--- title: JonTron Under Fire for Comments on Race and Immigration description: Jon Jafari, a highly popular YouTube host, sparked outrage this week after making controversial claims about immigration and race canonical: https://time.com/4701304/jontron-jon-jafari-steve-bonnell-immigration-race-youtube/ author: Mahita Gajanan article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-03-14T19:18:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-14T22:42:28.000Z og:title: YouTube Star JonTron Under Fire for Comments on Race and Immigration og:description: And some fans say they can't watch his videos anymore og:url: https://time.com/4701304/jontron-jon-jafari-steve-bonnell-immigration-race-youtube/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3ef7d06daf6921f/6988be592dce0193229eca39/jontron.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1024 og:image:height: 576 og:image:alt: PlayStation 4 Pro Launches in Stores Nationwide og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: YouTube Star JonTron Under Fire for Comments on Race and Immigration twitter:description: And some fans say they can't watch his videos anymore twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb3ef7d06daf6921f/6988be592dce0193229eca39/jontron.jpg?branch=production&width=1024&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # YouTube Star JonTron Under Fire for Controversial Comments on Race and Immigration > Sponsored content. 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Updated: Dec 14, 2023 10:42 PM UTCPublished: Mar 14, 2017 7:18 PM UTC  Jonathan Jafari aka JonTron celebrates at the PlayStation 4 Pro midnight launch event at Sony Square NYC on November 9, 2016 in New York City. Jonathan Jafari aka JonTron celebrates at the PlayStation 4 Pro midnight launch event at Sony Square NYC on November 9, 2016 in New York City. Noam Galai—2016 Getty Images by [Mahita Gajanan](https://time.com/author/mahita-gajanan/) ## Mahita Gajanan Gajanan is an editor at TIME. Updated: Dec 14, 2023 10:42 PM UTCPublished: Mar 14, 2017 7:18 PM UTC Jon Jafari, a popular YouTube host, sparked outrage this week after making controversial and false claims about immigration and race in the U.S. Jafari, who goes by JonTron online, began the controversy by tweeting in defense of [Rep. Steve King’s inflammatory statement](http://time.com/4699168/steve-king-supports-dutch-politician/) that “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies,” a comment that fellow Republicans and critics [condemned](http://time.com/4699913/paul-ryan-steve-king-comments/) as supporting white nationalism. Jafari seemed to support King, tweeting: “Wow, how scandalous, Steve King doesn’t want his country invaded by people who have contempt for his culture and people! NAZI!!!” > [](https://twitter.com/JonTronShow/status/841051513212547072) He continued the defense during a [two-hour conversation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RQA9GZprqM) about immigration with Steven Bonnell, a streamer known online as [Destiny](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC554eY5jNUfDq3yDOJYirOQ). Throughout the debate, Jafari made a number of claims about race and immigration, including false assertions that minority communities are “turning everyone against each other.” When pressed by Bonnell to explain himself, Jafari repeatedly brought up concerns about the end of white populations in the U.S. Eventually, he said he could be open to the idea of immigration, saying: “If they assimilated, they would enter the gene pool, eventually.” Bonnell told TIME he invited Jafari on to his show after he saw the tweet that appeared to support King because he likes debating political issues with people who have opinions that differ from his. “I was surprised by how extreme he took things,” he said, noting that he was not trying to egg Jafari on. “Seemed like if you gave him a shovel, he would keep digging and digging.” With more than 3 million subscribers on his YouTube channel, Jafari has long commanded a wide fanbase. Following Jafari’s debate with Bonnell, several JonTron fans expressed disappointment online. “Jon argued that the most well off black man is somehow more violent or more likely to be a criminal than the worst off whites and that’s the end for me. I’m all for separating art and politics but I can’t support him when he openly spouts Stormfront talking points,” Reddit user [johnlmonkey](https://www.reddit.com/r/JonTron/comments/5za2x4/unbridled%5Frage/dewi6nh/) said, referring to the white nationalist website. Reddit user EccentricOwl [wrote](https://www.reddit.com/r/JonTron/comments/5za2x4/unbridled%5Frage/dewlk8d/): “I’m angry that someone I fell in love with would turn out like this. JonTron was the first “Youtube Personality” that I started to follow, and one of the first channels that I subscribed to. I wouldn’t call him a nazi or some sort of scumbag. He’s no [Richard Spencer](http://time.com/4642117/richard-spencer-punched-white-nationalist-nazi-trump-inauguration/). But he’s okay with a guy like Richard Spencer, and that’s not okay with me.” Spencer is a white supremacist and president of the National Policy Institute. The backlash has spilled over onto other YouTube channels under the [NormalBoots group of shows](http://normalboots.com/author/DYKGaming), which includes the JonTron Show and others like DidYouKnowGaming and PeanutButterGamer. Shane Gill, creator of [DidYouKnowGaming](https://www.youtube.com/user/DYKGaming/about), told TIME his channel has lost a “few hundred” subscribers since Jafari’s comments came to light. YouTube did not immediately respond to questions about changes in Jafari’s subscriber numbers. “Several others from NormalBoots have also received online abuse since the [Gizmodo article](http://gizmodo.com/popular-youtuber-jontron-has-some-batshit-crazy-thought-1793231221) \[posted Monday that covered Jafari’s comments\] went live, since it implied Jon had influence over our content and audience. Up until that point, I believe no one who posts to [NormalBoots.com](http://normalboots.com/) (besides Jon) had experienced a backlash,” Gill said via email. Jafari did not respond to TIME’s request for comment. ## Transcript I've said the same thing as far as ten years ago to the German people and to any population of people that is a declining population that isn't willing to have enough babies to reproduce themselves and I've said to them, you cannot rebuild your civilization with somebody else's babies. You've got to keep your birth rate up and that you need to teach your children your values and in doing so, Then you can grow your population and you can strengthen your culture. You can strengthen your way of life. That's a clear message that we need to get our birth rates up or we'll be entirely transform within half a century or little more. These people are either all equal or they are not in your view. A Muslim American, an Italian American. German- American, like you and your blood. Your roots. They are either all equal, or they are not, in your mind. What is the answer? I'd say they're all created in the image of God. And they're equal in His eyes. And if they're citizens of the United States, they're equal in the eyes of the law. Individuals will contribute differently, not equally to this civilization and society, and certain groups of people will do more from a productive side than other groups of people will. 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