Myron Gaines
Co-host, “Fresh & Fit” podcast (manosphere/far-right)
Platformed Holocaust denial, praised Hitler, and called the six-million figure “271,000 at best.”
Platforming Fuentes & the “JQ” streams
Jul 2023Broad consensusWhat happened
Across July 2023 livestreams, Fresh & Fit hosted deplatformed white nationalist Nick Fuentes for hours of “Jewish Question” debate. Gaines branded the show the biggest platform “talking about the JQ,” while Fuentes said he does not believe in the Holocaust and denied the six-million death toll.
“We’re the biggest platform that’s talking about the JQ. No one else will do it.”
Under each definition
Example 4 (amplifying outright Holocaust denial) and example 2 (the conspiratorial “JQ” framing).
Guideline 5 (Holocaust denial) and guideline 2 (hidden-conspiracy claims about Jews).
Denialist, conspiratorial content about Jews; no Israel carve-out applies.
Nothing here concerns Israel.
Who called it antisemitic
Media Matters documented the streams; the ADL and SPLC later catalogued the show as a hub for antisemitism.
The defense
Gaines framed the streams as hosting “uncomfortable conversations” — a free-speech defense rather than a retraction.
Outcome
YouTube demonetized Fresh & Fit and removed it from its Partner Program in August 2023 for repeated policy violations.
“The Jews did something” episode
Jul 2025Broad consensusWhat happened
On a July 2025 Fresh & Fit “After Hours” episode, Gaines asked a panel of young guests for their views on Hitler. Guests justified the Holocaust — “the Jews did something there” — praised Hitler, and escalated to calls to “take them out,” while Gaines smiled, laughed, and did not intervene.
Under each definition
Example 4: Holocaust justification and Hitler praise, amplified by the host’s approving non-intervention.
Guideline 5 (justifying/minimizing the Holocaust) and the bar on incitement against Jews.
Justification of genocide against Jews is core antisemitism; no Israel dimension.
Not about Israel.
Who called it antisemitic
Rep. Ritchie Torres and the ADL condemned it; California State Sen. Scott Wiener flagged the show’s 100M+ views.
The defense
Gaines did not publicly respond to the backlash, and his hosts offered no apology.
Outcome
Rumble — a deliberately permissive platform — removed the episode for violating its content standards.
In their words
It is profoundly disturbing to see young social media influencers casually rationalize Hitler and the Nazi regime’s systematic extermination of six million Jews during the Holocaust. The only thing more terrifying than Holocaust denial is Holocaust glorification.
He reveled in it, egged it on, and often nodded in agreement. Platforming such extreme hatred and misinformation is irresponsible and disgusting – and it’s not ok.
This Fresh & Fit podcast (>100M views) justifies the Holocaust since the Jews ‘were up to something so the Germans wanted to take them out.’ … And people wonder why anti-Jewish violence is rising.
Campus tour: Nazi salutes & “271,000 at best”
Jan–Mar 2026Broad consensusWhat happened
On a national campus tour (University of Michigan, January 15; Ohio University, March 26, 2026), Gaines performed Nazi salutes, said the Holocaust’s six million were “allegedly killed,” gave a fabricated death toll of “271,000 at best,” addressed a Jewish student as “Jew,” and used Gaza-denial logic to question the Holocaust.
“We only focus on this number of six million of Jewish people that were allegedly killed during the Holocaust.”
Under each definition
Example 4: denying the scale of the Holocaust and asserting a fabricated death toll, alongside Nazi salutes and symbols.
Guideline 5: Holocaust denial and gross minimization on its face.
Denialist, dehumanizing content about Jews; no Israel carve-out applies.
His Gaza analogy invokes Israel rhetorically, but the act is Holocaust denial, not criticism of Israel.
Who called it antisemitic
Ohio University Hillel, campus newspapers, and Jewish student groups condemned the events.
The defense
Gaines and his hosts framed it as free speech — “when I say ‘We like Hitler,’ that’s to defy the norm” — and universities said they could not bar the speech.
Outcome
No deplatforming; universities supported affected students through Hillel and Chabad while condemning the content.
In their words
I stand by being able to say what you want to say and not being pussified about it… when I say ‘We like Hitler,’ that’s to defy the norm where ‘Oh, my god, you can’t say that.’
We are deeply troubled by the decision of our fellow Bobcats to invite a podcaster with a long and horrible track record of antisemitic, misogynistic and homophobic content.
A man who promotes antisemitic conspiracy theories, claims Jewish people control the world… and performs a Nazi salute on a college campus is not engaging in meaningful dialogue… it is hate made into spectacle.
The verdicts above are how each framework would most likely treat this case — illustrative guidance, not official rulings. The 3D test applies only to Israel-related cases, so it reads “N/A” elsewhere. See the Definition tab for each framework’s full text. Inclusion is documentation, not a finding.