Rubio defends Vance's Munich speech as CBS host suggests 'free speech' caused the Holocaust
Vance rebuked European allies for leaning in on 'Soviet'-style censorship
Secretary of State Marco Rubio defended
Vice President JD Vance's speech in Germany
slamming Europe's penchant for censorship on Sunday.
Rubio clashed with CBS host Margaret Brennan
on "Face the Nation" after she suggested that
free speech had been "weaponized" to bring about the Holocaust in Nazi Germany.
Brennan highlighted Vance's speech to the
Munich Security Conference in Germany last
week, which criticized European allies for adopting a
"soviet"-style approach to censorship.
"What did all of this accomplish, other than irritating
our allies?" Brennan asked.
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio rejected claims from a CBS host that "free speech" caused the holocaust. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Pool)
"Why would our allies or anybody be irritated by free speech
and by someone giving their opinion? We are, after all,
democracies," Rubio said. "The Munich Security Conference is largely a conference of democracies in which one of the things that we cherish and value is the ability
to speak freely and provide your opinions. And so, I think
if anyone's angry about his words, they don't have to
agree with him, but to be angry about it, I think actually makes his point."
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"Well, he was standing in a country where free speech was
weaponized to conduct a genocide," Brennan replied.
"He met with the head of a political party that has far-right
views and some historic ties to extreme groups. The context
of that was changing the tone of it. And you know that."
CBS Host Margaret Brennan claimed that Nazis had "weaponized" free speech "to conduct a genocide" in Germany. (CBS News screenshot)
"Well, I have to disagree with you. No - I have, I have to
disagree with you," Rubio said as the pair talked over
one another. "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 they hated minorities and they had a list of people they
hated, but primarily the Jews."
He added, "There was no free speech in Nazi Germany.
There was none. There was also no opposition in Nazi Germany.
They were the sole and only party that governed that country.
So that's not an accurate reflection of history."
Vice President JD Vance rebuked European allies for their penchant for censorship last week. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Rubio went on to reiterate Vance's point that European leaders should be able to continue working with the U.S. and other like-minded nations despite facing criticism,
at which point Brennan ended the segment.
Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox News Digital covering national politics and major breaking news events. Send tips to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.
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