"Fishback responded that "I would never attend any other religious celebration or service other than that of my unapologetic Christian faith." "Very based," replied cohost Dave Reilly, who helped organize the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, before working as an operative at the far-right edge of Idaho politics. "I think it's important to preserve the identity of heritage Americans," Fishback told the hosts. "I think it's important to not let us be replaced.""
"Fishback, a former hedge fund investor, gained notoriety in 2024 for launching Azoria Capital, which sought to exclude companies pursuing diversity initiatives from the S&P 500. The venture cemented his anti-DEI credentials within the MAGA business community. A self-styled DOGE adviser, he also floated a plan to create a federal "DOGE Dividend" that would direct 20 percent of the alleged savings realized by the government-slashing program to taxpayers. That proposal went nowhere-in part because the ballyhooed Elon Musk initiative's impact on spending was negligible."
Fishback appeared on a white nationalist-run YouTube show where hosts displayed Kevin MacDonald's antisemitic The Culture of Critique. When asked about attending a Hanukkah celebration as Florida governor, he said he would never attend any non-Christian religious service, asserting his unapologetic Christian faith. Cohost Dave Reilly, a former organizer of the 2017 Unite the Right rally, praised him. Fishback used white nationalist language about preserving the identity of "heritage Americans" and saying "not let us be replaced." A cohost briefly displayed a Nazi flag on camera. Fishback also launched Azoria Capital to exclude DEI-focused companies and proposed a federal "DOGE Dividend" that went nowhere.
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