• September 2016 – Rectenwald tweets that he hopes that liberal students commit suicide if Trump is elected
  October 2016 – NY Post: Rectenwald says that he was forced to go on leave
• October 2016 – NYU News: Rectenwald says that NYU made him take the leave of absence, but goes on to say it wasn’t a “mandatory” leave of absence
• November 2016 – In a Washington Post Op-ed, Rectenwald claims that he “was strongly encouraged to take a paid leave of absence “
• November 2016 – NY Mag: Rectenwald says “I do intend to remain on leave” which shows he could have returned to NYU
• November 2016 – NYU releases email correspondence showing that the leave of absence was Rectenwald’s decision with him saying “I unequivocally need the leave of absence” and that Rectenwald declined the offer to return to teaching

Rectenwald’s denying his support for Trump and the GOP:

• December 2023 – Rectenwald claims he did not say that Republicans need build Trump’s wall (read Rectenwald say that Republicans need to build Trump’s wall here)
• November 2023 – At the LP South Carolina debate Rectenwald claims “I have never.. I have not been any kind of promoter of the Republican Party” 
• October 2023 – Rectenwald claims that he never supported Donald Trump
• July 2023 – Rectenwald claims he isn’t a Republican or a Trump supporter

Rectenwald’s support for Trump and the GOP is well documented:

• Between October 2019 and June 2023 – Rectenwald donated 53 times to a GOP PAC. 
• August 2023 – Rectenwald is still registered as a Republican
• July 2023 – Rectenwald’s backup twitter account tweets that he will be voting for Trump
• February 2023 – Rectenwald writes an article stating that “the Republican Party represents the only” path to “salvaging what remains of the constitutional republic”
• August 2023 – On Blaze TV Rectenwald talked about why he voted for Trump in 2016
• November 2022 – Rectenwald tweets “Trump is giving a world-historical speech right now. It’s almost over. It was so moving I am actually crying”

• July 2019 – Rectenwald calls transwomen “penis-donning freaks”, and that if they made a move “I’d do you the service of cutting off your dick at no charge”, he goes on to tell them to solve their “mental illness” by killing themselves and finishes with “good riddance cunt”.
• July 2019 – Rectenwald calls a transperson a “semi-literate trans-obsessed cunt hole wanter”, he then says trans people “are disgusting and nasty” and says that “no one would miss you” if they killed themselves.
• December 2019 – Rectenwald comes out in favor of the Nick Fuentes-led “groypers” and complains about people being vilified for opposing “forced immigration.”
• June 2022 – Rectenwald has his Facebook account temporarily suspended for saying “I blame the truck for not running them all over”
• June 2023 – Rectenwald says the “Unabomber Manifesto was excellent and insightful” 
• October 24, 2023 – Rectenwald blames pograms against Jews on the Israeli government, 20 years before the Israeli government was founded.
• October 29, 2023 – Rectenwald responds in Twitter thread that contains extremely anti-semitic imagery with a post claiming that most of the Jews killed on October 7th were killed by the Israeli government.
• November 1, 2023 – Rectenwald tweets out antisemitic “blood libel” conspiracy theory that Israel is sacrificing children to “Moloch”
• November 3, 2023 – Rectenwald posts link to pseudoscience blog, saying “If you took the covid shots (I didn’t), here’s a resource for detoxing.”
• November 3, 2023 – Rectenwald tweets out 911 conspiracy theory video featuring antisemite Cynthia McKinney
• November 9, 2023 – Rectenwald tweets out conspiracy video from antisemite Max Igan
• November 14, 2023 – Rectenwald reaches out to antisemite David Icke
• Rectenwald is fired by publisher for being “openly antisemitic”
  • November 20, 2023 – Rectenwald tweets “My publisher just cancelled me for my criticisms of Israel on social media. Details and statement forthcoming. I am livid.”
  • November 20, 2023 – Rectenwald’s publisher emailed him saying “you’ve been openly antisemitic” and “You are promoting both hatred of Isreal and the Jewish people and hatred of America. We cannot be seen as endorsing this.”
  • November 20, 2023 – Rectenwald likes tweet saying that his “cancellation” makes the tweeter hate the Jews more.
  • November 20, 2023 – Rectenwald likes tweet saying “Let me guess. The publishing company is owned primarily by Jewish people or strong supporters of the Israeli government.”
  • November 20, 2023 – Michael Rectenwald implies that he knows that it was the Jews behind his cancelation
  • November 20, 2023 – Rectenwald claims that he has been “cancelled by both the left and the right.” Despite the fact that the left has never cancelled him (see above section), and being fired is not being “cancelled”. 
  • November 27, 2023 – Rectenwald likes tweet that implies the Jews control porn and the government
• December 2023 – Hillsdale College ends Rectenwald’s fellowship because of his antisemitism. (Archive)
• December 2023 – Rectenwald says that RFK is controlled by “The Zionists and the state of Israel”
• December 2023 – Rectenwald retweets antisemite Peter Quinones

