honors/article_c7aadda6-5a47-56ee-a582-2cbc988ca5d5.html|title=Documentary about Daniel Holtzclaw wins honors|author=Cass Rains|work=Enid News&eagle|date=May 7, 2018}}

Malkin supports stricter immigration laws in the United States. She was a featured speaker at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in 2019, where she said levels of immigration into the United States amount to an "invasion" and "endanger our general welfare and the blessings of liberty".{{Cite web|last=Mathias|first=Christopher|date=March 4, 2019|title=At CPAC, Extremists On Stage And Off|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-white-nationalists-extremists-michelle-malkin-peter-brimelow_n_5c7c3834e4b0e1f776530551|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=March 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307004503/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cpac-white-nationalists-extremists-michelle-malkin-peter-brimelow_n_5c7c3834e4b0e1f776530551}} She also condemned politicians, including the "ghost" of recently deceased Senator John McCain, for failing to enact stricter immigration regulation.{{cite news|last1=Arciga|first1=Julia|date=March 1, 2019|title=Michelle Malkin Goes After the 'Ghost of John McCain' at CPAC|language=en|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle-malkin-goes-after-the-ghost-of-john-mccain-at-cpac|access-date=April 22, 2019}}{{cite news|last1=Cummings|first1=William|date=March 1, 2019|title=Michelle Malkin attacks the 'ghost of John McCain' in immigration talk at CPAC|language=en|work=USA Today|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/03/01/michelle-malkin-blames-ghost-john-mccain-immigration-cpac/3031563002/|url-status=live|access-date=April 22, 2019|archive-date=February 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210221024149/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2019/03/01/michelle-malkin-blames-ghost-john-mccain-immigration-cpac/3031563002/}}

In a 2002 appearance on Hannity & Colmes, Malkin called for militarization of the Canadian border, comparing Canada to conflict zones where United States troops were deployed and saying, "Canada bears a lot of responsibility for making us as vulnerable as we are to terrorism".{{Cite journal|last=Baker|first=Richard G.|date=September 6, 2013|title='Catnip for Cranks': Depictions of Canadian Threat in US Conservative News Commentary|url=http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02722011.2013.819582|journal=American Review of Canadian Studies|language=en|volume=43|issue=3|pages=358–376|doi=10.1080/02722011.2013.819582|s2cid=144670078|issn=0272-2011|via=Taylor & Francis}}

In 2017, Malkin endorsed alt-right candidate Paul Nehlen in his ultimately unsuccessful primary challenge against Paul Ryan for Wisconsin's 1st congressional district, citing Nehlen's opposition to "elites" who support open borders as the reason for her endorsement.

Malkin has advocated for interning Muslims on national security grounds.

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Amanda Carpenter wrote in March 2020 that Malkin had begun to "link arms with the most vocal elements of the white nationalist movement". In August 2020, the Anti-Defamation League wrote, "in the past year ... she has publicly and explicitly allied herself with white supremacists" and that she herself was "echoing" white supremacist views. The Southern Poverty Law Center described her in January 2021 as a "former conservative-pundit-gone-white-nationalist-apologist".{{Cite web|last=Gais|first=Hanna|date=January 19, 2021|title=Meet the White Nationalist Organizer Who Spewed Hate Against Lawmakers|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/19/meet-white-nationalist-organizer-who-spewed-hate-against-lawmakers|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303120815/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/01/19/meet-white-nationalist-organizer-who-spewed-hate-against-lawmakers}}

YAF dismissed Malkin in November 2019 after she gave a YAF-sponsored speech at UCLA titled "America First: the Torch Is Being Passed". In her speech, she praised Nick Fuentes as "one of the New Right leaders", and also spoke supportively of the Proud Boys, Laura Loomer, and Steve King. In 2020, Malkin faced criticism for speaking at the America First Political Action Conference, which is hosted by white nationalist Nick Fuentes and also featured Patrick Casey, the founder of the neo-Nazi group Identity Evropa. She has described herself as the "mommy" of the Groypers, a loose collection of white nationalists who follow Nick Fuentes.{{Cite news|last=Shugerman|first=Emily|date=May 16, 2020|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=May 28, 2020|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|access-date=May 28, 2020|newspaper=Haaretz|language=en|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}}

In 2020, Malkin appeared on Red Ice, a white supremacist radio program, and cautioned listeners about changing demographics and "multicultural rot".

