Ben Shapiro's Scathing Takedown of Nick Fuentes: A One-Sided "Wipeout" in the MAGA Civil War | WATCH

Yesterday, on an episode of The Ben Shapiro Show, he spent a full 40 minutes dismantling Fuentes and Tucker Carlson's recent interview with him, which is being hailed (or memed) as Shapiro "absolutely wiping out" the far-right provocateur. Shapiro called it a deliberate "scorching takedown," framing Fuentes as the ringleader of a "splinter faction" fragmenting the political right into moral oblivion.

The episode racked up over 2 million views on YouTube within 24 hours, sparking a torrent of X posts accusing Shapiro of dodging a real debate.

It's the latest flashpoint in a years-long feud that's escalated amid MAGA infighting over Israel, antisemitism, and Trump's orbit.

The Spark: Tucker Carlson's "Fluffing" of Fuentes

The drama ignited last week when Carlson interviewed Fuentes on his podcast, a sit-down that's now hit 17.3 million views on X and 5 million on YouTube. Fuentes, the 27-year-old white nationalist known for Holocaust denial, praising Stalin with an "evil little smile," and quips like "a lot of women want to be raped" or that Jim Crow laws were "better for us," wasn't exactly grilled. Carlson let inflammatory rants slide without pushback, even calling Fuentes a "fan" of his work. No follow-ups on the Hitler admiration or misogyny, just nods and segues.

Shapiro exploded on Monday, labeling Carlson an "intellectual coward" and "virulent super-spreader of vile ideas" for "rhetorically fluffing" Fuentes instead of exposing his "incoherent stew of malignity."

Shapiro rattled off a greatest-hits reel of Fuentes' bigotry: Holocaust minimization, anti-woman screeds, white supremacist dog whistles, and his "groyper" army's troll campaigns against mainstream conservatives.

"Tucker acts as an ideological wanderer, saying inflammatory things just shy of what his guests blurt out," Shapiro said.

He tied it to broader right-wing cracks, pitting establishment figures like Sens. Ted Cruz and Mitch McConnell against the Heritage Foundation (which defended Carlson) and the populist fringe.

"Accepting this rhetoric is a path to defeat," Shapiro warned, echoing his X post: "No to groypers. No to cowards like Tucker Carlson who normalize their trash. No to demoralization, bigotry, and anti-Americanism."

The Long-Simmering Beef: From Tweets to Total War

This isn't new, Shapiro and Fuentes have been at each other's throats since Fuentes was 18. It kicked off in 2016 when Fuentes tweeted something snarky about U.S.-Israel policy, prompting Shapiro to call him out publicly and effectively "cancel" him from conservative circles. Fuentes has milked it ever since, claiming in a September 2025 YouTube clip that Shapiro and The Daily Wire colluded with left-wing group Media Matters to "destroy" him. In October, Fuentes broke down the "early clashes" on his show, blaming Shapiro's "growing criticism" of America First isolationism.

But Fuentes rhetoric has been moving more and more far right, to the extent that normal people are getting concerned. He has said bizarre things, including that women want to be raped and beaten, that he wants to marry a 16 year old and that the Holocaust didn't happen. He also said he loves Stalin.

And let's not forget when he accidentally streamed LGBTQ content online.

And obviously, since the escalation between Israel and Hamas, he has taken a shockingly antisemitic view of things, swearing like an unhinged thug in a suit.

Interestingly, Shapiro pointed out that while Fuentes rambles incoherently and crazily, Tucker has a grand and vicious plan. And by platforming Nick, Tucker is giving him even more credibility.

Honestly, Nick Fuentes is a massive problem for the U.S., but his brain dead audience lap up his hate like it's gold.

It makes you wonder if we aren't looking at the making of a new Hitler.