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“There is no place in our party for antisemites, white supremacists, Holocaust deniers, or any individual who aligns with the hatred seen on today’s college campuses,” writes the California Republican Party. (John Lamparski/Sipa USA)
The nation’s largest state Republican party is the first to formally condemn Nick Fuentes and ensure candidates don’t follow his far-right ideology.
By Jonas Du
03.17.26 — California
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The California Republican Party is imposing what it calls a “vetting process” on candidates in local elections to block the influence of far-right influencer Nick Fuentes within the party.

According to a memo dated February 19 that was sent to all 58 of California’s county Republican parties and seen by The Free Press, party leaders should “refrain from recruiting, supporting, or endorsing candidates” who “espouse,” “promote,” or “campaign” on Fuentes’s ideas. The memo also instructed local GOP leadership to “review organizational bylaws” and ensure that those bylaws empower leaders to purge members aligned with Fuentes.

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Jonas Du
Jonas Du is a fellow at The Free Press based in Washington, D.C. Jonas began at The Free Press in 2024 as an intern while he was a student at Columbia University, where he was founder and editor-in-chief of the Columbia Sundial.
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