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The Real Reason Nick Fuentes Was Put on the No Fly List

PRETTY FLY FOR A WHITE GUY

Nick Fuentes presented his addition to the No Fly List as political persecution. In truth, it was because he allegedly threatened a flight attendant.

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White nationalist Nick Fuentes claimed in 2021 that he was put on the TSA’s No Fly List as a victim of “overt political persecution.” Around the same time, he bragged that the federal government froze one of his bank accounts containing a sum in the “six figures” range.

But the 24-year-old...

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