Biography:Darryl Cooper

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Darryl Cooper
Born
United States
OccupationPodcaster, writer

Darryl Cooper is an American right wing[1] podcaster known for making Nazi apologist claims.[2][3][4][5][6][7][8] In 2024, Cooper gained prominence after appearing on The Joe Rogan Experience and The Tucker Carlson Show.[9][10]

Cooper has been the subject of controversy due to his commentary about Adolf Hitler, Nazi Germany, Winston Churchill, and World War II. Cooper’s interpretations of historical events have been criticized by historians for inaccuracies.[9][11] He has also been accused of downplaying Nazi crimes and engaging in Holocaust denial.[2][3][4]

Political views

In 2021, Cooper gained significant attention for a viral Twitter thread attempting to explain why many supporters of U.S. president Donald Trump believed in claims of election fraud during the 2020 United States presidential election. This thread was highlighted by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson and mentioned by Trump himself.[12][13]

In September 2024, Cooper appeared on The Tucker Carlson Show. He made statements that drew widespread criticism from historians, Holocaust memorial organizations, and political figures for promoting Holocaust revisionism.[11] Cooper’s comments, suggesting that the genocide was an unplanned consequence of wartime chaos, directly contradict the historical consensus that the Nazi regime pursued a racial war of extermination from the outset.[11] In response to the interview, all 24 Jewish Democratic Party members of the U.S. House of Representatives issued a joint statement condemning Cooper as a "Nazi apologist" and warning that such rhetoric promotes Holocaust revisionism under the guise of historical reinterpretation.[3][14]

In March 2025, Cooper was a guest on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast.[2] During the interview, Cooper claimed that Hitler opposed the Kristallnacht pogrom.[2][15] Cooper's comments on the Kristallnacht were reviewed and criticised by British historian Richard J. Evans.[16] Cooper also said that Hitler, after viewing the "sorry state" of the German people, could only sympathize with the belief that they had been "manipulated" by the Jews, and that Hitler's "antisemitism is what allowed him to love the German people." Rogan commended Cooper's views, calling them comprehensive and nuanced.[2][16]

Before gaining prominence through his Substack newsletter and podcast, Darryl Cooper reportedly responded positively to a comment on a white-nationalist forum discussing strategies for introducing nationalist ideas to mainstream audiences without alienating them. The comment, which emphasized gradual ideological shifts and subtle messaging, was highlighted in a Mother Jones article titled “How Nazi-obsessed amateur historian Darryl Cooper went from obscurity to the top of Substack.”[16] Observers have noted that Cooper's subsequent work has employed similar techniques to present far-right ideas to a broader audience, contributing to scrutiny of his views and associations.[17]

Cooper has been very critical of Churchill, having described Churchill as the "chief villain of World War II". Cooper's claims about Churchill have been met with widespread criticism.[18][19][20] In a now-deleted Twitter post, Cooper claimed that an infamous wartime photograph of Hitler arriving in Nazi-occupied Paris was "infinitely preferable in every way" to a picture from the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics opening ceremony featuring drag queens in a scene that he believed was inspired by The Last Supper.[21] Cooper has also cited and defended the work of British Holocaust denier David Irving,[16] claiming that his works were censored because of "pressure groups".[22]

