Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz was called ADL racist, saying Tucker Carlson was right about the white supremacist “replacement” conspiracy theory.


Matt Gaetz

Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz speaks on Monday, December 9, 2019, when the House Judiciary Committee heard the findings of President Donald Trump’s impeachment investigation at Capitol Hill in Washington. AP

  • Matt Gaetz defended Tucker Carlson last week by forging a white supremacist conspiracy theory.

  • Carlson said the theory was “to replace legacy Americans with more obedient people from distant countries.”

  • Gates said Carlson was right and the ADL who demanded Carlson’s dismissal was a racist.

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Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz appeared to support Tucker Carlson’s white supremacist conspiracy theory at the Fox News show last week.

“.@TuckerCarlson “It’s correct about exchange theory because it explains what’s happening in America,” said Republican Gates. Tweet Saturday.

Carlsson Adopt “great alternative theory” During his show on Wednesday during the segment attacking President Joe Biden Haiti immigration crisis It took place last week at the southern border.

He accused Biden of deliberately bringing immigrants to the country for political purposes and misrepresented Biden in favor of open borders.

“We want to reduce the political power of the people whose ancestors lived here and dramatically increase the proportion of new Americans arriving from the Third World,” Biden said.

“Political, this policy is sometimes called a great shift, replacing legacy Americans with more obedient people from distant countries,” Carlson said.

NS Good alternative theory White supremacists and white supremacists have been used by those who claim that colored races have replaced white populations and European roots.

This theory affects violent radicalists, including a shooter who killed 23 people in Walmart, El Paso, Texas in 2019, and a shooter in Christchurch Mosque, New Zealand, who also killed 51 people in 2019. Gave it.

Carlson forged theory at his show in the past and urged his boss, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch, Claims that Carlson actually rejected the theory. But the latest comments from the Fox News host have cleared the confusion about where he stands in the matter.

Gates and Carlson representatives did not immediately respond to insider requests for comment.

“ADL is a racist organization,” Gates said in a tweet defending Carlson.

NS Defamation Prevention League Is an international NGO whose mission is to “prevent defamation of Jews and ensure justice and fair treatment for all.”

ADL Called Fox News fired Carlson for supporting the Great Replacement theory. When Carlson trampled the theory in April, ADL director Jonathan Greenblatt also demanded Carlson’s dismissal.

Great replacement theory has also been used, especially for Jews.

Participants marched at the 2017 White Supremacist Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville, Virginia Chant: “Jews will not replace us.”

ADL did not immediately respond to insider comment requests.

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