Nick Fuentes to Hasan Piker: click by click, antisemitism goes mainstream

TAMPA, Fla. — The students are lined up in their hundreds− across the student center mezzanine, down the stairs and out into the hot Florida Spring of the quadrangle. Many wear suits and ties. Most are men. Just about everybody is under 25. Several sport baseball caps with the distinctive “America First” logo, identifying them as “Groypers” — supporters of the antisemitic Holocaust-denying internet troll Nick Fuentes.

The crowds are here, at the University of South Florida in Tampa, on this balmy mid-April evening, to meet and listen to James Fishback, a longshot candidate for Florida governor who has made a name for himself by incessantly talking about one country: Israel.

Fishback’s constant sniping at Israel, including his use of antisemitic dog whistles, has attracted legions of conservative fans, as well as national headlines and columns. He seems to have tapped into a rich new vein in American politics: criticizing America’s financial and political relationship with Israel, while adding a sprinkling of old-fashioned antisemitism

And Fishback is just one of a host of politicians and political influencers embracing hostility towards Israel as a way to grow their influence and attract attention. Across the country, agitators on the left and the right are increasingly flirting with antisemitic tropes, conspiracy theories and in-jokes to bring in new followers.




https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2026/07/10/antisemitism-extremely-normal-nick-fuentes-hasan-piker-james-fishback/90838129007/