Overview

• At the National Conservatism Conference in Washington, Schmitt defined American identity as rooted in Western culture, Christianity, and a settler heritage, calling the country a birthright of “us.”
• He attacked legal immigration—especially the H‑1B program—arguing it replaces U.S. workers and harms Americans; clips were posted on X and the full text ran in the Daily Signal.
• He praised westward expansion and depicted Native peoples as aggressors, a framing critics compared to white‑supremacist manifestos.
• Journalists and commentators, including Jamelle Bouie and Cornell Belcher, labeled the rhetoric white nationalist and racist.
• MSNBC noted his June hire of Nathan Hochman, previously fired from the DeSantis campaign over Nazi imagery, as The Federalist defended his thesis, highlighting an internal shift toward nativism.