Breitbart ‘Friends of Hamas’ hoaxer: ‘Of course Hitler was a left-winger’

Ben Shapiro, the Breitbart News editor-at-large who reported a false story about Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel’s ties to the non-existent group “Friends of Hamas,” says that there was no doubt “Hitler was a left-winger.”

During a Thursday radio interview with Fox News host Sean Hannity’s radio show, Shapiro accused the American “left-wing press” of supporting Nazi leader Adolf Hitler, Italian fascist Benito Mussolini and the Soviet Union.

“Of course Hitler was a left-winger!” Shapiro exclaimed. “The name of his party was National Socialism, he redistributed wealth, he shut down businesses. This argument that Hitler was a right-winger is absurd. It’s absolutely ridiculous and historically ignorant.”

He added: “It’s a slander put forward by the left in order to try and shut down all debate on the fact that socialism and the rise of the left in countries in a major way usually leads to dictatorial natures for more of than, for example, a limited government.”