Key facts
- The College Republican Patriot Coalition claims 31 affiliated student groups in 14 states.
- The coalition's web domain was registered in a Microsoft 365 account tied to NJF LLC, a Fuentes-managed company.
- The domain was removed from the account by Monday evening after the Guardian sought comment.
- The coalition has not publicly named its leaders and is not associated with a known registered legal entity.
- Simon Dickerman said in a 2022 live stream the coalition had to pretend it had nothing to do with Fuentes.
A college Republican coalition that claims 31 affiliated student groups in 14 states routed its web domain through the same Microsoft 365 account as a company controlled by white nationalist Nick Fuentes, the Guardian reported on November 10, 2026.
Until Monday morning, Microsoft's public sign-in records listed the College Republican Patriot Coalition's web domain in an account registered to NJF LLC, a Fuentes-managed company that also runs his personal website and online store. By Monday evening, hours after the Guardian sent questions to Fuentes and the coalition, the domain no longer appeared in that account, and a Microsoft verification code had been deleted from its settings. Fuentes's own domains remained in the account.
The coalition has hinted at ties with Fuentes in the past, but the shared account is the first confirmed operational link, the Guardian reported. The coalition has not publicly named its leaders and is not associated with any known registered legal or organizational entity.
In social media posts on Wednesday, the coalition blamed Republican midterm defeats on the Trump administration and the Republican Party, saying young voters had received "a war on behalf of Israel, stunted deportations, and a flailing economy." The statement listed 31 college Republican groups, including chapters at the University of Florida, Clemson and Iowa State University, and state-level federations in Georgia, Maryland, New York, Tennessee and Virginia.
Ben Lorber, a senior research analyst at Political Research Associates, said Fuentes advises his young followers to join organizations closer to the conservative establishment and to "hide their power level" and downplay their most radical ideas. Simon Dickerman, a former Fuentes associate, said in a 2022 live stream that the coalition "has to pretend like it has nothing to do with Nick Fuentes because Nick has made himself so radioactive to other people."
Many of the groups on the coalition's statement also belong to College Republicans of America, which is seeking recognition as the Republican Party's official student wing. CRA's political director, Kai Schwemmer, appears in the coalition's Instagram posts this year. The Guardian reported in March on Schwemmer's appointment and his history of bigoted statements on live streams; he claims he has abandoned his extremist views.
The Guardian contacted Fuentes, the coalition, CRA, Schwemmer and others for comment.