Overview

• During a July 15 broadcast of The Five, Greg Gutfeld suggested conservatives neutralize the slur “Nazi” by using it as a greeting, and co-host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery responded with “Nazi, please!”
• The remark drew immediate and widespread social media outrage, with users arguing that casually embracing “Nazi” undermines the historical weight of the Holocaust and genocide.
• Historians and political commentators condemned the segment as trivializing extremist language and noted it reflects a pattern of insensitive commentary on Fox News.
• In 2023, the Auschwitz Memorial Museum publicly rebuked Gutfeld for comments suggesting Jews survived Nazi camps by being “useful,” underscoring recurring flashpoints over his remarks.
• Fox News has not released any official statement addressing the controversy or the hosts’ suggestion to normalize the term.