Notorious white supremacist Nick Fuentes has outraged many online by tweeting the misogynistic slogan “Your body, my choice” in response to President Donald Trump’s comments. He faces assault charges in Illinois after authorities say he pepper-sprayed a woman who knocked on his front door. victory in the recent presidential election.
Fuentes, 26, was arrested on Nov. 27 on a misdemeanor assault charge and released the same day, according to documents filed Wednesday in Cook County Circuit Court, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. He is tentatively scheduled to appear in court on December 19th.
An openly anti-Semitic far-right influencer appeared to try to downplay his legal predicament on Friday, posting a thinly disguised racial slur and the words “free me” on social media. Published a post containing .
Meanwhile, Marla Rose, a 57-year-old Jewish feminist activist who is suing Fuentes, also commented on social media, writing on Facebook: teeth. Above. “Civil lawsuit pending,” she added on the post, which displayed three fire emojis.
On Nov. 6, Fuentes celebrated Trump’s return to the presidency at the expense of Kamala Harris, yelling at X, “Your body, it’s my choice. It’s my choice.” tweeted, sparking outrage from the digital world. Forever. “
The post, which mocks the concept of women’s bodily autonomy, comes in conjunction with the 2022 repeal of federal abortion rights at the hands of the U.S. Supreme Court, which is dominated by judges appointed by or aligned with President Trump. , had more than 99.7 million views as of Saturday. And some of Fuentes’ political opponents retaliated by publishing Fuentes’ home address on social media and declaring, “Your home is our choice.”
Rose ultimately told police that on November 10, she went to record the exterior of Fuentes’ home in the Chicago area suburb of Berwyn. He then allegedly pepper-sprayed her, pushed her to the concrete and smashed her cell phone.
A video of the encounter later released by Rose shows Fuentes reaching to ring the doorbell and then opening the front door. As he extended his left arm, holding a bottle of pepper spray, Rose said: “Oh my god, what are you doing?” The phone was then seen dropping and Fuentes was heard saying, “Get out of here.” Fuentes then appears to use his foot to drag the phone into the house before closing and locking the door.
According to a police report filed Nov. 11, another woman who was driving by Fuentes’ home at the time alerted officers. The witness saw a man push the woman out of the home, the report detailed.
Rose was still at the scene when police arrived, and officers reportedly spoke to her and Fuentes separately.
The report further states that Fuentes told police that he “feeled in fear for his life” after “posting political jokes online” and received death threats, as well as “an unknown person who posted political jokes online.” “They barged into my house,” he added. As NBC News reported, he eventually became “uncooperative” and refused to address the conflict with Rose any further.
Rose had “watery” eyes but had no other obvious physical injuries, the report said.
Possible penalties for misdemeanors under Illinois law include relatively short prison terms, probation, and fines.
Fuentes first made headlines after attending a 2017 white supremacist rally protesting the removal of a statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee in Charlottesville, Virginia. It happened when I dropped out of school. A protester against white supremacists was killed when a neo-Nazi supporter intentionally drove his car into her and others.
Trump later sparked a scandal by hosting Fuentes as a dinner guest at his resort, Mar-a-Lago, in preparation for his bid for a second presidential term in 2022. Another guest at the dinner was the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who spread anti-Semitic rhetoric that forced him into a business partnership with sportswear company Adidas.
