'There's Fun in Fascism!' White Nationalists Tells 60 Minutes They Use 'Disaster Tourism' As a Recruitment Tool [View all]

Source: MEDIAite

May 3rd, 2026, 8:07 pm


White nationalist groups like Patriot Front and others have been descending on storm-ravaged areas across the U.S. to help rebuild communities and recruit new members, according to a 60 Minutes report on Sunday. Correspondent Leslie Stahl interviewed Robert Rundo, co-founder of white nationalist group “Active Club,” who said his group participates in “disaster tourism” to change peoples’ perceptions of what it means to be an avowed fascist.

“Going to a disaster relief is directly helping our people,” Rundo said. Stahl added, “You go in to help white people,” to which Rundo answered, “Yeah.”. Stahl said Rundo co-founded the group in 2020 “as a place for disgruntled, young white men to work out together, while sharing their ideology.”

With more than 90 chapters, Active Club is described by watchdog groups “as one of the country’s fastest growing white supremacist networks that are antisemitic, anti-immigrant, and anti-democracy,” Stahl said. “We get together with the boys. We box, we travel,” Rundo said.

“Do you think of it as fun?” Stahl asked. “Of course. You know, there’s fun in fascism!” Rundo said. Rundo described himself as a “nationalist,” who puts “my people first.” “But ‘My people’ are white people. European white people,” Stahl said.

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