Nick Fuentes’ Rise Puts MAGA Movement in a ‘Time of Choosing’

For much of President Donald Trump’s second term, the political heirs of his “America First” agenda have tried to form an intellectual framework for their movement that embraces nationalism while keeping overt bigotry out of the coalition.

With the rise of Nick Fuentes, a 27-year-old white nationalist, and his young, racist and antisemitic “Groyper” movement, some fear the exercise has failed.

The struggle and its stakes for the nation burst into view after conservative commentator Tucker Carlson last week offered a friendly interview to Fuentes, an avowedly racist antisemite. The interview triggered rounds of acrimony and recriminations on the American right.

Mainstream Republicans have described Fuentes’ ascendance as a sudden surprise. But others — including some on the right — see i