Tucker Hosts Darryl Cooper Who Claims US Should Have Backed Nazis | WATCH
Tucker Carlson sparks outrage with nearly 34M views on X after hosting podcaster advocating U.S. support for Nazi Germany; critics call his remarks more extreme than Candace Owens, drawing condemnation from Congress and the White House.
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Tucker Carlson, former Fox News host, has drawn widespread criticism for hosting podcaster Darryl Cooper, who argued the United States should have supported Nazi Germany in World War II. The episode, viewed nearly 34 million times on X, prompted condemnation from the White House, Jewish members of Congress, and conservative commentators.
An X post by @DrEliDavid today with over 1 million followers, claimed Carlson’s actions outstripped Candace Owens’ controversial rhetoric, stating, “Tucker is now officially more deranged than Candace Owens.”
This isn't the first time Tucker has hosted Cooper. In fcat, he hosted him last year, on September 2, 2024. The episode was part of "The Tucker Carlson Show" on X and garnered significant attention, with the video reportedly viewed nearly 30 million times by September 6, 2024.
During that interview, Carlson introduced Cooper, host of the “Martyr Made” podcast, as “the most important popular historian in the United States,” despite Cooper’s lack of formal historical training. Over two hours, Cooper claimed Winston Churchill, not Adolf Hitler, was the “chief villain” of World War II, asserting Churchill’s refusal to negotiate peace after the 1940 fall of France escalated the conflict beyond Germany’s invasion of Poland. He further suggested the Holocaust, which killed six million Jews, resulted from Nazi Germany’s logistical failures rather than deliberate genocide, claiming millions “ended up dead” due to insufficient resources for prisoners. Cooper also alleged Churchill’s pro-Zionist stance was influenced by Jewish financiers, reviving antisemitic tropes.
These claims contradict historical evidence. The Nazi “Hunger Plan” intentionally starved millions in Eastern Europe to feed German troops, and Hitler’s *Mein Kampf* outlined his genocidal intent for *Lebensraum*. The Holocaust was a meticulously planned extermination, with death camps like Auschwitz built for mass murder. Churchill, though not prime minister when Britain guaranteed Poland’s security in 1939, played a critical role in sustaining Allied resistance, preventing a Nazi-dominated Europe.
The White House called the interview a “disgusting and sadistic insult to all Americans,” emphasizing its timing less than a year after Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel. All 24 Democratic Jewish House members condemned Carlson for platforming a “Nazi apologist and Holocaust denier.” Conservative figures, including Liz Cheney, who called it “pro-Nazi propaganda,” and Erick Erickson, who noted, “Didn’t expect Tucker Carlson to become an outlet for Nazi apologetics,” also criticized the episode. Yad Vashem denounced Cooper’s remarks as “one of the most repugnant forms of Holocaust denial,” citing the Nazis’ ideological and planned atrocities during Operation Barbarossa.
Carlson’s history includes promoting the “great replacement” theory and praising figures like Vladimir Putin. Cooper, followed by JD Vance on X, has a record of controversial claims, including a deleted July 2024 post preferring Nazi-occupied Paris to the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony and citing discredited Holocaust denier David Irving. The controversy challenges the Republican Party, with Carlson’s influence evident from his 2024 RNC speech and Vance’s planned September 21, 2025, appearance with him in Pennsylvania. Vance’s campaign distanced itself, stating he “does not share the views of the guest” but opposes “guilt-by-association cancel culture.”
X posts, including @OwenStrachan’s calling Cooper “deeply unsound,” reflect widespread outrage, though some MAGA supporters defend Carlson’s “free speech” stance.