Republicans have a Nazi problem

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🗓️ 12 November 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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An antisemitic influencer went on Tucker Carlson's show. What happened next is fracturing the American right. This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Hady Mawajdeh, edited by Jolie Myers, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Adriene Lilly, and hosted by Noel King. The right-wing podcaster Nick Fuentes greeting supporters. AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File. Listen to Today, Explained ad-free by becoming a Vox Member: vox.com/members. New Vox members get $20 off their membership right now. Transcript at ⁠vox.com/today-explained-podcast.⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Only three weeks ago after the young Republicans' I Love Hitler Group chat, we asked this question.
0:06.6	Coming up, do the Republicans have a Nazi problem?
0:10.4	Could have ended there, guys.
0:11.5	But then Tucker Carlson interviewed Nick Fuentes.
0:14.8	I'm sorry I called you gay, by the way.
0:16.9	Why aren't people married?
0:18.6	Well, I mean, honestly, it's the women.
0:21.6	Quentes, a proud anti-Semite, said stuff that people thought Tucker would disavow.
0:27.6	Tucker didn't.
0:28.6	You're a fan of Stalin's.
0:29.6	I was an admirer.
0:30.6	Next up, the Heritage Foundation hit the bed.
0:33.6	Christians can critique the state of Israel without being anti-Semitic.
0:36.6	Vice President J.D. Just Kids Vance got weirdly quiet. Ben Shapiro got enraged.
0:41.3	Chris Rufo tried to spin it.
0:43.3	Nick Fuentes is not a Nazi. He's using the symbols of Nazism to drive controversy
0:49.3	and then to increase his kind of attention and notoriety.
0:55.3	Oh, okay.
0:58.8	Coming up on today, explained, yeah, Republicans have a Nazi problem.
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