According to Grok:
On X, where he’s freer to speak, Carlson’s hosted guests that set off alarms. In September 2024, he interviewed Darryl Cooper, a historian who downplayed Nazi intent in the Holocaust—calling Jews “prisoners who ended up dead” from logistical snafus, not genocide. Carlson called him “the best and most honest popular historian,” nodding along. All 24 Jewish House Democrats blasted it as “Nazi apologism”; Israel’s Amichai Chikli called him a “leading platform for Jew-hatred.” X posts raged: “He’s gone full antisemite—platforming a Holocaust denier isn’t neutral.”
Then there’s his Israel skepticism. During his Fox years, he dodged Middle East talk, but since 2023, he’s shifted—questioning U.S. support, hosting anti-Zionist voices like Munther Isaac (April 2024), who justified Hamas’s October 7 attack, and Jeffrey Sachs (December 2024), who spun conspiracies about Israel controlling U.S. policy. In a 2023 Candace Owens interview, he tied pro-Israel Ivy League donors to “white genocide”—a loaded phrase echoing antisemitic dual-loyalty tropes. Critics like Laurence Tribe on X see this as “an insurgent force on the right,” tying it to Trump’s rise.
Older clips sting too. In 2006-2011 radio hits (dug up by Media Matters), he tossed casual barbs—calling Iraq “more bearded Jews than a Lubavitcher convention” or Jon Stewart “a partisan Jew” whose real sin was leftism, not Judaism. Not damning alone, but they fit a pattern for detractors.
The Context
Carlson’s charisma—raw, defiant, unscripted—amplifies everything. His fans see a truth-teller; foes see a dog-whistler. Post-October 7, 2023, he called media reactions to the Hamas attack “disproportionate” for a “foreign tragedy”—a line some Jews on X took as minimizing their pain, though he didn’t target Jews directly. His Trump ties (speaking at the 2024 RNC, cozying up at Mar-a-Lago) muddy it further—Trump’s pro-Israel, yet Carlson’s orbit flirts with isolationism and figures like J.D. Vance, who won’t disavow him.
What’s He Really Think?
No smoking gun says Carlson hates Jews outright. He’s never said “I despise Jews” or pushed classic antisemitic canards like banking conspiracies. His beef seems broader—globalists, elites, whoever’s in his crosshairs—and Jews only catch flak when they overlap (e.g., Ivy League donors). But his guest list and rhetoric since leaving Fox—Cooper, Sachs, the “genocide” jab—give critics ammo to say he’s comfy with antisemitic fringes. Supporters counter he’s just contrarian, not prejudiced.
Chances are, his attitude’s less about Jews specifically and more about his chaos-driven worldview—America First, damn the rest. If that brushes antisemitic edges, he doesn’t flinch. X sentiment splits hard: half call him a “Jew-hater exposed,” half say “he’s just pissing off the woke.” You? Where’s your line—dog whistle or coincidence?
