Why Is Gutfeld Silent About His Holocaust Comments On-Air?

Fox News star Greg Gutfeld has spent the past few days on social media defending his recent assertion that Jewish people “had to be useful” in order to survive Nazi concentration camps, an observation that was criticized by the Auschwitz Museum and condemned by the White House.

The acerbic primetime host has especially taken issue with a podcaster whose initial clip of his remarks went viral, claiming she “defamed” him and “falsely accused” him of bigotry. On top of that, he tweeted that he’ll continue to “punch back” against “smear merchants,” especially since the “lies were exploited by the White House.”

Gutfeld added: “I must not stop until that is rectified.”

Read more at The Daily Beast.