On Rumble, Stew Peters and TPUSA ambassador suggest violent insurrection against “Jewish-controlled” government

Turning Point USA’s Evan Kilgore: “American people have to be willing to stand up and use their firearm, use the Second Amendment to protect themselves against this tyranny.”

Written by Eric Hananoki

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Update (1/26/24): Following the publication of this article, Turning Point USA's website removed Kilgore's biography and a listing for him on its speaker's bureau page. 

Turning Point USA Ambassador Evan Kilgore appeared on the show of virulent antisemite Stew Peters, where the two alleged that Jewish people are behind the world’s problems and advocated for armed revolt. After claiming that the government is “Jewish-controlled,” Kilgore said that people “have to be willing to stand up and use their firearm, use the Second Amendment to protect themselves against this tyranny.” 

Peters is a white nationalist and antisemite who hosts a program that streams on Rumble. He has endorsed Holocaust denial and pro-Hitler propaganda and encourages violence as a solution to problems. 

Kilgore is a Turning Point USA ambassador. The right-wing organization states that he is an “outspoken Christian and Conservative commentator who focuses on politics, faith, and culture” and says he was “retweeted by President Trump multiple times.”

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TPUSA is led by Charlie Kirk, whose recent commentary has included both antisemitism and Islamophobia. The organization recently cut ties with Morgan Ariel, a far-right influencer who pushes antisemitism and has appeared on Peters’ program. 

Kilgore was a guest on the January 25 edition of Peters’ program, where the two started discussing the razor wire case in Texas. Kilgore told Peters that “this is all part of a mass depopulation agenda” and “the United States is being invaded by illegal immigrants. It's absolutely disgusting.”

Peters replied of the border: “Electrify it. Shoot people that are trying to come across it.” (Peters has previously called for shooting workers for the nonprofit Catholic Charities USA.) 

The conversation then descended into open antisemitism when the two discussed who was behind the world’s problems. 

Peters alleged that there’s a “criminal Jewish banking cabal, the central banking system. This system, by the way, that was kicked out of Russia by Vladimir Putin, which is why he's the boogeyman for the entire Jewish-funded media. Blackrock, State Street, Vanguard, the Rothschilds. He kicked them out.” 

Kilgore later replied: “No, exactly. They fund everything from the public education system to the banks to literally everything. So they’re funding these wars, they’re instigating these wars, they’re creating these wars in essence, truly.”

Peters also said that when it comes to government, “We have a bunch of people that are sold out to Jews”: 

STEW PETERS (HOST): We don't have any representation in Washington. We have a bunch of people that are sold out to Jews. That's what we have. I mean, literally, that's what we have. Nobody can argue that. It's not antisemitic to say that, it is freaking fact. Every one of our bureaucracies. Every one of our three letter agencies, all of our Ivy League schools, all of our publicly funded college post-secondary institutions, every institution in this country is led by somebody who claims to be a Jew. Are they practicing Jews? No, of course they're not. They hide behind the Jew label.

Kilgore replied after Peters’ rant: “What you said is exactly correct.” He added: “They're Jewish-controlled. And, you know, people like me, the everyday American conservative Christian is waking up to this.” He then praised Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes for being “kind of a forefront leader” in criticizing “Jewish people.”

Peters and Kilgore talked about alleged solutions to taking back their government, which prominently included violence. When Peters asked if “America needs to see an insurrection, a violent one,” Kilgore replied: 

EVAN KILGORE (TPUSA AMBASSADOR): I think that if we can't get this country back under control, then we certainly need to do something, and does it need to be an insurrection? Possibly. There needs to be a list of demands. If we're going to go take over the Capitol, there needs to be a list of demands saying we're not going to leave unless these are satisfied, unless we the people regain the power in this nation.

(Kilgore had said during the program: “Personally, I don't think January 6 went far enough.”) 

Kilgore later complained that “most Americans are far too lazy to ever engage in a civil war,” but the “American people have to be willing to stand up and use their firearm, use the Second Amendment to protect themselves against this tyranny.” 

STEW PETERS (HOST): How many Americans do you think are willing to actually use firearms and lethal force to protect their life, liberty, and property, and to protect their kids against a tyrannical government? Or how many of them are just going to lay down and just go to jail, just be carted off by the feds and, you know, handcuffed and just go to jail peacefully and like, be like victims and be like, “Oh my God. Well, now I need a crowdfunding. I need” —  you know, I mean, where are we? Where are the real fighters? We don't need political candidates. We need William Wallace. 

EVAN KILGORE (TPUSA AMBASSADOR): No, exactly. I do think those people are few and far between. But you're right. A lot of Americans, we talk about a coming civil war between the left and the right, or even some sort of war on the world stage. Most Americans are far too lazy to ever engage in a civil war. The most that we can do is make some tweets on X and post terrible memes on Instagram, and they believe that's fighting the culture war. And it's going to come. One day, this war is going to come to our front door, and American people have to be willing to stand up and use their firearm, use the Second Amendment to protect themselves against this tyranny. 

PETERS: Yeah. We have exhausted virtually every, every other available recourse that we have. We really have. I mean, we really have. We have tried to petition the government to redress our grievances. January 6, perfect example. 

Peters concluded the segment by stating: “Your State Department is controlled by Jews. Your Department of Justice is controlled by Jews. Your Ivy League schools are controlled by Jews. Your public schools are controlled by Jews. All of your major universities are controlled by Jews. Your entire media is funded by Jews.”