While most Americans were commemorating those who died in battle this past weekend, former game show host and conservative media personality Chuck Woolery was railing against critical race theory in a bizarre tweet.
In reality, the theory acknowledges systemic forms of racism embedded in countless facets of daily American life—an acknowledgment which allows for more productive dialogue regarding issues of race in the United States. But many Republicans consider the theory anti-American for its honesty.
For over a year, Republican lawmakers across the country—following former President Donald Trump's lead—have sought to ban comprehensive history curricula like critical race theory from being taught in American schools and workplace trainings. Most recently, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) called critical race texts like The 1619 Project"divisive nonsense" in a letter to Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, signed by three dozen of McConnell's Republican colleagues.
Bills banning critical race theory and other comprehensive teachings of America's racial history have sprouted up in Texas, Oklahoma, Idaho, Louisiana, and other states.
In his tweet, Woolery appeared to praise the genocidal fascist Adolf Hitler for supposedly cracking down on critical race theory.
Critical Race theory is based on Critical theory, given to the world by Marxists from the Frankfort School in Germany. When Hitler cracked down on them they moved. Yes they moved to Columbia University in NYC and they remain there to this day.— Chuck Woolery (@Chuck Woolery) 1622490120
A primary reason for the Frankfurt School's forced closure was due to its critical studies on the violent Nazi ideology and its anti-intellectual movement. The rest of Woolery's claims are...questionable to say the least.
The former Wheel of Fortunehost saw his fortunes turn in the court of public opinion.
"When Hitler cracked down on them they moved."\n\nAnd if Hitler cracked down on a group of people, they MUST have been bad and we surely can't have them here in America! /shttps://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Ashton Pittman (@Ashton Pittman) 1622494285
Normally when you say \u201cwhen Hitler cracked down on them\u201d you don\u2019t go on to reveal that someone other than Hitler is meant to be the bad guy of your tweet.https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Brendel (@Brendel) 1622495091
Not only is this incorrect but it\u2019s also appears to be an endorsement of Hitler... what a tweethttps://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Don\u2019t Argue With Me If You Dont Have Any Citations (@Don\u2019t Argue With Me If You Dont Have Any Citations) 1622552384
Not a single accurate statement in this tweet. Just amazing.https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Radio Free Amanda \u4f59\u7f8e\u5a1c (@Radio Free Amanda \u4f59\u7f8e\u5a1c) 1622492951
A silver lining to Trump's rise is uncovering how many people in our country are shameless fascists.https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— P\u00e9 (@P\u00e9) 1622501083
I'm often unsure how I feel about fraught issues, but I'm confident in trusting Columbia University's judgment of scholarship over Hitler's.https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Elizabeth Picciuto (@Elizabeth Picciuto) 1622547109
They proceeded to roast Woolery in their responses.
Chuck Woolery pitching his new game show, Ways I'm Like Hitler.https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Nylon Husk (@Nylon Husk) 1622552479
In Chuck's fondest dream, Adolf and Eva met on LOVE CONNECTION and the three of them all remained good friends until his follow up show, BUNKER MATES (they were in the pilot, but unavailable for the series).https://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Frank Conniff (@Frank Conniff) 1622506837
If you find that you must to refer to this no-talent game show troglodyte, make sure to constantly refer to him as \u201cHitler fan Chuck Woolery.\u201dhttps://twitter.com/chuckwoolery/status/1399451113833832450\u00a0\u2026— Peter Wolf (@Peter Wolf) 1622494008
Woolery later lamented that "it's like every liberal Marxist comes out of the woodwork to take their shot" when he trends on Twitter.
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