The File
In April 2024, Infowars host Harrison Smith stated on air that the Holocaust is a "religion" that "you can't question." The claim was reported by Media Matters under a title that states it directly. This file's sourcing is thinner than the rest of this batch: the underlying broadcast's full text could not be extracted for a body-text confirming quote, so the claim is cited by the report's title and date rather than a quoted excerpt.
The Documented Record
April 15, 2024: Media Matters published a report titled "Infowars host claims that the Holocaust is a 'religion' that 'you can't question,'" attributing the statement to Harrison Smith on Infowars programming. [DOCUMENTED]
This claim sits within a broader pattern of statements attributed to Smith across his Infowars tenure, while the specific Angry White Men archive item and October 2023 caller article remain background context rather than separately linked record claims in this file. [INFERENCE]
What the Record Does Not Establish
The record does not establish the full verbatim context of the April 2024 statement beyond what the report's title and embedded broadcast confirm. It does not establish that this single statement represents Smith's complete or consistent position on the subject across all his broadcasts. The strongest rival explanation, absent the full context, is that this was a single provocative on-air remark rather than a considered or repeated thesis, though the title of the reporting on it is unambiguous about the claim as stated.
Sources
Connected Files
AJONES-008 documents a separate claim made by the same host.