Some far-right voices have adopted the false claim that the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection was a false flag[…]Nick Fuentes[…]pushed back on this conspiracy, claiming that it detracted from the narrative that Jan. 6 was a “rebellion” that should be “celebrate[d]”

Fuentes was present at the Capitol[…]
“January 6 was necessary, because it left an impression,” Fuentes declared on the Jan. 6, 2024 episode of America First. “And that impression was we do not accept this election. It was loud[…]You can’t ignore that”

Fuentes said that this “straight-up rebellion” helped people focus on the claims that the 2020 election had been stolen[…]
“So I don’t like the fedsurrection narrative because — I sort of understand it, and the angle is that this is supposed to exonerate the people that have been charged,” he said. “And I sort of understand that this is supposed to exonerate Trump supporters, so they’re not seen as terrorists. But I don’t think that’s necessary”

He added that “it’s almost like if you say it’s a fedsurrection, you’re almost conceding that if no feds were involved that it was evil.” Fuentes said that even if the pro-Trump mob hadn’t been “tricked” into entering the Capitol[…]their actions were ultimately “justified”

Fuentes laid out a list of grievances about how President Trump’s anti-immigrant agenda had been stymied by Congress and the courts. And he complained that states with Republican legislatures refused to audit their vote totals[…]
He then called the “riot” at the Capitol a “pretty proportionate expression of the frustration of the people,” and said that Trump supporters were “entitled to break a fuckin’ window”

According to Fuentes, there may have been “some funny business” where federal agents “exacerbated” the events of that day. But he was dismissive of claims that “they were the primary engine behind that”