Mark Davis, a Florida congressional candidate, registered the domain nazis.us and redirected it to the Department of Homeland Security as a political protest. DHS said it had "blocked the redirect," but observers reported the domain pointing to dhs.gov later the same week. The action follows public outrage over the death of Renee Nicole Good during an encounter with an ICE agent and adds to debate over federal immigration tactics and rhetoric.
Florida Candidate Buys 'nazis.us' and Redirects It to DHS to Protest 'Fascism'
On Friday afternoon, the domain nazis.us led users to dhs.gov.Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images(Photograph: Olivier Douliery/AFP/Getty Images)
Mark Davis, a Florida congressional candidate seeking the seat held by Republican Vern Buchanan, says he purchased the domain nazis.us and configured it to redirect visitors to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) website as a form of protest.
What Happened
Davis took credit for the move in a post on X, saying he acted because elected officials had not rallied against what he called a slide into fascism. "I’m a nobody. A dad in [conservative] Florida," he wrote. "And I’m the one who bought nazis.us because [Trump’s Republican party] went full fascist and … not a soul in power thought to actually raise hell. So I did." He later added, "If establishment leaders won’t fight Nazis, then a nobody fucking will."
DHS Response And Domain Status
A DHS spokesperson, Tricia McLaughlin, told TMZ that the agency had "successfully blocked the redirect" by Thursday morning. Still, reporters and other users found that as of late Saturday typing nazis.us into a browser led to the DHS site at dhs.gov. WHOIS records from GoDaddy show the domain was registered on 13 January to a user with a Florida mailing address.
Context And Reactions
The action comes amid public uproar after the death of Minneapolis resident Renee Nicole Good, who was killed during an encounter with an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent. That incident — and aggressive federal immigration enforcement more broadly — has prompted comparisons between federal tactics and the Gestapo, the secret police of Nazi Germany. Podcast host Joe Rogan, who has since publicly endorsed a second Trump presidential bid for 2024, likened ICE to the Gestapo in the wake of Good’s death.
President Donald Trump has rejected comparisons to Nazis. On CBS’s 60 Minutes in November he said: "Look, they call me a Nazi all the time – I’m not a Nazi. I’m the opposite. I’m somebody that’s saving our country, but they call me Nazi."
Additional Reporting
The Intercept reported that DHS’s official Instagram account published a recruitment post using the phrase "We’ll Have Our Home Again" and paired it with a song of the same title. The outlet noted that the song has circulated in neo‑Nazi spaces and contains imagery and lyrics about reclaiming "our home" "by blood or sweat," language sometimes echoed by white supremacists.
Public Reaction And Campaign Notes
Online reaction to Davis’s move was mixed: some praised it as principled and courageous; others mocked the tactic and vowed to work against his campaign. Davis, who lists no party affiliation, has said he is running for the House seat currently held by Vern Buchanan.
Note: This article was amended on 17 January 2026. An earlier version incorrectly stated that Mark Davis had said he was running for the Democrats. Davis has no party affiliation.
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