References

  1. ↑ York, Josie Ensor, New (2024-09-18). "Churchill museum will never surrender as right-wingers call him a villain" (in en). https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/churchill-museum-villain-darryl-cooper-tucker-carlson-podcast-5mvg3qndl. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Sales, Ben (March 14, 2025). "Joe Rogan hosts Holocaust revisionist on his podcast, complains of 'paranoid' Jews". https://www.jta.org/2025/03/14/united-states/joe-rogan-hosts-holocaust-revisionist-darryl-cooper-on-his-podcast-and-complains-of-paranoid-jews. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Statement from Jewish Members of the House of Representatives Regarding Interview Between Tucker Carlson and Nazi Apologist Darryl Cooper" (in en). 9 September 2024. https://raskin.house.gov/2024/9/statement-from-jewish-members-of-the-house-of-representatives-regarding-interview-between-tucker-carlson-and-nazi-apologist-darryl-cooper. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Opinion | The Right Is Defending the Nazis — Again". 2024-09-14. https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/09/14/tucker-carlson-conservatives-nazis-00179091. 
  5. ↑ "Opinion | This 'historian' won MAGA fame as a Big Lie apologist. Now, he's defends Nazis." (in en). 2024-09-07. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tucker-carlson-favorite-nazi-apologist-darryl-cooper-big-lie-origins-rcna169628. 
  6. ↑ Beauchamp, Zack (2024-09-06). "Conservatives are shocked — shocked! — that Tucker Carlson is soft on Nazis" (in en-US). https://www.vox.com/politics/370519/tucker-carlson-holocaust-nazi-churchill-darryl-cooper-martyrmade. 
  7. ↑ "Tucker Carlson's WWII interview fractures conservatives" (in en). 2024-09-11. https://theweek.com/politics/tucker-carlson-interview-darryl-cooper-holocaust. 
  8. ↑ York, Josie Ensor, New (2024-09-18). "Churchill museum will never surrender as right-wingers call him a villain" (in en). https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/churchill-museum-villain-darryl-cooper-tucker-carlson-podcast-5mvg3qndl. 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Niall Ferguson (September 5, 2024). "Niall Ferguson: The Return of Anti-History". The Free Press. https://www.thefp.com/p/niall-ferguson-history-and-anti-history. 
  10. ↑ "The Podcaster Asking You to Side With History's Villains" (in en). 2025-04-13. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/style/darryl-cooper-martyr-made-podcast.html. 
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Yad Vashem Denounces Remarks Made by Darryl Cooper Regarding Nazi Atrocities as Historically False". 4 September 2024. https://www.yadvashem.org/press-release/04-september-2024-16-52.html. 
  12. ↑ Bump, Philip (July 12, 2021). "The viral Twitter thread that explains right-wing conspiracy theorizing — if only inadvertently". https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/12/viral-twitter-thread-that-explains-right-wing-conspiracy-theorizing-if-only-inadvertently/. 
  13. ↑ Tague, Katherine (2021-07-26). "Darryl Cooper: The Man Behind That Viral 2020 Twitter Thread" (in en-US). https://radio.foxnews.com/2021/07/26/darryl-cooper-the-man-behind-that-viral-2020-twitter-thread/. 
  14. ↑ Cooke, Charles C. W. (2024-09-06). "Hitler Contrarianism Isn't Brave" (in en-US). https://www.nationalreview.com/2024/09/hitler-contrarianism-isnt-brave/. 
  15. ↑ "Kristallnacht: Hitler's Authorization" (in en-US). https://www.hdot.org/debunking-denial/kn2-hitlers-authorization/. 
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 16.3 Lanard, Noah. "How a Nazi-obsessed amateur historian went from obscurity to the top of Substack" (in en-US). https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/martyr-made-darryl-cooper-nazi-jews-juggernaut-nihilism-tucker-carlson-joe-rogan-substack/. 
  17. ↑ Brown, Joshua Travis (2025-03-20). Capitalizing on College. doi:10.1093/oso/9780197780701.001.0001. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780197780701.001.0001. 
  18. ↑ "No, Winston Churchill Was Not the 'Chief Villain' of the Second World War" (in en-US). 2024-09-04. https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/no-winston-churchill-was-not-the-chief-villain-of-the-second-world-war/. 
  19. ↑ Langworth, Richard (2024-09-30). "Debunking Tucker Carlson's Darryl Cooper Interview" (in en-US). https://winstonchurchill.hillsdale.edu/cooper-koureas/. 
  20. ↑ Fox, Mira (2025-03-19). "Why this was the worst week in antisemitism — until maybe next week" (in en). https://forward.com/culture/705403/kanye-west-joe-rogan-darryl-cooper-elon-musk-antisemitism-bonanza/. 
  21. ↑ Lapin, Andrew (September 5, 2024). "Tucker Carlson hosts 'historian' who promotes Nazi falsehoods on Holocaust". https://www.jpost.com/international/article-818792. 
  22. ↑ Bernstein, Joseph (April 13, 2025). "The Podcaster Asking You to Side With History's Villains". The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/13/style/darryl-cooper-martyr-made-podcast.html. Retrieved April 13, 2025. 



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