Tom Nichols couldn't make himself more detestable if he tried.
And honestly, that he wrote this teaming pile of garbage tells us that he tried.
Since the start of Donald Trump’s second term, Republicans have deployed ever more Nazi imagery and rhetoric, and espoused ideas associated with the Nazi Party, @RadioFreeTom argues. He examines how this dark fringe reached the center of the GOP: https://t.co/rahixGbMHe
— The Atlantic (@TheAtlantic) February 23, 2026
From The Atlantic:
By this, I mean that some Republicans are deploying Nazi imagery and rhetoric, and espouse ideas associated with the Nazi Party during its rise to power in the early 1930s. A few recent examples: An ICE lawyer linked to a white-supremacist social-media account that praised Hitler was apparently allowed to return to federal court. Members of the national Young Republicans organization were caught in a group chat laughing about their love for Hitler. Vice President J. D. Vance shrugged off that controversy, instead of condemning the growing influence of anti-Semites in his party. (In December, at Turning Point USA’s conference, Vance said, “I didn’t bring a list of conservatives to denounce or to deplatform.”)
We get it, this is how he makes his living these days, but bro, c'mon. The Nazi crap is so 2018 ...
This crap is going to get someone killed.
— Richard Grenell (@RichardGrenell) February 24, 2026
Comparing your political opponents to a party that murdered millions of people is despicable and dangerous.
You are telling unstable people to take action to stop a genocide.
Leaders on the left must stop this before the killing,… https://t.co/p67hfOYmhS
Crap like this has already done plenty of damage:
Five months ago, a deranged leftist shot and murdered my boss while he was trying to debate college students on a campus.
— Blake Neff (@BlakeSNeff) February 24, 2026
A few weeks later, a lunatic who wrote "anti-ICE" on his bullets shot up a facility in Dallas and murdered two people, hoping to gun down immigration agents.… https://t.co/6t1bMOMlDv
Post continues:
A year ago, a left-wing radical murdered a health insurance CEO in cold blood, and the murder was roundly celebrated by much of the left.
Three men have died attempting to assassinate the current president. One came within an inches of killing him.
And now @RadioFreeTom comes along with a completely insane article labeling all of his political foes "Nazis." This will obviously egg on more mentally unwell, unstable, violent people to laungh more attacks on ICE agents, politicians, and on activists like Charlie.
It is repulsive that Nichols wrote this and that The Atlantic published it.
Oh, and there's this too:
Somebody remind that bloated creampuff @RadioFreeTom about Graham Platner (a loud & proud Democrat) and his Nazi death's head tattoo. pic.twitter.com/MgMVvHi04T
— Cranky Hank, Disser of Politicians (@CrankyHankJ) February 23, 2026
But sure, it's the Republican Party that has a Nazi propaganda problem.
K, Tom.
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