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The New Right’s Affinity for Authoritarianism

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A screen shows images of China's President Xi Jinping at the Museum of the First National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party in Shanghai on February 27, 2025. (Getty Images)

Ben Shapiro is right that “if Republicans cower before Nazi apologists and their popularizers, the GOP will lose—and deserve to” (“The GOP Mustn’t Give the ‘Groypers’ an Inch,” Letters, Nov. 5). Nick Fuentes’s antisemitism, which Tucker Carlson largely ignored on his podcast, indicates a broader rot that could infect conservative circles: an affinity for Communist China.

Beyond his pro-Hitler screeds, Mr. Fuentes has mused about the Communist Party invading cities in the U.S. “What if they did to Harlem and the South Side of Chicago what they’re doing in Xinjiang to the Uyghurs?” Mr. Fuentes once asked on his show. “Is that not ideal?”

Read in The Wall Street Journal.