Nick Fuentes on his America First movement: “We’re looking to fundamentally replace the GOP”
Fuentes: “This is the moment when America First demonstrates that it has legs. ... We’re looking to totally alter the GOP. We’re looking to fundamentally replace the GOP. ... Now you have a blueprint for how this could be used in the future.”
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From the November 18, 2025, edition of America First, streamed on Rumble
NICK FUENTES (HOST): Let’s imagine a future, let’s say in 2032, where an “America First” movement forms and you have people running maybe as independents, maybe as Republicans.
And in just five districts, let’s say, you have America First, independents, and Republicans with seats in the House. And what if they voted as a block, and they were not loyal to the Republican Party, they were not loyal to Trump, they were not loyal to Israel? And what if in that same year, you had a balance of power in Congress where between Republicans and Democrats, maybe one or the other party only had three votes as an advantage? Those five congressmen could swing it, one way or the other, on anything important. The Republicans might need them to overpower the Democrats. The Democrats might need them to overpower the Republicans. Leverage.
How about in a presidential election? Let’s say somebody runs as an America First Republican in West Virginia, or in Idaho, or some state that is going to have a handful of electoral votes. What if the electoral college comes down 269-269? You’re going to need every electoral vote that you can get. What if an America First spoiler candidate runs in a presidential election and maybe they win two or three of those states? Maybe Idaho, maybe West Virginia, maybe Oklahoma, the deepest red states. And maybe between them, they get 10 electoral votes. Republicans are going to need those to be viable. The electoral college could go one way or the other, could decide the election. This is what we’re talking about.
This is why, by the way, Trump and loyalty to the GOP is not the end-all, be-all. Supporting Trump and the GOP does not give us leverage. It does nothing for us. No bargaining power, no power to make an ask. And what happened in this Epstein saga is that a handful of MAGA Republicans dragged Trump by his collar, kicking and screaming all along the way.
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They drag Trump kicking and screaming on behalf of his own base, their constituents, to do the one thing that challenges the whole political order, which is to release the files. That’s a blueprint for the future.
And arguably, this is the moment when America First demonstrates that it has legs. This is what Trumpism has to give birth to, which is we’re not looking to win control over the GOP. We’re looking to totally alter the GOP. We’re looking to fundamentally replace the GOP. And this now has legs. Now you have a handful of MAGA congressmen or America First congressmen. Now you have a blueprint for how this could be used in the future.
So this is a remarkable achievement. It cannot be overstated and it shouldn’t be understated. People go around and they say, “Oh, the Epstein files don’t matter.” You know, who knows what we’ll find in the Epstein files. I’m sure they’re actually going to restrict it anyway, to tell you the truth. Will we learn anything interesting in the files? Who knows if the DOJ will even follow the law. There’s a provision in the bill that says, “Well, if there’s a national security concern, you don’t have to release it anyway.” So who knows what we’ll actually get.
The point is the mode, the method. The point is the politics. It’s a proof of concept. And the gravity of it — Again, to the extent that Trump will try to now own this and say, “Oh, well I said they should release it.” Against your will, you were forced to do it by Thomas Massie, who everybody in MAGA, Catturd and everybody, has been attacking. He did it against his will. And this is where the Trump base overpowered Trump and Trump’s GOP. That's the goal.