Bill Hemmer “misspoke” after getting Karl Marx and Hitler mixed up
(Picture: Fox News )Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer has been mocked after appearing to be under the bizarre impression that Karl Marx wrote Mein Kampf – while live on air.
During a recent episode of America’s Newsroom, the hosts discussed whether elementary schools should teach critical race theory (CRT). Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen suggested that youngsters should not be learning complex ideologies, and said CRT is better suited for college students.
But Hemmer said that he believed teaching CRT at university was “fair game.” He confidently recalled his intellectual curiosity in his early twenties, as he expressed his interest in socialist philosopher “Karl Marx” – but actually meant the dictator Adolf Hitler.
Apparently, Fox News anchor Bill Hemmer thinks Karl Marx wrote Mein Kampf.
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 10, 2021
"I remember 20 years old going to Trier, Germany and trying to find the home of Karl Marx cuz, y'know, 1848 -- he wrote Mein Kampf. I want to know what it's all about." pic.twitter.com/9sa6inGqpi
“I remember 20 years old going to Trier, Germany and trying to find the home of Karl Marx cuz, y’know, 1848 - he wrote Mein Kampf.
“I want to know what it’s all about”, he added.
While the broadcaster’s blunder later left him red-faced, Twitter found the segment hilarious after it went viral on social media. One said, “Remember today when @BillHemmer said on national tv that Karl Marx wrote “Mein Kampf.”
Another tweeted that the mistake was the epitome of Fox News, “Bill Hemmer not knowing Adolf Hitler wrote Mein Kampf pretty much sums up FOX *news.*”
“I was so passionate about studying Charles Darwin at college I flew to England to try and find his house, because you know, he wrote The Satanic Verses, and that was like incredible”, a third Twitter user sarcastically added.
Which is more Fox Newsy?
— Jack Eversfield (@SicAndTirade) August 10, 2021
Hemmer saying that Karl Marx wrote Mein Kampf or @DanaPerino knowing better but going along with it anyway?https://t.co/9gOgTQW8G6
— Steve Morris (@stevemorris__) August 10, 2021
He probably thinks Marx wrote Critical Race Theory too.
— DevinsCat (@DevinsCat1) August 10, 2021
And she didn't correct him so they're 0 for 2.
— ABKinSTL (@ABKinSTL) August 10, 2021
Dana knew! You can see it in her face! 🤣😂🤣 These people really do just have a chunk of "bad things" in their brain that they don't feel the need to know the definitions or histories of.
— Seth Reeves (@SethReeves15) August 10, 2021
Give Bill some slack here! He was obviously talking at the top of his head which is prone to error, especially when there's nothing in it.
— Mike Vimont (@MikeVimont) August 10, 2021
Hemmer later confessed on the show that he got his historical figures mixed up, “I misspoke. 1848. Karl Marx. The Communist Manifesto.”