In November 2021, Malkin delivered a speech at the annual American Renaissance Conference, hosted by the white nationalist New Century Foundation.[https://fox17.com/news/local/white-nationalist-group-again-holding-conference-in-middle-tennessee-protest-planned "White nationalist group again holding conference in Middle Tennessee, protest planned"] (November 11, 2021). Nashville, Tennessee.: FOX 17 WZTV Nashville.{{cite web|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2021/12/17/former-newsmax-host-speaks-white-nationalist-conference|title=Former Newsmax Host Speaks at White Nationalist Conference|website=splcenter.org|first=Hannah|last=Gais|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2022}} Malkin and her family were subsequently banned from using Airbnb in reaction to her having appeared at the event.{{Cite web|url=https://ussanews.com/airbnb-confirms-ban-on-commentator-michelle-malkin/|title=Airbnb Confirms Ban On Commentator Michelle Malkin | Airbnb has banned Michelle Malkin, blocking the right-wing political commentator from booking reservations on its platform, the company confirmed last week. Malkin, who has aligned herself in recent months with Nick Fuentes' America First movement, said on Fascist Twitter Wednesday that she and her husband had been banned from staying at Airbnb locations. The vacation rental|date=February 8, 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/02/airbnb-bans-conservative-columnist-michelle-malkin-accusing-her-of-being-a-white-nationalist/|title=Airbnb Bans Conservative Columnist Michelle Malkin, Accusing Her of Being a 'White Nationalist'|date=February 4, 2022}}

According to Bridge Initiative, a Georgetown University research project on Islamophobia,{{cite web|url=https://bridge.georgetown.edu/about-us/|title=About Us|website=|access-date=December 12, 2021}} In 2019, Malkin joined far-right commentator Gavin McInnes for a Facebook Live event to promote her book, and agreed with him when he claimed that Soros was "not a Holocaust survivor" but a "Holocaust facilitator": Malkin has denied accusations of anti-semitism, saying that she is "the proud wife of a grandson of Ukrainian Jews who came to this country to escape pogroms [and is] a proud supporter of Israel, but more importantly, a proud supporter of American sovereignty."{{cite news|url=https://www.thedp.com/article/2019/09/michelle-malkin-speaks-at-penn-republicans-immigration-anti-semitism|title=Author Michelle Malkin denies anti-Semitism accusations, decries illegal immigration|newspaper=The Daily Pennsylvanian|first=Max|last=Cohen|date=September 16, 2019}} At the 2020 America First Political Action Conference, Malkin said it was "not anti-semitic" to question "whatever the precise number of people is who perished in World War II."

{{See also|Attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election}}

Following the 2020 United States presidential election, Malkin helped advance the conspiracy theory that the election was stolen from Trump. She used the #StopTheSteal hashtag on Twitter and spoke at a Stop the Steal rally in her hometown of Colorado Springs to protest the election results.{{Cite web|date=November 8, 2020|title=Trump supporters defiant during Colorado Springs protest|url=https://coloradonewsline.com/2020/11/07/trump-supporters-defiant-during-colorado-springs-protest/|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Colorado Newsline|language=en-US|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108005116/https://coloradonewsline.com/2020/11/07/trump-supporters-defiant-during-colorado-springs-protest/}} She also appeared in a trailer for a film about the movement, which also featured Fuentes and Stop the Steal organizer Ali Alexander.{{Cite web|last=Hayden|first=Michael Edison|date=December 18, 2020|title=Law Firm Tied to Far-Right Fringe Registers Stop the Steal LLC in Alabama|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/12/18/law-firm-tied-far-right-fringe-registers-stop-steal-llc-alabama|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en|archive-date=January 11, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210111045857/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2020/12/18/law-firm-tied-far-right-fringe-registers-stop-steal-llc-alabama}}

