Through his America First conferences, Fuentes has distinguished himself by luring establishment figures, including elected officials to his cause. Arizona Rep. Paul Gosar, the keynote speaker at Fuentes’ America First 2021 conference, tweeted “Christ is King” the same day the congressman posted a widely condemned animated video that depicted him killing New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke in February at this year’s conference. “My name is Marjorie Taylor Greene, I am the daughter of the king, the one true living God, the Alpha and Omega, our Father in heaven, and I am a forgiven sinner, washed in the blood of our Savior Jesus Christ,” she said in her remarks before the group.
When attendees began chanting “Christ is king,” she responded, “Amen — Christ is king.”
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Both Gosar and Greene have since distanced themselves from Fuentes and his group. Now it is Trump’s turn to deflect an association with Fuentes.
The backstory behind Fuentes’ trip to Mar-a-Lago remains unclear, but the visit reportedly included efforts to maintain alignment between America Firsters and the former president. Fuentes publicly blasted Trump’s recent campaign announcement speech, calling it an “awful … abject, absolute failure” and declaring he was “reevaluating” his support for the business tycoon. According to Axios, Fuentes disliked what he characterized as the former president’s more cautious approach to politics, and told Trump as much when they dined together last week.
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