David French

An actual fan of Adolf Hitler?

And he's popular?

Yes.

I mean, this is a guy who will say things like Team Hitler.

I mean, he's a guy who has denied the Holocaust.

I mean, we're not talking about dog whistle anti-Semitism from this guy.

It's bullhorn anti-Semitism.

And he's built a big following.

He's got about half a million followers on this video platform called Rumble.

And so Tucker Carlson has him on his podcast called

for what can only be described as just an incredibly softball interview.

And for whatever reason, this blew up on the right, and it created some real anger, especially online, which then the Heritage Foundation, arguably the most prominent sort of think tank in the MAGA universe, came forward, and the president of the Heritage Foundation condemned dot, dot, dot,

The, quote, venomous coalition critiquing Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes.

Unbelievable stuff.

And this led to a staff revolt in Heritage.

It has led to a giant fight on the right over the Tucker Carlson-Nick Fuentes, where you're really clearly seeing the different factions emerge.

Or let's just say Nazi-curious versus not.

And Rod Dreher wrote this.

that about 30 to 40% of Republican male staffers on the Hill are what you would call groipers.

And what is a groiper?