While in college at Oberlin, she began dating Jesse Malkin.{{Cite news|last=Kelley|first=Debbie|date=September 9, 2019|title=Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit of El Paso County, isn't going silent|work=The Gazette|url=https://gazette.com/news/michelle-malkin-the-conservative-pundit-of-el-paso-county-isn/article_004a9dfc-d0d2-11e9-aa58-1f125a3ce51f.html|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-date=February 22, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200222220706/https://gazette.com/news/michelle-malkin-the-conservative-pundit-of-el-paso-county-isn/article_004a9dfc-d0d2-11e9-aa58-1f125a3ce51f.html}} They married in 1993 and have two children. Jesse Malkin worked as a healthcare consultant for RAND Corporation. Jesse is a retired health economist, who now works on his wife's speaking engagements and helps her run her business.

Malkin and her family lived in North Bethesda, Maryland, until 2008 when they relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado.{{Cite news|last=Grove|first=Lloyd|date=September 22, 2009|title=Michelle Malkin Has Feelings, Too|work=The Daily Beast|url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle-malkin-has-feelings-too|url-status=live|access-date=March 7, 2021|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203417/https://www.thedailybeast.com/michelle-malkin-has-feelings-too}}{{cite web|last1=Malkin|first1=Michelle|date=September 12, 2004|title=Correctly remembering terror 'in the name of Allah'|url=http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Malkin-Correctly-remembering-terror-in-the-name-1974812.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109005043/http://www.chron.com/opinion/outlook/article/Malkin-Correctly-remembering-terror-in-the-name-1974812.php|archive-date=November 9, 2014|access-date=November 8, 2014|website=The Houston Chronicle}}

• In Defense of Internment: The Case for 'Racial Profiling' in World War II and the War on Terror (ISBN 0-89526-051-4)
• Unhinged: Exposing Liberals Gone Wild. Washington, D.C.: Regnery (2005). {{ISBN|978-0895260307}}. {{OCLC|61731429}}.
• Sold Out: How High-Tech Billionaires & Bipartisan Beltway Crapweasels Are Screwing America's Best & Brightest Workers, with John Miano. New York: Threshold Editions/Mercury Ink (2015). {{ISBN|978-1501115943}}. {{OCLC|922639608}}.
• Audiobook read by Juliet St. John, with an introduction read by the author. New York: Simon & Schuster Audio (2015). {{ISBN|978-1442390782}}. {{OCLC|926069209}}.

• "The Patriot Act Does Not Target Immigrants" (viewpoint six). In: The Patriot Act, edited by Lauri S. Friedman. Detroit: Greenhaven Press (2006), pp. 41–46. {{ISBN|978-0737735253}}. {{OCLC|62679909}}.
• "The Military Prison at Guantanamo Bay Should Stay Open." In: Prisons, edited by Lauri S. Friedman. Detroit: Greenhaven Press (2008), pp. 85–90. {{ISBN|978-0737735789}}. {{OCLC|1151061175}}.

• [https://cis.org/sites/cis.org/files/articles/2002/back1002.pdf "The Deportation Abyss: 'It Ain’t Over 'Til the Alien Wins.'"] Backgrounder (September 2002).

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• Grewal, Inderpal. [https://www.jstor.org/stable/40004729 "'Security Moms' in the Early Twentieth-Century United States: The Gender of Security in Neoliberalism."] Women's Studies Quarterly, vol. 34, no. 1/2: The Global & the Intimate (Spring/Summer, 2006), pp. 25–39. The Feminist Press at the City University of New York. {{JSTOR|40004729}}.

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