{"id":2523642,"date":"2025-12-20T18:55:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-warns-embracing-extremists-will-help-democrats\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T18:56:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T23:56:44","slug":"rob-schneider-warns-embracing-extremists-will-help-democrats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rob-schneider-warns-embracing-extremists-will-help-democrats\/","title":{"rendered":"Rob Schneider warns embracing &#8216;extremists&#8217; will help Democrats"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/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%2Frob-schneider-warns-embracing-extremists-will-help-democrats%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=2523642&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--><p>comedian Rob Schneider warned at Turning Point USA&#8217;s AmericaFest that if conservatives allow extremist voices like Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes to fill the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-says-hell-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-select-helpful-house-speaker\/\" title=\"Trump vows to do &#039;whatever it takes&#039; to choose a beneficial House speaker.\">leadership void left<\/a> by the late Charlie Kirk, the Republican Party risks becoming unelectable and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-grow-midterm-cash-advantage-over-dems\/\" title=\"House Republicans Grow Midterm Cash Advantage Over Dems\">losing power<\/a>. Schneider emphasized that embracing such figures would validate accusations from the Left that conservatives are extremists, which contradicts Kirk&#8217;s legacy of promoting dialogue and moderation. He highlighted that kirk actively resisted far-right elements and called out antisemitism, distinguishing him sharply from figures like Fuentes, a white nationalist. Schneider also noted that the Left&#8217;s embrace of extremists contributed to their 2024 election losses and urged conservatives to avoid the same mistake by promoting rational and moderate voices to lead the movement forward.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rob Schneider warns embracing Candace Owens and Nick Fuentes could help Democrats win back power<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2450338\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Comedian Rob Schneider warned that if conservatives let the &ldquo;extremists&rdquo; fill the void <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/charlie-kirk\/\">Charlie Kirk<\/a> left behind, then <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/republican-party\">Republicans<\/a> will lose and become &ldquo;unelectable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Schneider spoke on the second day of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3919151\/tpusa-americafest-post-charlie-kirk-death\/\">Turning Point USA&rsquo;s AmericaFest<\/a> in Arizona, the organization&rsquo;s first one since Kirk, its founder and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-elise-stefanik-endorses-david-mccormick-in-pennsylvania-senate-primary\/\" title=\"Exclusive: Elise Stefanik Endorses David McCormick in Pennsylvania Senate Primary\">leading conservative voice<\/a>, was <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/politics\/3802009\/charlie-kirk-shot-dead-turning-point-usa-founder-legacy\/\">assassinated in September<\/a> at a TPUSA event at Utah Valley University.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135252\/trump-blakeman-endorsement-new-york-governor\/\">Trump quickly endorses Blakeman for New York governor after Stefanik bows out<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4135231\/vance-gop-charge-blasting-bernie-sanders-killing-pediatric-cancer-bill\/\">Vance leads GOP charge in blasting &#8216;Grinch&#8217; Bernie Sanders for killing pediatric cancer bill: &lsquo;Really disgraceful&rsquo;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/4135209\/colorado-state-senators-bac-was-twice-legal-limit-fatal-crash\/\">Colorado state senator&#8217;s BAC was twice legal limit at time of fatal car crash: Coroner&#8217;s report<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;The void Charlie left behind is real and if we&rsquo;re not careful about who fills it, if we let the Candace Owenses and Nick Fuenteses become our dominant voices, we&rsquo;re going to make the exact mistake the Left made,&rdquo; Schneider said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re going to risk once again giving the reins of power back to the crazy, radical Left,&rdquo; he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Since Kirk&rsquo;s death, questions have arisen about who will lead the young conservative movement. Various right-wing influencers that Kirk mentored are seen as possible candidates to fill this void and become leading voices.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/3888508\/trump-explains-how-charlie-kirks-murder-changed-his-life\/\"><strong>TRUMP EXPLAINS HOW CHARLIE KIRK&rsquo;S MURDER CHANGED HIS LIFE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schneider argued that embracing figures like Owens and Fuentes validates the Left&rsquo;s claims about conservatives being extremist and that it would go against Kirk&rsquo;s legacy.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The left is trying to reframe Charlie into something he wasn&rsquo;t and by extension all of us: extremist, Nazis, fascist, white supremacist,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;By taking moderate people with views that are held by the majority and turning them into monsters, it hides the real monsters among us.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Owens has gone viral on social media for spreading conspiracy theories about Kirk&rsquo;s assassination, and launched her own investigation into his death.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/erika-kirk\/\">Erika Kirk<\/a>, Charlie&rsquo;s widow, had a four-hour conversation with Owens this week after publicly asking Owens to stop spreading conspiracies about her husband&rsquo;s death. Owens revealed Kirk did not ask her to stop her investigation during the meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Schneider praised Kirk and said Fuentes represents the opposite of everything Kirk stood for.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Charlie Kirk wasn&rsquo;t Nick Fuentes, not even close,&rdquo; Schneider said. &ldquo;Charlie was about having conversations, addressing reality, opening up dialogue on college campuses. He made a point of resisting the more extreme elements on the Right.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He called people out when they got out of line. The Groypers. The people who actually crossed into antisemitism,&rdquo; Schneider added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/opinion\/beltway-confidential\/3870223\/the-groypers-are-at-the-gate\/\">Groypers<\/a> are a group of far-right activists and supporters of Fuentes, a self-avowed white nationalist.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Schneider&rsquo;s remarks echoed Ben Shapiro&rsquo;s speech on the first day of the conference, where <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3927172\/conservative-republican-podcaster-wars-continue-at-turning-points-america-fest\/\">Shapiro criticized Tucker Carlson<\/a> for hosting Fuentes and Owens on his podcast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, multiple Republicans have condemned Fuentes and those who give him a platform.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vivek-ramaswamy\/\">Vivek Ramaswamy<\/a>, who is running for Ohio governor, wrote a <em>New York Times <\/em>op-ed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3923850\/vivek-ramaswamy-nick-fuentes-groyper-movement-identity-politics-right\/\">warning about the growing influence of Groypers&rsquo;<\/a> and urging a united front to combat them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3927081\/erika-kirk-vance-president-2028-americafest\/\"><strong>ERIKA KIRK VOWS TO GET VANCE &lsquo;ELECTED FOR 48&rsquo; AT AMERICAFEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Schneider said that when the Left embraced its &ldquo;extremists,&rdquo; it cost them the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/2024-elections\/\">2024 election<\/a>. He warned that conservatives need to learn from Democrats&rsquo; mistakes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Here&rsquo;s the warning,&rdquo; Schneider said. &ldquo;If the Right doesn&rsquo;t learn from the Left&rsquo;s mistake, if we embrace our extremists, the way the Left embraced theirs, we&rsquo;ll go down the same path they did.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The comedian said the &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reasonable rational voices&#038;rdquo<\/a>; Kirk represented need to fill Kirk&rsquo;s void.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Just like the Left, we will become unelectable, and everything Charlie built will be for not,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rob Schneider warns extremists like Owens, Fuentes risk GOP loss<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3984,"featured_media":2523643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25354065876605.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,58662,38621,46693,32515],"class_list":["post-2523642","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-extremists-2","tag-political-warning","tag-rob-schneider","tag-us-politics"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/AP25354065876605.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523642","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\/3984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2523642"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523642\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2523646,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2523642\/revisions\/2523646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2523643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2523642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2523642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2523642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}