(JEWISH GROUP) Homeland Security speechwriter promotes antisemitic 'Great Replacement' theory on podcast

A speechwriter who joined the Department of Homeland Security in March has in the past promoted the antisemitic “Great Replacement” conspiracy theory and compared conservatives in the United States to Jews in Nazi Germany.

The baseless theory alleges that a shadowy cabal, usually of Jews, is working to replace white people with non-white immigrants. The theory has inspired multiple antisemitic and extremist attacks, including the 2018 Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and an attack on a Buffalo, New York, grocery store in 2022.

Several months after the Buffalo shooting, which killed 10 shoppers, Eric Lendrum endorsed the theory on his podcast — not for the first time. He said it was “real” and “already being put into effect in some European cities.”

He had previously argued in a different episode that the theory was not antisemitic, saying, “Literally no one blames this on Jews.”

Lendrum’s past comments — made on podcasts, in columns and on social media — were first reported this week by Notus, an independent news outlet covering the government. The site noted that while Lendrum’s digital output was vast, his audience appeared to be relatively small.

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