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Fuentes Tells Followers to "Stay Home or Vote Democrat" Over the Iran War

By AFNS Research Desk · · 2 min read

'Vote Here' sign outside a polling place
Photo: Lorie Shaull / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)

Correction, Oct. 29, 2026: An earlier version of this article, including its headline, described an UNVERIFIED claim that a Fuentes fan was removed from a JD Vance rally for wearing an America First hat. Montana state Rep. Braxton Mitchell told Belgrade News that the man was not thrown out. He said security moved the man, a volunteer, to a different spot. The headline and text have been corrected.

Status: Claims unverified. The post and its view count are documented. The arrest story is UNVERIFIED.

The post

On October 26, Fuentes posted that Trump had broken his "no new wars" promise with Iran and told followers to "stay home or vote Democrat." The post passed 1.8M views.

"Trump promised “no new wars,” then started a war with Iran that we are not only losing but which also destroyed the economy... Stay home or vote Democrat." — Nick Fuentes on X

He has repeated the message on his stream, telling viewers, "Do not vote in the midterms, and if you do, vote Democrat." Earlier this month he endorsed Democrat Amy Acton over Vivek Ramaswamy in Ohio.

Corrected: the Vance rally clip

The same afternoon, the X account @ImperiumFirst posted video it said shows a Fuentes fan behind Vance being "escorted out of the rally for wearing an America First hat." In a fan-posted clip, Fuentes says, "he has to be thrown out because it's my hat," and he criticized Vance over it on his show. It is a different incident from the October 21 Cincinnati heckler.

The man was not thrown out. Montana state Rep. Braxton Mitchell told Belgrade News that security moved the man, a volunteer, to a different spot.

UNVERIFIED: the arrest story

A story claiming Fuentes was arrested is unverified. Only unverified sites are running it, no court record supports it, and he was streaming normally. His only documented arrest is the 2024 Berwyn battery case, which ended in a plea deal in December 2025.

Groypers and GOP offices

On The Hill's "Rising," the WSJ's Jack Butler discussed his research on Groypers working for GOP congressional offices.

See also the Daily Trump Administration Briefing for October 27.

Sources

  1. Belgrade News: man in America First hat wasn't thrown out, Mitchell says www.belgrade-news.com
  2. Fuentes post on X x.com
  3. Newsweek www.newsweek.com
  4. Conservative Institute on the Acton endorsement conservativeinstitute.org
  5. @ImperiumFirst rally video (claim corrected) x.com
  6. Dayton Daily News on the Oct. 21 heckler www.daytondailynews.com
  7. Fuentes clip x.com
  8. The Hill "Rising" segment thehill.com

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