Jubilee debate video with fascist participant roils internet

The YouTube channel Jubilee, which is known for its debate-style videos, is facing backlash online after a participant in a recent show identified as a fascist.

The YouTube channel Jubilee, which is known for its debate-style videos, is facing backlash online after a participant in a recent show self-identified as a fascist. The incident has roiled the internet, inspiring online discussion for days, and it has also had major consequences. The man, who identified himself as Connor in the video, says he was subsequently fired from his job.

The episode, which was posted Sunday, featured British American journalist Medhi Hasan, who was tasked with debating 20 “far-right conservatives.” Hasan hosted a show on MSNBC from February 2021 to January 2024.

Hasan had made the claim that President Donald Trump is “defying the Constitution” as one of the topics of conversation. In a roughly seven-minute-long debate with Hasan, Connor spoke about his desire for an autocracy in the United States and praised the ideas of Carl Schmitt, a Nazi Party political philosopher, while saying there was “a little bit of persecution” of Jewish people during the Holocaust.

“You’re a fan of the Nazis?” Hasan asked the participant.

“I, frankly, don’t care being called a Nazi at all,” Connor said.