Trump: "I Don't Think We Need" Antisemites in the GOP

Tucker Carlson, Nick Fuentes, Megyn Kelly, and Candace Owens hardest hit.

Or are they? Carlson and Owens barely pretend to be Trump supporters, and Nick Fuentes urged his "Groyper" followers to vote for Kamala Harris.

"Grandma Groyper" Megyn Kelly, meanwhile, just supports whatever position she thinks is hot with the TikTok generation this week.

President Trump had a resounding no for any antisemites claiming to be part of the Republican Party or his MAGA movement.

"I think we don't need them," he told The New York Times in an interview. "I think we don't like them."

His comments, made in a Wednesday interview but published on Sunday, came after a series of high profile ultra-conservative figures have made controversial comments about the Jewish people and antisemitic speech has split Republicans.

Trump said: "I condemn" antisemitism.

He said he's an ally of Israel and was awarded its Israel Prize, considered the country's highest honor.

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"My daughter happens to be Jewish, beautiful, three grandchildren are Jewish," he said. "I'm very proud of them. I'm very proud of the whole, that whole family. I am the least antisemitic person probably there is anywhere in the world."

But the Republican Party has been roiled by series controversies that have garnered wide-spread public attention.

A group of young Republican leaders, in the fall, were revealed to praise Adolf Hitler in a series of chat groups.

And the Heritage Foundation, a premier conservative think tank in Washington DC, was roiled by a staff outcry after President Kevin Roberts defended a far-right figure who made anti-semitic remarks.

Roberts sparked the wave of resignations among the think tank after defending Tucker Carlson for interviewing Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes on his platform.

Meanwhile, Tucker Carlson argues that Russia would be within its rights to nuke Germany and UK over peevishness that their invasion of Ukraine was slowed down.

As you consider this claim, recall that Tucker Carlson recently attacked the US for having dropped two nukes on Japan during WWII, once again using his (claimed) religion to justify his position.

You see, it was "demonic" for the US to use nukes.

But for his Russian friends? It's justifiable.

Tucker Carlson has described nuclear weapons as "demonic" and "prima facie evil," questioning the moral justification for the atomic bombings of Japan on civilians . His specific comments on the issue include:

"Demonic" forces and no upside: In a November 2024 discussion, Carlson stated that nuclear weapons are "demonic, there's no upside to them at all," and suggested that the forces involved in their creation "were not human forces obviously".

"Prima facie evil": During an appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast in early 2024, Carlson argued that it is "wrong to drop nuclear weapons on people" and labeled the act of defending the use of atomic bombs on civilians as "prima facie evil".

Questioning historical justification: He has questioned the common argument that the bombings saved lives by preventing a mainland invasion of Japan, suggesting this justification is a "mindless and childish intellectual exercise".

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