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Alex Jones "Patriot, Vampire, Nationalist" or Alex Jones Rates is a series of memes using clips from an interview between conspiracy theoriest Alex Jones and conservative podcaster Patrick Bet-David in which Jones says the first word that comes to mind as Bet-David lists the names of various celebrities to him, Jones saying words including "patriot," "vampire," "nationalist" and "retard." The interview was uploaded to the Valuetainment YouTube channel in 2018.

In February 2026, clips of Jones' answers became the subject of memes on Instagram Reels. As a meme, images of characters are presented on-screen and edited under Jones' reactions as a way of categorizing each character.

Origin

On September 13th, 2018, the Valuetainment YouTube^[1] channel uploaded an interview between Alex Jones and Patrick Bet-David that gained over 2.6 million views in eight years. At the 1:49:35 timestamp, Bet-David asks Jones to say the first word that comes to mind as he lists off the names of different people.

In the segment, Jones says "patriot" to Edward Snowden and Ted Cruz, "vampire" to Bernie Sanders, "nationalist" to Vladimir Putin, "mental retard" to Beto O'Rourke and "retard" to LeBron James.

On February 4th, 2026, Instagram^[2] user heyhaunter posted a meme where the clip is used to have Alex Jones rank various Pokémon based on his answers. The video gained over 5.2 million views in a month.

Spread

The Patriot, Vampire, Nationalist meme format spread throughout February 2026, carrying into March of that year.

On February 10th, 2026, Instagram^[3] user jamrockhobo posted a version of the meme using the characters from Disco Elysium, garnering over 12,000 likes in about a month.

On February 19th, Instagram^[4] page galleria_chiikawa posted a version using a variety of Chiikawa stickers that gained over 30,000 likes in two weeks.

On February 27th, X^[5] user @BigBoris_2 posted a version of the meme using screenshots of Jones in reference to the Pokémon Winds and Waves starters, garnering over 8,600 likes in three days.

On March 1st, 2026, Instagram^[6] user rolff.clips posted a version of the meme that replaces Jones and Bet-Davide with Skyrim characters, garnering over 13,000 likes and 239,000 views in a day.

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