Silke Jasso
Former host of iconic game shows, such as “Wheel of Fortune” and “Love Connection,” and self-proclaimed “Hollywood Conservative” Chuck Woolery is causing a stir with a string of tweets that appear to attempt to connect communism and Judaism.
On Memorial Day and the day following, Woolery fired off a round of tweets on his apparent theory that Judaism contributed to the rise of Soviet communism and that the religion is still fueling other socialist movements today. He did so by pointing out that Vladimir Lenin, Karl Marx and Bernie Sanders are all Jewish.
Believe it or not. Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin were both Jewish. I was shocked to find, most of the original Soviet Communists were Jewish
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 29, 2017
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Not to stir the pot but, #BernieSanders is a #Jew and a #Communist. Am I incorrect or does this make me an antisemite as well? Another Fact.
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 30, 2017
The tweets prompted social media users to accuse Woolery of antisemitism, considering the Jewish faith of the political leaders he mentioned had little effect on their social and economic theories. Woolery, however, has expressed confusion over why anyone would perceive his statements as anti-semitic, asking multiple times, “Why do people do this?”
Amazing to me, I point out that Marx and Lenin were Jewish, Fact of history, and now I'm being called anti Semitic? why do people do this?
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 30, 2017
There appears to be confusion regarding my remarks about Marx and Lenin having Jewish roots. Make no mistake about this, I stand with Israel
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 30, 2017
Can't get my head around being pro Israel and being called an antisemite just for pointing out historical facts. Not my fault. It's history
— Chuck Woolery (@chuckwoolery) May 30, 2017
It’s unclear what prompted Woolery’s strange attempt to, as one Twitter user put it, prove “that communism is an international Jewish conspiracy.”
