Nick Fuentes is now at the center of the right's civil war.Mother Jones; Zach D Roberts/NurPhoto/Getty

It’s been more than a week since Tucker Carlson’s interview with groyper leader Nick Fuentes roiled the right. Many felt a line had, finally, been crossed by Carlson platforming someone who described Hitler as “really fucking cool.” The Daily Wire’s Ben Shapiro accused Carlson of “normalizing Nazism;” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) said Fuentes had “spread a poison that is profoundly dangerous” and scolded Republican senators for staying silent on the issue; Newsweek columnist and conservative radio host Josh Hammer posted on X, “The great Charlie Kirk is rolling in his grave right now. Simply despicable.”

Others were not so sure that Carlson’s hosting a Hitler fanboy, autocracy enthusiast, and opponent of mixed-race marriage amounted to a lapse of judgment. Far-right pundit Candace Owens declared that Carlson was “very well-liked now by both sides” and called his critics “Zionists.” Kevin Roberts, president of the arch-conservative think tank the Heritage Foundation, fired back at those who criticized the organization’s “close friend” Tucker Carlson, labeling them a “venomous coalition.” (The next day, Roberts clarified that he and Heritage did “denounce” Fuentes. But, ever since, the organization has been in a messy, public civil war.)

Amid this, you might think it might be time for a reckoning. Everyone who even lightly affiliates with the GOP could, say, go look in a mirror and ask themselves whether........

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