Tucker Carlson Sparks Backlash With Claim UK Shouldn't Have Fought Hitler
Rees-Mogg countered that defeating Nazism was “the classic good versus evil” and preserved the country from German rule.That answer did not persuade his interviewer. Asked to accept that Britons might otherwise speak German, Carlson replied: “Who cares?”The discussion became personal when he invoked families who sent their children to fight. And the world would be much worse off if the Nazis had won WWII.”British commentator and former head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs Christopher Snowdon focused on a contradiction he saw in Carlson’s wider sovereignty argument.
- ▪Rees-Mogg countered that defeating Nazism was “the classic good versus evil” and preserved the country from German rule.That answer did not persuade his interviewer.
- ▪Asked to accept that Britons might otherwise speak German, Carlson replied: “Who cares?”The discussion became personal when he invoked families who sent their children to fight.
- ▪And the world would be much worse off if the Nazis had won WWII.”British commentator and former head of lifestyle economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs Christopher Snowdon focused on a contradiction he saw in Carlson’s wider sovere
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By Sam StevensonAssociate News Editor0ShareNewsweek is a Trust Project memberSee more of our trusted coverage when you search.Prefer Newsweek on Googleto see more of our trusted coverage when you search.Tucker Carlson sparked a conservative backlash after arguing in an interview released Friday that Britain’s decision to fight Nazi Germany was not a good idea.Carlson made the remarks while questioning former British lawmaker Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg about whether Britain should prepare for a possible conflict with Russia as part of a wide-ranging conversation that lasted over an hour.
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