Chuck Darwin<p>Far-right influencers turn against Trump campaign aides and tactics -- though not at the Republican candidate himself.</p><p>Some of the internet’s most influential far-right figures are turning against Donald Trump’s campaign, threatening a ♦️<a href="https://c.im/tags/digital" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>digital</span></a> “<a href="https://c.im/tags/war" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>war</span></a>” ♦️against the Republican candidate’s aides and allies that could complicate the party’s calls for unity in the final weeks of the presidential race.<br>
<a href="https://c.im/tags/Nick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Nick</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fuentes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fuentes</span></a>, a 🌟white supremacist 🌟and podcaster who dined with Trump at his Palm Beach resort Mar-a-Lago in 2022, said on X that Trump’s campaign was “<a href="https://c.im/tags/blowing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blowing</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/it" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>it</span></a>” by not positioning itself more to the right <br>and was “headed for a <a href="https://c.im/tags/catastrophic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>catastrophic</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/loss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>loss</span></a>,” in a post that by Wednesday had been viewed 2.6 million times.<br>
<a href="https://c.im/tags/Laura" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Laura</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Loomer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Loomer</span></a>, a 🌟far-right activist🌟 whom Trump last year called “very special,” said his “<a href="https://c.im/tags/weak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>weak</span></a>” <a href="https://c.im/tags/surrogates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>surrogates</span></a> had unraveled his momentum and that his approach “needs to change FAST because ❗️we can’t talk about a stolen election for another 4 years❗️,” in an X post that was “liked” more than 8,000 times.<br>
And <a href="https://c.im/tags/Candace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Candace</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Owens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Owens</span></a>, a 🌟far-right influencer 🌟with 5 million X followers who was photographed with Trump in March, described the conservative infighting in a podcast Tuesday as a “<a href="https://c.im/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Civil</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a>” fueled by anger that Trump’s policies and persona had been softened to boost his mainstream appeal.</p><p> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/08/18/trump-campaign-nick-fuentes-groypers-hard-right-criticism/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2024/08/18/trump-campaign-nick-fuentes-groypers-hard-right-criticism/</span></a></p>