Benito Bernardez

Benito Marco Bernardez (born October 21, 1984) is an American conservative political commentator, conspiracy theorist, and podcast host. Formerly a co-host on the MeCast talk show Right About the Right, he is best known for hosting his self-titled talk show, The Benito Bernardez Show, on which he discusses politics, religion, and current events from a right-wing perspective.

Bernardez is often described as promoting a "hypermasculine" lifestyle. He has been criticized by left- and center-wing websites for his frequent racist, homophobic, and ableist comments, as well as his controversial conspiracy theories about the and the  and his condonation of the.

Early life
Bernardez was born on October 21, 1984 in. His father was of descent, while his mother was  and. Both of his parents were conservative.

The Bernardez family came to when he was 7 years old, and he attended elementary, middle school, and high school there. He moved to in 2002.

Political views
Bernardez has variously been described as a, , and. He identifies as "economically but ", and has also voiced support for  and the. The Worcester Beacon has called him "conservative to the point of self-contradiction", while The Orlando Times has noted his "hypocritical rightist political perspectives".

Bernardez has been obsessively critical of. He has described in particular as "a laughable leftist brainwashing scheme". He has accused the left of using popular culture, telecommunications, the news, and academia as means of distributing propaganda and reinforcing their ideologies while "simultaneously not allowing mine". He has also criticized, purporting that they are hateful toward majorities such as , , and , and lying that they suppress -protected topics like and.

Gender and sexuality
Bernardez is a firm believer in and thinks that people are "born [...] ], then persuaded by the liberal media to become ". He is also known for his frequent misrepresentation of statistics and data related to topics. He often treats the LGBT as being less than human, often calling them "The Queers" with proper noun capitalization.

Bernardez's opinions on the have been shown to contradict one another. In June 2019, he began perpetuating the, claiming that chemical  are "the real reason why thetrare so many goddamn fruitcake pansies in this once-glorious nation". In August 2020, however, he "did a 180" and began perpetuating the, opining that "U.S. schools need to stop getting to cozy with The Queers" and that "this coziness leads to children being inappropriately touched by Queers and coerced into playing gender dress-up and identifying as woke    people". In 2022, he also participated in the spread of the, lying that "American schools are woke agenda schools and enforcing of gay trans ideologies".

Bernardez has called for fans to organize rallies protesting and calling for laws favoring the community to be overruled, and to keep pushing the idea that the LGBT community "seeks to abolish procreation, empower the females, and save its own persons while risking the livelihood of Western civilization". He has also pressured fans to anti-LGBT businesses, saying that "the same people preaching expectance get PISSED when I hate them, so lets  [sic] buy from the enemy".

Health
Bernardez has purported that the is an "international governmental conspiracy". He has also called "evil" and lied that they are actually filled with dangerous, and he has accused the government and  of "directly targeting [W]hite people". During thr height of the pandemic in 2020 and 2021, Bernardez routinely called "COVID simp" and others who believed in the dangers of COVID-19 "gay Fauci simps". He has repeatedly called the "Gay Fauci Simp Club", or GFSC.