• December 2023 – Rectenwald agrees with LPCO that “Unmitigated, unmanaged, ‘open border’ threatens the private property rights and violates the consent of current residents.” (Archive)
• December 2023 – Rectenwald lies at the LPNJ debate and claims he did not say that Republicans need build Trump’s wall (read Rectenwald say that Republicans need to build Trump’s wall here)
• December 2023 – Rectenwald says that “open borders plays directly into the the globalists objectives”
• December 2023:
  • Rectenwald tweets “Uninvited immigration is a violation of the non-aggression principle, a violation of property rights” (Archive Link)
  • Rectenwald tweets “I think I’m the only candidate who doesn’t support open borders.”  (Archive Link)
  • Rectenwald, in response to open borders tweets “LOL. Delusional. And unprincipled.”
  • Rectenwald replies to a tweet: “localities that don’t want immigrants should be able to bar their access.” (archive link)
  • Rectenwald replies to a tweet: “Agreed. Immigration should be invitation-based only, with the the host also assuming economic and legal liability.” (archive link)
• November 2023 – Rectenwald’s anti-immigrant iSideWith Responses (Archive link)
  
  • Question: ”Should the US build a wall along the southern border” 
    • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Yes, and Mexico should pay for it”
  • Question: ”Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?” 
    • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “No”
  • Question: “Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?”
    • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “No”
  • Question: “Should immigrants to the United States be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?” 
    • Rectenwald Answer: “No”
• October 2023 – Rectenwald says that “unfettered immigration” is a sign of globalism.
• November 2021 – Rectenwald says that “unfettered immigration” is a front in the war on globalism.
  
• August 2023 – Rectenwald says the “Elite” is “hell bent on unfettered immigration”, and immigrants create “social confusion”.
• February 2023 – Rectenwald writes that a Republican president should “Close the border by completing the border wall, reinstating the Migrant Protection Protocols (“remain in Mexico” policy), and expelling illegal immigrants.” (archive)
• March 2022 – Rectenwald says we have an “onslaught of immigrants”
• December 2019 – Rectenwald comes out in favor of the Nick Fuentes-led “groypers” and complains about people being vilified for opposing “forced immigration.”

• December 2023 – Rectenwald responds to someone saying “Shut up, you clown and absolute nobody.”
• December 2023 – Rectenwald deletes tweet announcing that he has Covid after being made fun of. But not before telling people to “STFU”, “GFYS” and “#LickMyAss”, and stating that he is taking “ivermectin, etc. the whole FLCCC protocol” (More on the FLCCC here)
• December 2023 – Goes on anti-immigrant rant (see section here)
• December 2023 – Rectenwald tweets out “Stop sending this to me this shit” with a meme of his face transposed over Borat saying “REC THE VAGINE”
• November-December 2023 – Rectenwald tells people: “you’re a dickhead. Now GFYS”, ”GFYS, you nobody”, “GFYS”, “GFYS”, “GFYS” , “you furry asshole”, “you’re a first rate asshole”, “go fuck yourselves”, “morons like you”, “moron”, “read this, moron”, “coward”, “pull your head out of your Zionist ass”
• October 2023 – Rectenwald tries to get another Libertarian Party candidate cancelled from a debate
• October 2023 – In response to seeing the news that Russia had killed 51 Ukrainian civilians, Rectenwald responds mockingly “Quick! Send a few more billion to Lockheed Martin and Raytheon!”
• November 2023 – Rectenwald tweets “I stand with Candice Owens”
• September 2016 – Rectenwald tweets that he hopes that liberal students commit suicide if Trump is elected

Rectenwald’s Personal iSideWith Responses from November 20, 2023 (Archive link)

• Question: ”Should the US build a wall along the southern border” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Yes, and Mexico should pay for it”
• Question: ”Should children of illegal immigrants be granted legal citizenship?” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “No”
• Question: “Should working illegal immigrants be given temporary amnesty?”
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “No”
• Question: “Should immigrants to the United States be allowed to hold dual citizenship status?” 
  • Rectenwald Answer: “No”
• Question: ”Should the government raise the federal minimum wage?” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Yes, and make it a living wage”
• Question: ”Should critical race theory be taught in K-12 education?” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Yes, but not until they are teenagers”
• Question: ”Should the US raise taxes on the rich?”
  •  Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Yes, and raise taxes on all income brackets”
• Question: ”Should terminally ill patients be allowed to end their lives via assisted suicide?” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “No”
• Question: “Should the government increase or decrease military spending?” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Neither, I am satisfied with the current amount of spending.”
• Question: “Should the US increase or decrease foreign aid spending?” 
  • Rectenwald Personal Answer: “Increase, but only for countries that have no human rights violations.”