{"id":1986556,"date":"2023-07-31T05:12:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-private-messages-desantis-ally-pedro-gonzalez-argues-nancy-pelosi-is-jewish-and-faults-trump-for-condemning-white-supremacy\/"},"modified":"2023-07-31T05:15:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T09:15:43","slug":"in-private-messages-desantis-ally-pedro-gonzalez-argues-nancy-pelosi-is-jewish-and-faults-trump-for-condemning-white-supremacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-private-messages-desantis-ally-pedro-gonzalez-argues-nancy-pelosi-is-jewish-and-faults-trump-for-condemning-white-supremacy\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis ally claims Pelosi is Jewish, blames Trump for condemning white supremacy in private messages."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fin-private-messages-desantis-ally-pedro-gonzalez-argues-nancy-pelosi-is-jewish-and-faults-trump-for-condemning-white-supremacy%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1986556&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div>\n<h2>Pedro Gonzalez&#8217;s Extensive Anti-Semitic \u2062Remarks<\/h2>\n<p>Pedro Gonzalez, the\u200b magazine \u200ceditor\u2064 and\u2064 online influencer who has amassed a \u200bfollowing on the far right over\u2063 the past several years, made more extensive anti-Semitic remarks than previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclesmagazine.org\/editorial-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politics editor<\/a> \u200b of the\u200c paleoconservative \u200b <i>Chronicles<\/i> magazine who\u2064 gained prominence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/pedro-gonzalez-to-tucker-carlson-republican-party-must-listen-to-people-not-political-experts?cmpid=org%3DNAT%3A%3Aag%3Downed%3A%3Amc%3Dorganicsocial%3A%3Asrc%3DFB%3A%3Acmp%3Darticle%3A%3Aadd%3DTuckerCarlsonTodayPedroGonzalez&#038;utm_source=organicsocial&#038;utm_medium=FB&#038;utm_campaign=article&#038;utm_content=TuckerCarlsonTodayPedroGonzalez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">through<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6315423758112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">appearances<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/video\/6322586806112\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on<\/a> Tucker \u2063Carlson&#8217;s Fox News program, Gonzalez\u200c argued\u200b in online messages obtained by the <i>Washington Free Beacon<\/i> that \u200cformer House speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.) &#8220;can&#8217;t\u200c be criticized&#8221; publicly because she is \u200da Jew\u2014Pelosi is a Roman Catholic\u2014and that Jewish scholar Yoram Hazony is an\u2063 unfit\u200d spokesman for American nationalism\u200b because he was born in Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> on \u200cSunday that he now believes the comments &#8220;were wrong&#8221; and \u200d&#8221;don\u2019t reflect who\u200d I am.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In the messages, Gonzalez expressed frustration that \u200bhe couldn&#8217;t vocalize publicly \u200chis opposition to letting &#8220;an \u200cIsraeli scholar like Hazony define the rules of American nationalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200c comments, relayed in online messages \u200dto a friend in 2019 and 2020, are of a piece with \u2064messages that Gonzalez\u200b wrote on a pro-Trump group chat in the same years and that were\u200d the subject \u200blast \u2063month of\u200b a <i>Breitbart <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2023\/06\/27\/exclusive-rising-conservative-influencer-pedro-gonzalez-regularly-espoused-racist-and-anti-semitic-sentiments-in-private-messages\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expos\u00e9<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In those messages,\u200b Gonzalez, \u2064who has made \u200ca name for himself as a vocal supporter of\u2062 Florida governor and 2024 Republican\u2062 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis, wrote that &#8220;not every Jew is problematic,\u2063 but the sad fact is that \u2062most are,&#8221; and that the \u2064&#8221;only tactical considertation [sic] of Jews is screening them for\u2062 movements.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The DeSantis campaign declined to comment on whether \u2063it had or has any relationship, \u2062formal \u200bor informal, with Gonzalez, \u2064though sources close to \u2064the campaign said the campaign has no current relationship with Gonzalez. \u200bGonzalez said he has\u2063 no official connection to the DeSantis campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Never Back Down, the super\u2063 PAC supporting DeSantis, denounced Gonzalez and said \u200cit had no affiliation with him.