The Rothschilds Conspiracy Theory
For decades, conservatives have used the Rothschild name as a bogeyman and antisemitic dog-whistle to fear monger voters into thinking that an 18th century Jewish banking family secretly influences and controls people in power around the world today.
01 Sep 2022Doug Mastriano campaign "prophet" Julie Green played into an anti-Semitic conspiracy theory about the Rothschilds by saying that "the truth about the Rothschilds is coming" and soon "all the money will be blasted out of their hands never to return to the hands of the wicked"
Lara Logan
28 Mar 2022falsely suggested Charles Darwin was funded by the Jewish banking family in an attempt to discredit the theory of evolution to antisemitic viewers
Propaganda Tactics Used
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This conspiracy theory has been used against Jewish people in the USA for decades.
Dog-whistles
This one is so obviously blatantly antisemitic it barely qualifies as a dog-whistle as the history of its use to malign Jewish people -- and not wealthy elites who just happen to be Jewish -- has been widely understood for decades. When conservatives namedrop Rothschilds, they know what they are doing.
Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories
The System is Rigged
Create False Bogeymen
This conspiracy theory has been used against Jewish people in the USA for decades.
Dog-whistles
This one is so obviously blatantly antisemitic it barely qualifies as a dog-whistle as the history of its use to malign Jewish people -- and not wealthy elites who just happen to be Jewish -- has been widely understood for decades. When conservatives namedrop Rothschilds, they know what they are doing.
Antisemitic Conspiracy Theories
The System is Rigged
Create False Bogeymen
Notable Conservative Uses
Lara Logan