Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney has lashed out at Tucker Carlson for interviewing an Adolf Hitler apologist. Carlson spoke with podcaster Darryl Cooper and introduced him as “the most important popular historian working in the United States today.” Mr. Cooper has described Britain’s war leader Winston Churchill as the real villain of World War Two and claimed that Nazi leader Hitler wanted peace. Cooper believes Churchill escalated the war because he refused to accept Hitler’s multiple peace proposals.
Cheney took aim at Carlson on Twitter and described the interview as “pro-Nazi propaganda.” She added that no serious person would endorse “this kind of garbage.”
Cooper also appeared to deny the Holocaust during the discussion, saying that six million Jews “ended up dead” because Germany was not prepared to deal with such a high number of prisoners and it was “more humane to finish them off.” He also accused Britain of committing “terrorism” against Germany.
Ms. Cheney was not alone in her condemnation. Conservative commentator Erick Erickson lashed out at Carlson, saying he did not expect the former Fox anchor to start platforming Nazi apologists. The Anti-Defamation League, which campaigns against antisemitism, described the interview as an insult to the millions of Jews murdered by the Nazi regime. Republicans Against Trump used the opportunity to remind observers that Carlson is in regular contact with Trump and had a prime speaking slot at the recent Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Twitter owner Elon Musk, who robustly endorses former President Trump, likewise came under fire for retweeting the interview to almost 200 million followers, calling it “very interesting” and “worth watching.” By the next day, however, Musk had deleted the tweet.
Mr. Musk also faced recent criticisms for appearing to support the notion that women and “low T men” should not be allowed to vote. Musk retweeted a post by an account called Autism Capital, which argued that only “high T males” should vote because others are “very malleable to brute force manufactured consensus.” The billionaire described it as an “interesting observation,” which many Twitter users interpreted as at least tacit support for the concept.
