Content warning: This article contains numerous examples of bigoted and violent rhetoric.
Rumble, the extreme right-wing video-sharing platform and chosen streaming partner of the Republican National Committee, reportedly removed videos of white nationalist Nick Fuentes’ recent rally because it considered his rhetoric to be an “incitement to violence” — but the platform remains rife with videos pushing similarly racist, antisemitic, and violent rhetoric.
On July 16, Fuentes livestreamed a rally on Rumble during which he launched into overt antisemitism, ranting about a supposed “Jewish stranglehold” over the United States and claiming of his perceived opponents, “We will make them die in the holy war.”
According to Fuentes, Rumble removed two videos of the rally and suspended him from streaming on the platform for two weeks because it considered his “holy war” rhetoric an “incitement to violence.” He later revealed that he’d spoken to Rumble, which he said “reassured us that my account is safe and won't be deleted. … They have no plans to ban me.”
Even though Rumble removed Fuentes’ rally videos — and the platform has policies against “racism, anti-semitism and hatred,” as well as content that “promotes, supports, or incites violence” — the site is ultimately a dumping ground for right-wing fearmongering, falsehoods, and bigotry.
For months, the platform has allowed, and even promoted and profited from, videos that fearmonger about war, seemingly call for violence, and contain extreme, racist, and antisemitic rhetoric.