The Matt Walsh Show - Ep. 1718 - Domestic Terrorists Have Officially Taken Over Minneapolis. Here's What Needs To Be Done

Episode Date: January 15, 2026

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Maybe it was just another Wednesday evening for you, but last night was basically the Super Bowl for left-wing agitators, particularly the Subaru drivers, the Reddit addicts, and the otherwise neurodivergent, as they're called now, perpetually unemployed residents of the state of Minnesota. They were all glued to their televisions. And that's because in a live primetime address, the governor of the state, Tim Walz, gave everyone their marching orders for how to deal with the fact that ICE is enforcing immigration law in their neighborhoods, which the vast majority of Americans voted for in the last free and open Democratic election. And for many days now, Walls has basically been preparing the entire state for their Fort Sumter moment. He's been priming Minnesota to go to war with the federal government.

And last night, he took the stage. Now, at the outset, you might be thinking that it's very unfortunate, to put it mildly, that the state of Minnesota is taking marching orders related to immigration enforcement from a governor who's just been implicated in a scheme to defraud the taxpayers to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, a fraud scheme that primarily involves foreigners who have no right to live in the country. Indeed, that might even seem like a really severe conflict of interest. The foreigners come in here, steal from the taxpayer, enrich Tim Walz's associates, and benefit his political party. And now he's leading the charge to keep those same foreigners inside the country.

But in Minnesota, none of this is a problem. They all eagerly awaited the serious somber speech from Tim Walls, and here's how it went. The federal government is raining down upon our communities. What's happening in Minnesota right now is armed agents of the federal government have been deployed in Minnesota. Armed, massed, under-trained ice agents are going door to door, ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live.

They're pulling over people indiscriminate. Armed, including U.S. citizens, and demanding to see their papers. Are going door to door. And at grocery stores at bus stops, even at our schools. of color live. They're breaking windows. Now you might have been listening to that and sort of felt like you were having a stroke, but you weren't. You probably noticed that someone else was talking in the background there.

Well, that's not something we added in post-production. It's an echo of Tim Walz's voice that came through during the live broadcast, which is obviously not ideal. It kind of undercuts the intended vibe of recreating the Gettysburg Address, because if I remember my history right, Lincoln wasn't being drowned out with crosstalk. the entire time. And unlike the Gettysburg Address in this speech, Walls made a series of claims that were completely made up. We're talking about total fabrications without even a hint of evidence to support them. He's claiming that ICE is ordering people to point out where their neighbors of color live, which has never happened. So Walls wants you to imagine that ICE will come banging on

your door and shout, where are the brown people? And you'll shake in fear, hoping they don't discover the Mexicans hiding in your attic. And of course, if you aren't retarded, it's pretty hard to imagine this scenario because it's so fake, but Tim Walz is speaking rather specifically to a retarded audience. He calls the agents untrained,

even though every single one of them is actually well trained. He says they're pulling over and kidnapping people indiscriminately, which has also never happened, not once. He calls ICE operations and occupation, which it isn't. He says ICE is demanding to see the patient

of U.S. citizens, which in addition of being false, doesn't make sense. The application is that if a citizen isn't carrying their papers, whatever that would even be, then ICE will deport them. But that's never happened either. So Walls is merely repeating, without any evidence whatsoever, the various fictional claims that Democrat mobs have concocted in Minneapolis over the past few weeks. This is always what leftists do in situations like this. Usually we see this kind of behavior when they are trying to canonize the latest BLM martyr. They simply lie endlessly because they recognize the fundamental weakness of their actual position. In this case, their actual position is that they want open borders.

They don't want us to enforce the laws of the country. Well, they know that's indefensible. They know most Americans don't want open borders, and they know that Minnesota's sanctuary laws are forcing ICE to go into neighborhoods to detain these criminals rather than make arrests at courthouses and jails. So rather than defend their sanctuary open border policies, they're just lying relentlessly. You know, they're trying to rile people up and encourage violence against ICE officers, which is exactly what happened shortly after Walls delivered that speech.

They want more and more violence between the state and the federal government because that's how civil wars start. That's how they intend to destroy our constitutional system of government. And we'll have more on that in a second. But the really interesting thing about the Walls clip isn't the fact that he lied or repeated, dumb, Reddit talking points. The really, at least the first very noticeable thing is that, and what you always notice about this guy, is that he looks and sounds like such a weasel. Even if you don't listen to a word he says, even if you play his speech without volume, it's impossible to ignore that he comes across like an extremely weak-willed, flimsy man. He seems like, and he is, a pathetic sissy, a spineless, effeminate, scheming little weakling. And of course, as we've seen again and again, this is a common phenotype on the left.

And it's been on display repeatedly during these anti-ice riots. The left is governed by and consists of an army of shrieking, deeply unpleasant fanatics and liars who are viscerally unappealed. on every level. These are not remotely authentic or believable human beings. These are politicians who will say whatever their masters want them to say. They'll lie as a matter of course in ways that no sane person could possibly take seriously. They'll compare federal law enforcement officials to the Gestapo, not because they think it's true, but because they think it will work. They think that when they hear these attacks, conservatives will back down. And they think that if they lie enough and berate ice officers enough, then the Trump administration will just

pull ice out of Minneapolis. But that's why it is to Donald Trump's credit that for the first time in generations, this strategy isn't working at the moment. Instead, in response to left-wing obstruction and domestic terrorism in Minneapolis, Trump is sending thousands more ICE officers into the city, not pulling back even as leftists become increasingly unhinged and violent. And that's the only workable approach. You simply cannot allow violent mobs to suspend the results of a democratic election, which is exactly what the self-described party of democracy is attempting to do here. They know that most Americans voted to preserve our borders and our national sovereignty.

