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MAGA YouTube star who spurred federal crackdown in Minneapolis to speak at Illinois GOP gala

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YouTube creator Nick Shirley has filmed himself interviewing Alex Jones outside the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, called street vendors in New York City “dangerous migrant scammers” and described a “Somali takeover” in Minnesota. Shirley was also granted permission to accompany ICE agents during arrests in Chicago last year. On Friday, Illinois Republicans will feature the far right influencer as a keynote speaker at their “Red Gala” fundraiser in Elk…

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MAGA YouTube star who spurred federal crackdown in Minneapolis to speak at Illinois GOP gala

The Illinois Democratic Party is calling Nick Shirley's inclusion proof that the GOP "has completed their transformation into an extremist MAGA organization." State Republicans, on the other hand, are praising the 24-year-old YouTube star as "one of the fastest rising independent journalists in America, known for going where mainstream media won't."

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Chicago Sun Times broke the news in Chicago, United States on Thursday, June 11, 2026.
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