Tucker Carlson and his show’s production team were accused of tapping downKanye West’s anti-Semitism on Wednesday after Vice reported on un-aired footage from the rapper’s Fox News interview.
Vice’s Anna Merlan published a story on Tuesday which included multiple clips from Carlson’s interview with West which were not aired during the two-part event last Thursday and Friday night.
Merlan described the additional footage as “disturbing” and noted that West repeated anti-Semitic tropes regarding Jews controlling financial systems and statements claiming that “Black people are the ‘real’ Jewish race, which is often used to promote antisemitism” – rhetoric associated with the Black Hebrew Israelites who believe non-Black Jews are imposters.
Journalist Elad Nehorai commented on the clips Merlan published and noted that one of them in particular adds key additional context to controversial comments from West that did make it to broadcast.
“Vice shared leaked footage from the Kanye interview. In it, he says, ‘I prefer my kids knew Hanukkah than Kwanzaa. At least it will come with some financial engineering,’” noted Nehorai, adding, “This is straight antisemitism.”
This provides incontrovertible proof that Carlson knew Kanye was being antisemitic during the interview.
— Elad Nehorai (@EladNehorai) October 12, 2022
This means that when Kanye said, “I don't think that they have the ability to make anything on their own,” Carlson KNEW Kanye was talking about Jews.pic.twitter.com/LFdjHAWMRa