<\/p>\n<p>Other DeSantis \u2063allies, however, \u2064have stood behind Gonzalez. Weeks after the publication of the <i>Breitbart <\/i>expos\u00e9, the <i>Florida Standard<\/i>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-73976-ballots-released-by-maricopa-county-56-1-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"BREAKING: 73,976 Ballots Released By Maricopa County \u2014 56.1% FOR DONALD TRUMP\">news outlet<\/a> described by <em>Politico<\/em> as part of DeSantis&#8217;s attempt to \u200cforge \u2062his own \u2062press corps in the Sunshine \u2063State and a publication \u200d&#8221;at the center of DeSantis&#8217;s norms-smashing media strategy,&#8221; published an\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theflstandard.com\/trumps-general-election-troubles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">op-ed by Gonzalez<\/a> arguing that Trump is \u2064a likely loser in a\u2062 general election.<\/p>\n<p>The editor of the <em>Standard<\/em>, Will Witt, did\u2063 not respond to a request \u2063for comment.<\/p>\n<p>The latest messages from Gonzalez come to light just days after the DeSantis\u200c campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2023\/07\/25\/desantis-campaign-video-nazi-symbol-sonnenrad\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">parted ways with a campaign \u2062aide<\/a>, Nate Hochman, for including a Nazi\u2063 &#8220;Sonnenrad&#8221; symbol in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlexThomp\/status\/1683961998608924672?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> that \u200dhe secretly distributed to \u2064a pro-DeSantis\u200d Twitter account.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the <em>Free\u2064 Beacon<\/em>, Gonzalez attributed the remarks to his descent into what he\u2064 described as an &#8220;online \u200cTrump world&#8221; that\u2062 embraced &#8220;absurd rhetorical extremism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What starts off as joking can very quickly become\u200c unironically internalized \u2062as an actual belief,&#8221; he said, adding that &#8220;I said those things,\u200d and I take responsibility for them, \u200cand I\u200d apologize for them, and, ultimately, it&#8217;s on\u200c me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez\u2062 said he has had a change of heart since becoming a father: &#8220;You develop \u2063a kind \u2062of revulsion for the\u200b immaturity that defines these \u2062extremely \u200conline movements, the \u200bkind of performative bigotry that is \u200da feature of it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I\u2064 completely do not \u200bbelieve any of that stuff,&#8221; he added. &#8220;I&#8217;m \u200cashamed of\u200b those\u200b comments,\u2063 I&#8217;m embarrassed by them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the messages published last month by <em>Breitbart<\/em>, Gonzalez also railed against \u2063 <i>Daily Wire<\/i> editor in chief\u2063 Ben Shapiro, to whom he objected because Shapiro is &#8220;a Jewish Jew who likes Jewish stuff and Israel&#8221; and because Jews like Shapiro &#8220;instinctively fear\u200d living\u2064 under Christian, especially European, rule&#8221;\u2014a point, he noted,\u200d that \u2063cannot be discussed &#8220;in the open.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the publication of the <i>Breitbart <\/i>piece, Gonzalez reached out to\u2062 Shapiro and\u200d apologized for \u2064his remarks, according \u2062to a source familiar with the situation. He \u2063told\u200c the\u200b <em>Free Beacon<\/em> he has also\u200d apologized to Hazony.<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez and his supporters said the <em>Breitbart <\/em>piece was\u200b an attempt \u200cto\u200d cancel him, with one <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SwissWatchGuy\/status\/1673875790520369154\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">describing \u200bit<\/a> \u200das a &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/in-private-messages-desantis-ally-pedro-gonzalez-argues-nancy-pelosi-is-jewish-and-faults-trump-for-condemning-white-supremacy\/\" title=\"DeSantis ally claims Pelosi is Jewish, blames Trump for condemning white supremacy in private messages.