Far-right influencer suggests 'shooting everyone involved' with immigrant aid charities

Stew Peters — a conspiracy theorist livestreamer popular with the extreme right — is now making violent threats against charity workers that help immigrants.

Peters has become known by his nearly half a million followers on X (formerly Twitter) and almost 550,000 followers on right-wing video platform Rumble for spreading debunked lies about the Covid-19 vaccine. However, he's also lately become increasingly known for his vitriol against both the LGBTQ+ community, Jewish people, and undocumented immigrants.

Mother Jones reported that Peters incited violence against nonprofit workers during a speech last weekend in Vero Beach, Florida, at an event dubbed the "Stew Peters Fall Freedom Fest."

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"These people cross into Mexico and coach illegals on how to get admitted here…These are these, you know, not-for-profit charities. Catholic Charities is a very good example," Peters said. "We need troops on the border that will shoot people that are trying to invade our country. That’d be a good first step. But you know what a better second step would be? Shooting everyone involved with these fake charities."

Catholic Charities issued a statement in response to Peters' threat, warning that his comments are "deeply disturbing and could endanger Catholic Charities staff members and volunteers."

"Sadly, these reprehensible threats against our agencies are an extension of a disturbing trend from a small but vocal group of critics who misrepresent and malign the basic humanitarian care — a warm meal, fresh clothing, a bed to sleep in for a night — that some Catholic Charities agencies provide to migrants after they have been released into the country by federal authorities," the group stated. "As our nation continues to mourn in the wake of yet another mass shooting, we pray for all victims of gun violence and for an end to dangerous, hateful rhetoric."

X, which is owned by Elon Musk, monetizes Peters' account. Democratic-aligned research group Media Matters for America reported that Musk's platform even placed an ad for the Philadelphia Eagles on one of Peters' videos calling for violence against his political opponents.

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