Tucker Carlson’s absolute 180 on Charles Lindbergh’s “America First” anti-intervention movement of WWII. Interesting then-and-now comparisons between the “America First” movement and Tucker Carlson/Charles Lindbergh: Carlson argues that most of the America First movement’s 800,000 members weren’t Nazi sympathizers - and he’s right that many were simply Americans scarred... by World War I and wary of another conflict. But a notable minority within the group echoed fascist and anti-Jewish ideas. Lindbergh himself repeatedly trafficked in anti-Semitic tropes - most notoriously in his 1941 Des Moines speech blaming “the British, the Jewish, and the Roosevelt administration” for driving the U.S. toward war. Having visited Germany several times as an honoured guest of the Nazi regime, Lindbergh openly admired aspects of Nazi Germany’s power, such as their power and order, while turning a blind eye to its brutality including the persecution of Jews. So while Carlson portrays Lindbergh as a misunderstood patriot, Lindbergh's own words and writings showed admiration for Nazi Germany and hostility toward Jews - stains that have shadowed the “America First” legacy ever since.show more

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