\">leftist\u2063 cancel \u200cculture hit piece<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The influencer also suggested the piece \u200cwas driven \u200dby his vocal support\u2062 for DeSantis and <i>Breitbart<\/i>&#8216;s enduring loyalty to Trump. &#8220;Crossing Trump&#8217;s \u200cpolitical machine puts \u200byou in \u2063a state of nature\u2014a state of war without \u2063rules of \u2062engagement\u200c or codes of conduct,&#8221; he <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emeriticus\/status\/1674508528847843332\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on\u200d Twitter. &#8220;My views and attitude \u2064have rapidly and dramatically changed in a short period of time, but I have always been very stubborn, and I generally do not respond well to anyone trying to silence me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez battled accusations of anti-Semitism\u200c before his private messages were published. Early \u2063last year, the author and columnist\u2062 Douglas Murray <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/when-the-right-plays-with-jew-hate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused Gonzalez<\/a> of unmasking himself, &#8220;boringly \u200cand yet\u2062 still wretchedly, as an anti-Semite&#8221; after Gonzalez <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emeriticus\/status\/1476609733456977922?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mocked the appearance<\/a> of \u200bthe liberal Jewish economist David Rothschild: &#8220;That Rothschild physiognomy is pure nightmare fuel.&#8221; At the time, Gonzalez \u2063and his allies <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclesmagazine.org\/web\/that-old-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/things-that-donald-trump-did-not-do\/\" title=\"Things That Donald Trump Did Not Do\">anti-semitism<\/a>-smear\/&#8221; target=&#8221;_blank&#8221; rel=&#8221;noopener&#8221;>strenuously denied<\/a> the\u200b allegation, arguing that he &#8220;frequently lobs\u200b such jibes at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ted-cruz-manages-to-trigger-leftists-by-doing-something-millions-of-americans-do-every-year\/\" title=\"Ted Cruz Manages To Trigger Leftists by Doing Something Millions of Americans Do Every Year\">political opponents<\/a> of all ethnic backgrounds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gonzalez \u2062told\u2064 the <em>Free Beacon<\/em> \u2063 that he\u200b does\u2062 not consider the remark anti-Semitic but rather &#8220;one of\u2064 those weird, online-right insults.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>In another <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-defense-secretary-approves-national-guard-for-d-c-as-trucker-convoys-approach\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s Defense Secretary Approves National Guard For D.C. As Trucker Convoys Approach\">message obtained<\/a> by the <i>Free Beacon<\/i>, Gonzalez\u2062 in 2019 appeared \u200cto take issue with then-president Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2019\/08\/05\/748190808\/trump-calls-for-strong-background-checks-following-el-paso-and-dayton-shootings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">response<\/a> to a mass shooting in El Paso, Texas, which was carried\u200d out by a white supremacist. Addressing the country \u200cin the wake of the massacre, Trump called on Americans \u2063to &#8220;condemn\u2062 racism, bigotry, and \u200dwhite supremacy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He didn&#8217;t actually cuck after Charlotesville,\u2064 or not nearly as bad,&#8221; Gonzalez\u2064 wrote to\u2062 his friend, responding \u2064to a\u200c news report \u200bin which the president&#8217;s\u200d remarks \u200cwere quoted. &#8220;Fuck this president.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pedro Gonzalez, the magazine editor and online influencer, known for his far-right following, has made even more anti-Semitic remarks than previously disclosed. As the politics editor of Chronicles magazine, a paleoconservative publication, Gonzalez gained recognition through appearances on Tucker Carlson&#8217;s Fox News show. These offensive messages were recently obtained online.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":1986557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[544],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1986556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-free-beacon"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1986556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1986556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1986557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1986556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1986556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1986556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}