Fuentes's success speaks for itself.

It’s all the more impressive given the moment we’re in. Nick being investigated by the FBI and having Patrick Casey, the second banana in America First, bail on the AFPAC conference and badmouth Nick, actually telling his audience not to show up, could have ended in disaster. Instead, Nick pulled off a hugely successful cred-increasing white-centric political conference that was still highly optical to normies.

Nick is interesting because he’s a genuine verbal talent. Most of the time, when one of our guys gets to this level of fame, the media is happy to interview them because they know they can give them enough rope to hang themselves. They loved giving airtime to Richard Spencer, for instance, because he could always be counted upon to throw up a Roman salute or say something ridiculously trollish and play into the stereotype of the evil white supremacist.

Fuentes has a different vibe, one that is irreverent, comedic, and nonthreatening. He’s smart enough to namecheck Israel but not give his enemies the litany of Jew hatred they need to demonize him. He wins converts quickly and makes his interviewers look like the bad guys. They literally won't have him on TV because of it.

He’s said his next move is to primary Republicans who opposed Trump, and the hard part of that is going to be finding candidates who are worth supporting. But he's got the political momentum to raise funds for anyone seeking the America First endorsement. And if he can knock out a Representative or two? He will demonstrate real political power and potentially become a primary kingmaker.

Can Fuentes and AF change the Republican party?

Nick is extremely young, hotheaded, inexperienced, and egotistical. His "Jesus is King!" hardcore Christian Nationalism has less mainstream appeal than he thinks it does, and a lot less appeal than the basic politics of defending white people's right to exist. By tying white identity politics to Christian Nationalism, he may do more harm than good in the long run.

But my personal opinion is that we are on a sinking ship, and both parties are essentially political theater, like when Dad hands his toddler a video game controller and convinces him he's playing the game.

If AF does begin to threaten the party, you'll just see the media shriek that the party is being overtaken by white supremacist Christian Nationalist fascists, and a bunch of Republican incumbents jump ship to run as Independents or even Democrats.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong. I'd like to be. I love seeing someone on our side actually having some success, and the best way to convince normies revolution is necessary is to publicly use up all peaceful alternatives. So I'm gonna watch Fuentes do that.