MSNBC propped up—and then scrubbed—former U.S. ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul ’ s false suggestion on Friday that Adolf Hitler did not order the deaths of “ ethnic Germans ” during the Holocaust while he condemned Russian President Vladimir Putin ’s actions in Ukraine . McFaul offered his take on The Rachel Maddow Show Friday night , saying he heard a Ukrainian commentator and a Russian journalist say that Hitler did not kill “ ethnic Germans ” compared to Putin’s attacks against Russian-speaking Ukrainian citizens. McFaul expressed his agreement with the false sentiment, despite people throughout Europe—including in Germany—suffering violent...