‘We Have to Take Over’: Far-Right Extremists Want to Seize Control of the GOP

On Election Day last week, white nationalist Nick Fuentes urged his supporters on X to “get out and vote Democrat today.” The post racked up over 12 million views. Hours later, in the wake of the Democratic sweep, Fuentes took credit for the victory. “We did it again” he wrote on Telegram, later calling the phenomenon “the Groyper Effect,” a reference to the nickname given to his followers.

In recent days, Fuentes has claimed the election results are an opportunity for him and his allies on the far-right.

“Let the Democrats rule, see how that goes,” Fuentes said during a livestream last week. “There will come a time when the far left will terrorize people, and they're going to push all of them into the arms of the right.