Tucker Carlson accused of stoking antisemitic conspiracy theory about Charlie Kirk murder at memorial service

NEW YORK POST
Gen Z’s casual antisemitism is growing — seeded by influencers like Tucker Carlson
David Harsanyi
September 25, 2025

On Wednesday night, a Turning Point USA event at Virginia Tech honoring the late Charlie Kirk took an ugly turn. A male student stood up to ask popular podcaster Megyn Kelly if she was concerned about the growing, unseemly influence of “rich billionaire Jews” on American politics. “Did you say, ‘rich billionaire Jews’?” Kelly incredulously responded. “Yes,” the questioner said, as if this was a completely normal topic to bring up. It’s just one more example of the abnormal fixation younger Americans have on Israel and Jews. The young man seemed to be allied with the progressive left, which has long flirted with this kind of rhetoric. But similar comments are increasingly spreading on the right, as well — even in the glare of the public spotlight. READ MORE

NEW YORK POST Tucker Carlson accused of stoking antisemitic conspiracy theory about Charlie Kirk murder at memorial service Tucker Carlson has been accused by Jewish groups and Israeli media outlets of promoting antisemitic conspiracy theories about the assassination of Charlie Kirk. The conservative commentator and former Fox News host evoked the death of Jesus during his address at the memorial for Kirk on Sunday, appearing to draw comparisons between the two…His comments sparked outcry from a number of Jewish groups and Israeli figures, who accused Carlson of evoking medieval “blood libel” conspiracies about Jewish people being responsible for the death of Christ.

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