America First United: A Shadowy New Group Assembled An Anti-American Extremist Conference in Five Weeks Time
A mysterious organization assembled Christian nationalists, anti-democratic activists, and 2026 candidates at large Ohio event in five weeks — with no paper trail.
On May 2, 2026, approximately 200 attendees gathered in Columbus, Ohio for the debut of America First United, a self-described “bipartisan movement” opposing endless wars, and government corruption. The event livestreamed on Rumble and featured over two dozen speakers including political candidates running in 2026 midterm races. The conference branded itself as a defense of American principles. Its speakers told a different story.
Domain registration records show the organization was created on March 31, 2026 — just five weeks before the conference. The organization has no registered corporate entity in public databases, no LinkedIn company page, and no visible Federal Election Commission filings despite hosting multiple political candidates. The domain registration is privacy-protected, obscuring the actual registrant. A technical look into the website infrastructure yielded few additional findings, but the absence of basic legal and financial transparency for a movement hosting candidates remains striking.
The event was organized by Amy Dangerfield, an Australian former Valuetainment host, alongside Jake Shields, the former MMA fighter whose podcast platforms KKK leaders and white nationalists. The speaker roster reveals a coalition whose stated love of country sits uncomfortably alongside their stated positions.
“Christianity Is a Feminized Religion”
Pastor Joel Webbon, founder of Right Response Ministries in Austin, emerged as a central figure at the conference. In late 2025, Webbon declared: “Christians are gay. Fake and gay, to be more precise. Christianity is a feminized religion.” The statement appeared in promotional material for a Christian nationalism documentary and became a rallying cry among his followers who reject mainstream evangelicalism as insufficiently authoritarian. The question worth asking: what kind of pastor calls American Christians “fake and gay” while claiming to lead them?
The framing reflects Webbon’s broader project. He co-authored “The Statement on Christian Nationalism & the Gospel,” declaring civil authorities must “acknowledge the Lordship of Christ” in all laws and “recapture our national sovereignty from godless, global entities.” According to People For the American Way, Webbon believes non-Christians should not hold public office and women should not vote.
His positions extend further. Webbon claimed slavery was a “blessing” for Black people, arguing that living in America “should be your reparations.” He has advocated repealing the 19th Amendment, arguing women’s suffrage has caused more damage than benefit. He has interviewed Nick Fuentes, the white nationalist “Groyper” leader who attended the January 6 Capitol march as a VIP.
For a movement claiming to defend America, the speaker calls for stripping voting rights from half the population and barring religious minorities from public office.
Resentment Politics and Anti-Western Coalition
Jake Shields serves as both organizer and ideological anchor for America First United. His podcast features former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke, Patriot Front leader Thomas Rousseau, and a parade of figures whose unifying conviction is that American institutions are illegitimate. The framing throughout — that meritocracy is fake, that the country’s institutions are corrupt beyond reform, that Western civilization deserves contempt rather than defense — animates the entire conference.
Sam Parker’s presence illustrates the radicalization pipeline. In 2018, Parker ran as a Tea Party Republican challenging Mitt Romney in Utah’s Senate primary while serving as Utah State Director for Convention of States. Parker describes his radicalization as taking “about six months” on Voat, a white nationalist Reddit clone. His political evolution traces a familiar arc: legitimate frustrations with American institutions transformed into wholesale rejection of America as a project. The country didn’t fail him alone — he came to believe America itself was the failure.
The pattern repeats across the speaker list. Figures whose published views describe America as oppressive, illegitimate, or fundamentally compromised gather under a banner declaring they put America first.
The Muslim Activist and the Strange Coalition
Sameerah Munshi, the only Muslim woman formerly on Trump’s White House Religious Liberty Commission, spoke at the event and posted afterward: “Christians and Muslims can get along. The left and the right can get along. The only people we can’t stand are Zionists.” Munshi had resigned from the commission in March 2026 to protest what she called its “Zionist political agenda” and the removal of commissioner Carrie Prejean Boller, who had criticized Israel’s actions in Gaza.
Munshi appeared on a CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) podcast shortly before the conference. Her alliance with Christian nationalists who believe non-Christians shouldn’t hold public office reveals the strange coalitions resentment politics produces. The shared enemy — American institutions, Western foreign policy, the existing order — papers over irreconcilable visions of what should replace it.
Who Built This in Five Weeks?
The rapid emergence demands explanation. Securing a Columbus venue for 200 attendees, coordinating travel for over two dozen speakers, building professional infrastructure, and establishing Rumble livestreaming requires significant resources. Yet Federal Election Commission databases contain no filings for “America First United” as a political action committee, despite the website’s references to “PAC” status. Ohio Secretary of State business records show no registered entity under this name.
Amy Dangerfield, listed as the event host, is an Australian commentator who previously worked for Valuetainment before going independent. How a former Valuetainment host assembled this speaker roster — including nationally known extremist figures — in five weeks remains unexplained. The absence of basic corporate transparency for an organization hosting political candidates is itself a story.
Electoral Trojan Horse
Several speakers are running in 2026 midterm elections, attempting to leverage anti-establishment sentiment. The event showcased Ohio gubernatorial candidate Casey Putsch, whose campaign has collapsed to 12% polling; Dennis Feitosa running for Congress in Louisiana; and various other congressional candidates. Dan Bilzerian, running for Congress in Florida despite holding dual U.S.-Armenian citizenship, received movement endorsements — an apparent contradiction for a conference opposing “dual loyalties.”
The Evangelical Dark Web analyzed the candidate slate and found “none of the candidates America First United have endorsed are serious or even viable contenders.”
What “America First” Means at America First United
The conference branded itself as a defense of American principles against foreign influence and corrupt institutions. But the speakers gathered in Columbus published positions on the record before they ever took the stage. A pastor who calls American Christians “fake and gay” and a “feminized religion” while believing non-Christians shouldn’t hold office. An MMA fighter whose podcast hosts KKK leaders and rejects the legitimacy of American institutions. A failed Senate candidate who describes his own radicalization on a white nationalist forum. A coalition whose unifying complaint is that America, as currently constituted, is the problem.
The five-week timeline from domain registration to major conference suggests pre-existing networks simply waiting for a new vehicle. The corporate opacity, rapid mobilization, and absence of basic legal transparency indicate either well-funded backing with undisclosed donors, a rebranding of existing organizations, or coordination by experienced operators with established relationships in these movements.
The question isn’t whether this represents an organic grassroots movement. The question is who funded it, who organized it, and what readers should make of a coalition assembled this quickly, this opaquely, and with this speaker roster — packaged as American patriotism.
This seems like the right's equivalent of what's happening on the left, which is also uniting some strange bedfellows whose only commonality is a hatred of President Trump.