Stew Peters

Stewart Peters (born April 1, 1980) is an American alt-right internet personality, white nationalist, political commentator, Holocaust denier, and conspiracy theorist.

He is known for promoting COVID-19 misinformation and conspiracy theories, as well as anti-LGBTQ, antisemitic, and white supremacist beliefs.

After obtaining a lead role in the film, Peters lied to Ventura that his brother was a teen heartthrob who starred in a popular 1990s sitcom.

Tyrel invited Peters to stay at the governor's residence in St. Paul during filming.

Peters went home to Apple Valley, a suburb 16 miles away, and later moved into the guest room of the governor's residence for several weeks, until he was evicted by the state troopers providing security for the governor.

Peters was a bounty hunter before producing internet content.

He started moonlighting as a bounty hunter after he met someone in the business.

Peters claims to have headed a bounty hunting agency named Twin Cities Apprehension Team for several years.

He briefly interned at 101.3 KDWB-FM in 1998.

In 2000, he auditioned for a film directed by Tyrel Ventura, the son of then-Minnesota governor Jesse Ventura.

In 2015, Minnesota Law was changed to limit what bounty hunters can wear and drive, a change apparently aimed specifically at Peters, who dressed to resemble law enforcement officers.

On May 30, 2017, Peters' agency was involved in a shootout that left two agents and the fugitive dead.

TCAT had tracked Ramon Hutchinson, wanted for failure to appear for a DUI court date, from Minnesota to Greenville, Texas.

TCAT used an automobile tracking device to find Hutchinson.

When two agents (Gabriel Bernal and Fidel Garcia Jr) approached Hutchinson, he pulled out a gun and opened fire.

Both agents and the fugitive died.

Peters' bounty hunting agency closed in 2021 after Peters was found guilty of disorderly conduct related to a domestic disturbance situation and was sentenced to probation.

Having previously been a rapper and bounty hunter, Peters launched the Stew Peters Show in 2020, which airs on weekdays.

His show routinely features conspiracy theories about governmental organizations, such as the CDC.

His guests have included established proponents of conspiracy theories such as Paul Gosar, Mark Meadows, and L. Lin Wood.

In 2022, Peters released the anti-vaccine film Died Suddenly, and a subsequent 2023 film titled Final Days.

Peters grew up in Minnesota.

Initially, Peters thought he would become a police officer or an entertainer during high school.

After high school, Peters moved from Minnesota to Los Angeles, Florida and New York while pursuing a career as a rapper named Fokiss.

As a rapper, he performed at several night clubs and bars around Minneapolis and Duluth including 7th St. Entry at the landmark 1st Avenue.

Peters launched The Stew Peters Show as a podcast in 2020, commenting on criminality and related topics, also giving air time to figures of the American far-right and the anti-vaccination movement (such as Del Bigtree).

Peters uses his show to initiate or amplify a large number of rumors and fabrications widely known to be disinformation.

He uses violent rhetoric against marginalized groups, most notably Jews, Hindus, and the LGBT community.

He promotes concepts linked to QAnon and white supremacy, and has expressed support for Pizzagate and flat earth conspiracy theories.

Because of his ability to incite his numerous followers to harass those he targets, extremism researcher Katie McCarthy has compared him to Alex Jones.

In 2021, he, along with L. Lin Wood, became involved in a feud with Michael Flynn and Marjorie Taylor Greene regarding Flynn's endorsement of Vernon Jones and the future of Kyle Rittenhouse's bail fund.

Peters was a speaker at the 2022 America First Political Action Conference, where he called for the murders of Anthony Fauci (lynched by hanging), and Vernon Jones (executed by electric chair).

In February 2023, following the Ohio train derailment, a tweet by Peters claiming that "journalists covering the story have been arrested" and dead fish and cattle were being found "as far as 100 miles away from the site" went viral, attracting about half a million likes.

Only one journalist had been arrested.

In the summer of 2023, Peters claimed that the wildfires in Canada and the ones in Hawaii were the result of attacks by orbital energy weapon platforms, similarly to Marjorie Taylor Greene's statement about "Jewish space lasers".

Experts have explained why this statement by Peters is clearly incorrect.

Peters has called for the execution of Hunter Biden, Dr Anthony Fauci, Catholic Charities workers, Taylor Swift, and Travis Kelce for reasons ranging from Kelce promoting COVID-19 vaccines and the Catholic Charities workers aiding migrants to Biden being a "presidential failson" and Swift promoting "witchcraft".

According to Peters’ executive producer Lauren Witzke, "It's not a Stew Peters rally unless we're calling for executions."

Peters has promoted many white supremacist and antisemitic conspiracy theories and talking points.

He has referred to Judaism as a "death cult built on the blood of murdered babies".