Fuentes Sister Appears Not To Be Fan – Patch

LA GRANGE PARK, IL – Nicholas Fuentes, the nationally known racist from La Grange Park, seems to have found support from his parents for his views.

On his podcast last year, Fuentes and his mother, Lauren Fuentes, laughed about their hatred of African Americans.

And Fuentes has described how his father, Bill Fuentes, avoided restaurants where they believed African Americans dined.

But Fuentes’ Groyper Army appears to have no sympathy from one member of Fuentes’ family – his sister, Melissa Fuentes. Patch could find no comments from her about Nicholas Fuentes, but her statements and actions indicate she does not share her brother’s views.

Melissa Fuentes’ TikTok and Facebook pages include no references to her brother, who dined with President Donald Trump and Kanye West in November.

Immigration may be one of the areas where the siblings part ways. Nicholas Fuentes supports the closure of U.S. borders to immigrants and titled a podcast episode, “Meeting the Mexican Invaders.”

In 2018, his sister spoke at what was considered one of the largest naturalization ceremonies in Central Illinois at Bradley University in Peoria. Her speech was titled, “Why Diversity Makes America Stronger.”

Before that event, she said in a university news release, “It is important for us to commend and honor those who have waited patiently and endured the often painstaking process of becoming a US citizen. Additionally, it is important to recognize how powerful diversity can be and how much members of diverse communities have contributed to our country.”

Nicholas Fuentes has accused many conservatives of being fake because they support the “LGBT agenda.” He also has denounced same-sex marriage and “transgenderism” as “deviancy,” according to the Washington Post.

Melissa Fuentes apparently holds a different view of the LGBT community.

In a couple of her TikTok videos, she dances to Taylor Swift’s “Bejeweled” with a man wearing a white dress shirt, shorts and fishnet.

Someone wrote a bigoted remark about the “gay guy” in the videos and suggested Melissa Fuentes was an embarrassment to her family.

Her friend replied, identifying himself as the “gay guy” and correcting the commenter’s grammar.

In 2016, the Fuentes siblings graduated from Lyons Township High School, with Nicholas Fuentes serving as the student body president in his last year. Both were on the speech team, winning awards along the way.

Nicholas Fuentes went to Boston University, but left early to focus on white nationalism. Before departing, he took part in the 2017 white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, the first time he made headlines.

Melissa Fuentes attended Bradley University, where she joined the speech team. In a university newsletter, she said she was majoring in political science and planned to become an attorney and then get into politics.

She graduated in May 2020, noting the occasion on Facebook. She said she was the first in her family to get a bachelor’s degree.

“My parents have sacrificed so much throughout their lives to make sure I got here, and I’ll never be able to thank them enough,” she said.

Many congratulated Melissa Fuentes. One of her classmates said he was glad to meet her and spend “great moments with you!”

“Go have fun and take the world by storm!” he said. “Love you very much!”

She responded, “Love you most!”

Given her brother’s racism, it is worth noting that her classmate is African American.

In 2015, Melissa Fuentes was selected to serve as a senator at Girls Nation in Washington. While there, Girls Nation participants met with President Barack Obama. She posted photos to her Facebook page.

For one of the pictures, she commented, “And then I was like, “No, Mr. President, YOU Rock!”

That is probably not something that her Trump-supporting brother would have said.

In a podcast last year, Fuentes said Trump was “awesome” because he was racist and sexist. But he lamented Trump was not antisemitic.

Fuentes also has entered the realm of Holocaust denial — a favorite of white supremacists. He is on video comparing the Nazi killing of millions of Jews with cookie-baking.

Patch left a message for comment with Melissa Fuentes through Facebook.