Magnus
Diamond Member
- Jun 22, 2020
- 12,612
- 9,885
- 2,138
Tucker Carlson may have reached a disturbingly new low when he hosted a two-hour podcast with Darryl Cooper, a Nazi apologist whom he called “the best and most honest popular historian in the United States.”
Cooper’s audacious claims that Winston Churchill, not Adolf Hitler, was the “chief villain of the Second World War” and that the Holocaust was essentially an accident prompted widespread indignation on the establishment right. National Review Executive Editor Mark Antonio Wright declared, “No, Winston Churchill was not the ‘chief villain’ of the Second World War,” while Liz Cheney observed, “No serious or honorable person would support or endorse this type of garbage.” Others, such as Bari Weiss, have pointed to Pat Buchanan and his 2008 book Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War as the origin of conservatives’ revisionism about World War II and the Holocaust.
This interview comes only a few months after top MAGA influencer Candace Owens declared that Israel was supplying arms for a “Christian Holocaust”; and two years ago, Donald Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with the white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, though he later said he was unaware of Fuentes’ identity.
But the mounting attraction of today’s America First movement to antisemitism and Holocaust denial has much deeper roots than the rise of Trump or his ideological predecessor Buchanan. It connects to a strain of the radical right that has been present for many decades, one that has nourished hostility to defending democracy at home and abroad. Throughout, a key element of this strain of thinking has been to depict liberals as communists — a tradition many in the GOP continue to follow even if they don’t all understand its radical roots. As Trump inveighs against “Comrade” Kamala Harris, he fits snugly into this tradition.
The MAGAs should just come out already and embrace their inner Nazi identity. Not sure what they think they are hiding. They openly express their disdain for individuals who are not white or do not adhere to Protestant religious beliefs.
Many examples besides Tucker Carlson and his glorification of Nazis. There are MTG comments about the California fires being caused by Jewish Space lasers or Laura Loomer describing herself as a "white advocate".
But even the above is nothing compared to Trump and his statements. Couple examples:
Cooper’s audacious claims that Winston Churchill, not Adolf Hitler, was the “chief villain of the Second World War” and that the Holocaust was essentially an accident prompted widespread indignation on the establishment right. National Review Executive Editor Mark Antonio Wright declared, “No, Winston Churchill was not the ‘chief villain’ of the Second World War,” while Liz Cheney observed, “No serious or honorable person would support or endorse this type of garbage.” Others, such as Bari Weiss, have pointed to Pat Buchanan and his 2008 book Churchill, Hitler, and The Unnecessary War as the origin of conservatives’ revisionism about World War II and the Holocaust.
This interview comes only a few months after top MAGA influencer Candace Owens declared that Israel was supplying arms for a “Christian Holocaust”; and two years ago, Donald Trump had dinner at Mar-a-Lago with the white nationalist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, though he later said he was unaware of Fuentes’ identity.
But the mounting attraction of today’s America First movement to antisemitism and Holocaust denial has much deeper roots than the rise of Trump or his ideological predecessor Buchanan. It connects to a strain of the radical right that has been present for many decades, one that has nourished hostility to defending democracy at home and abroad. Throughout, a key element of this strain of thinking has been to depict liberals as communists — a tradition many in the GOP continue to follow even if they don’t all understand its radical roots. As Trump inveighs against “Comrade” Kamala Harris, he fits snugly into this tradition.
The MAGAs should just come out already and embrace their inner Nazi identity. Not sure what they think they are hiding. They openly express their disdain for individuals who are not white or do not adhere to Protestant religious beliefs.
Many examples besides Tucker Carlson and his glorification of Nazis. There are MTG comments about the California fires being caused by Jewish Space lasers or Laura Loomer describing herself as a "white advocate".
But even the above is nothing compared to Trump and his statements. Couple examples:
- Trump has been criticized for using language reminiscent of Nazi propaganda, such as referring to political opponents as "vermin" and claiming immigrants are "poisoning the blood of our country".
- Praise for Hitler: According to former Chief of Staff John Kelly, Trump once said "Hitler did some good things," praising the Nazi leader's economic policies.
Last edited:
Yeah, I knew you couldn't defend your MAGA Nazi party. But thanks for playing.
