Nominee for Wisconsin governor appeared with podcast host who defended ‘Camp Auschwitz’ t-shirt

Podcaster Jeremy Hambly is a neo-fascist and if you are going onto his podcast which is sponsored by a neo-fascist book publisher, and accept his offer to campaign for you, don’t expect to win.

The Forward

Rep. Tom Tiffany, Wisconsin’s Republican nominee for governor, is facing heat for appearing on a podcast hosted by an online personality with a history of antisemitic remarks and jokes about Adolf Hitler.

“The Quartering” podcast host Jeremy Hambly has said Adolf Hitler had “actually done some good things,” joked with guests about the Holocaust by calling it the “Hall of Cost” and saying it cost “around 6 million bucks,” and defended a “Camp Auschwitz” T-shirt worn by Robert Keith Packer during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot as “dark humor.” As others charged and convicted for crimes they committed that day, he was pardoned by Donald Trump when he returned to the White House. Packer would eventually be charged for a number of violent crimes, the last being in September where he was arrested on charges stemming from a number of attacks by his dogs. The dogs were reportedly euthanized and on January 7 of this year, prosecutors formally dismissed all the misdemeanor counts in the case but indicated plans to pursue a direct indictment on four felony charges. 

In 2023, The Quartering was sponsored by Antelope Hill Publishing, a white nationalist publisher that marked Hitler’s birthday each year by offering discounts on books written by and about the Nazi leader.

Tiffany discussed his gubernatorial bid on a December episode of the podcast, as reported by the Milwaukee Courier — news that emerged after Tiffany had criticized a leading Democratic candidate for appearing with popular progressive streamer Hasan Piker, who has been embraced by Democratic Party candidates even as he has championed terrorist groups as righteous fighters against Israel — leading to accusations he trafficks in antisemitism. In a recent speech to college students, Piker blasted Democrats who “fund ICE” and “fund Israel.”

On the podcast, Tiffany, who is running unopposed on the Republican side to replace Gov. Tony Evers, a two-term Democrat who announced his retirement, also accepted Hambly’s offer to volunteer for his campaign.

(Idavox contributed information in this story)