Trump Slams CBS’s Margaret Brennan Over Controversial Holocaust Comments

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Former President Donald Trump criticized CBS‘s “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan following her remarks linking free speech to the Holocaust during an exchange with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The comments sparked a fierce debate about censorship and historical interpretation, particularly in relation to free speech in authoritarian regimes.

Trump’s criticism arose during an interview with Ben Domenech for The Spectator, where he referred to Brennan’s performance as subpar. “I call it ‘Deface the Nation,’” Trump said, adding that her questioning style was something anyone off the street could replicate. “That was so bad, I don’t get how you hire some of these people,” he remarked.

Brennan’s comments came after Vice President JD Vance addressed government censorship in Europe at the Munich Security Conference last month. She described the environment of censorship in several European countries, emphasizing that political discourse has been stifled.

“Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was weaponized to conduct a genocide, and he met with the head of a political party that has far-right views and some historic ties to extreme groups,” Brennan stated, arguing for a broader understanding of the implications of free speech.

Rubio vehemently disagreed with Brennan’s characterization of history, stating, “Free speech was not used to conduct a genocide. The genocide was conducted by an authoritarian Nazi regime that happened to also be genocidal because they hated Jews and minorities. There was no free speech in Nazi Germany. There was none.”

Vance echoed Rubio’s sentiments, questioning the logic of Brennan’s claims. “Does she really think the Holocaust was caused by free speech?” he asked during his response.

CBS News has not commented on the criticism from Trump or the escalating controversy over Brennan’s remarks. The exchange highlights ongoing tensions in American political discourse regarding free speech and historical contexts, especially in relation to extremist ideologies.