Elon Musk and America’s Far Right Stoke Anger Over Murder of UK Teen

Musk also shared a video from far-right British agitator Tommy Robinson calling on people to gather outside Southampton Central Police State on Tuesday night, echoing calls from Reform Party leader Nigel Farage for people to respond to the incident with “pure cold rage.”

“I heard someone say this wasn’t about race; this is about race,” Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, told the crowd. Later, protesters were blocked from entering the street where Digwa lived with his family, the BBC reported.

Stoking Tensions

UK Home secretary Shabana Mahmood called the violence “completely unacceptable” and condemned those stoking tensions: “There can be no justification for hijacking this tragedy to stir up violence and disorder.”

But far-right figures in America continued to push the antiwhite narrative.

“You will be called racist for standing up for the West, or watch your boy bleed out on camera,” right-wing podcaster and conspiracy theorist Mike Cernovich posted on X.

Matt Walsh, who earlier in the week called Nowak’s murder the “systemic hatred, oppression, and marginalization of white people,” shared footage of the protests in Southampton, writing: “Inspiring to see. The indigenous peoples of the UK have had enough. Finally.”

George Floyd Comparison

Many figures on the right have compared Nowak’s death to George Floyd, including Katie Miller, podcaster and wife of key Trump adviser Stephen Miller. “Keir Starmer spoke out publicly about George Floyd at least seven times,” Miller wrote in response to a post from the UK prime minister. “He has mentioned Henry Nowak’s name only once. Why is the standard different for a crime against a white man?”

Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist, focused on the Nowak murder on his nightly show on Rumble on Tuesday evening, calling it “the white George Floyd” and claiming the Digwa should be executed. “Unless white people are willing to fight for a place in this world, then we are going to ԁіе,” Fuentes said.

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He also posted about the murder on X, writing: “This is an allegory for what is happening to European civilization on a global scale.”

This is not the first time that Musk and the American far right have been accused of inciting violence in the UK and other European countries. In 2024, Musk was widely blamed for his role in fomenting anti-immigration riots in the UK, and in 2023 Musk and figures like Steve Bannon stoked calls for civil war in Ireland in the wake of riots in the capital.