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Christian nationalist commentator Nick Fuentes claimed on Monday that he became “radicalized on race” after listening to Mark Levin’s show in high school.
Levin hosts a syndicated radio show and a weekend program on Fox News.
During an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, Fuentes opened up about his early days in politics as a supporter of Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and libertarian policies.
“I was from a 95% white suburb, so the ‘diversity’ had not really reached my corner of Chicago yet,” said Fuentes. “Growing up in the suburbs, I was insulated from that.”
He continued:
I was listening to Mark Levin’s show. This goes to show how normie I was. I listened to him every day. In high school, yes. I was a fan. I loved his show. I actually liked how he was kind of obnoxious and mean to his callers, vicious, and I liked that. I thought that was funny.
But I’ll never forget one show, he goes live and he says, “America is becoming a majority non-white country. Does anybody think that’s a good idea?” And I was thinking to myself, yeah that actually doesn’t sound so good. I didn’t even really think that America’s becoming majority minority like that.
Carlson questioned, “So you were radicalized on race by Mark Levin?”
“Yes,” replied Fuentes.
After Carlson pressed, “Are you making that up?” Fuentes insisted, “That’s a real story. He planted the seed, at least.”
Fuentes recalled how he then ultimately switched from supporting Cruz to supporting then-candidate Donald Trump in the 2016 Republican presidential primary.