They know that most Americans voted for mass deportations. And now leftists in Minnesota are trying to reverse the results of a democratic election using mob violence, which is what communists always do. and they usually win unless they're crushed. Now, last night, just like Renee Good, some of these communists in Minnesota again turned to violence. As you probably heard, there was yet another ICE involved shooting in Minneapolis. According to DHS around 6.50 p.m., ICE was attempting to stop an illegal alien from Venezuela, who was released into the country by Joe Biden in 2022.

The alien fled his car, then crashed into a parked car before running away on foot. when law enforcement caught up with him, the illegal alien began attacking the officers. And then two individuals, apparently family members of this person, came out of a nearby apartment and began ambushing the officers with a shovel and a broom handle. And then the illegal alien got free and joined in on the attack. And that's when the officer fired shots to defend himself. And at this point, everyone's expected to live. And the attackers are now in custody.

another clear-cut, totally justified shooting by law enforcement. And yet another sign that sooner or later, Democrats are going to get ICE officers killed, which is their goal here, obviously. That's what they want to happen. And when that happens, there will be a showdown over who exactly controls the National Guard of Minnesota and whether the Army needs to be brought in.

That's where this is headed. That's why these people are harassing ICE in such large numbers. This was the scene after the shooting yesterday. The mob formed immediately. They began destroying law enforcement vehicles and stealing firearms and documents from inside those vehicles. They also berated law enforcement.

It's like a scene out of a Fallujah. Watch. My God. Hit some bullet. Dude, what are you doing? What made you sign? Did your humble touch you at Christmas? The level of projection in those

taunts is pretty apparent. Also a really strangely specific taunt from that guy. But as pathetic as they are, these people are managing to do real damage. As you just saw, they stole weapons from outside the back of the ice vehicle. But they also took more than that. Late last night of various Antifa live streams revealed that these domestic terrorists have obtained a significant amount of documentation from inside the ice vehicles that were left behind as the mob surrounded them. And, And specifically, according to those live streams, they've obtained the full names of many ice agents, location of the hotels that they're staying in, including the room numbers and so on. They've also obtained FBI badges and badge numbers, and they're broadcasting it all over the internet.

Well, this is unequivocally domestic terrorism. We need to see prosecutions and crackdowns as soon as possible for everybody involved in this. They're all on camera. the residents of Minnesota are waging a campaign of terrorism against federal law enforcement, which is carrying out lawful orders. Thousands more federal agents need to be sent to Minneapolis at a minimum. That's what sane Americans want to see, the restoration of law and order. And indeed, that does appear to be what's coming next.

Within minutes of the shooting, federal Bureau of Prison Guards were on the scene, keeping the agitators at bay and preventing ice from being overwhelmed. They prevented ICE agents from being dragged away by the mob and murdered, which is what they wanted. They apparently weren't able to prevent some ICE vehicles from being looted, but they did prevent any loss of life. Fox also reported that ICE's special response team, which is their SWAT team, essentially, deployed as well. So this was a unified immediate response to flood the area with manpower. And very soon, we can expect many more federal agents of Minneapolis because the population is clearly out of control. I mean, they've gone full Canada in Minneapolis, and they need to be dealt with.

All of their screeching and whining needs to be ignored. Minneapolis has been ground zero for lawless chaos for years now. The rest of us are sick of it. The whole city must be taught a lesson. How much do we have to deal with from these people? They must be punished. It's a city full of overgrown children that won't learn anything unless they're forced to learn it the harder. way. Well, it's time for the hard way. These are also, we should note, some of the most

annoying assholes to ever walk the earth. Here's Exhibit 10 million. Watch. Once again, of course, completely made up. Calling people away without cause, but none of that is happening. None of that is happening. It is all fake, every bit of it. And the The left has been doing this for years now. Riots, chaos over completely made up. This is as fake as all the claims five years ago. The cops are hunting down black people and shooting them for no reason. It's literally never happened.

It's like a thing that just has never happened. And these maniacs live in a world in their heads where it happens every day. And now they have ICE is tracking people down. hauling them away for no reason, hauling away citizens, never happened. Not real, not happening. Now, if shrieking unpleasant leftist women like this lose their power, the left is in real trouble. They've spent the past decade in HR offices all over the country, berating young men, discriminating against them, hounding them, scolding them. The appropriate response has always been to treat these women with maximum contempt, which appears to be happening more and more across the country.

the White House seems to recognize that, which is why they're surging more officers to deal with these lunatics. Again, a decisive approach is what most Americans want to see. Most Americans support the Trump administration. They're repulsed by communists running rampant on the streets. And we know that because right now Donald Trump has a higher approval rating than either Bush or Obama did at this particular date in their second terms. If you watch these videos from Minneapolis, you'd think the, you know, the mob represents the way a lot of people, think in this country, but it doesn't. So you take a look at this. The latest generic congressional ballot per Reuters suggests that there won't be a blue wave in November with a roughly 40-40

split between Democrats and Republicans. If you look at the latest map from the Cook Political Report, you'll see there are around 210 safe Republican seats, 208 safe Democrat seats, and 17 toss-ups. User projections that if they hold up would foreclose the possibility of the blue wave that we've been warned about now. Meanwhile, just the other day in a special election in the Alabama State House, Republican Norman Crow won by a margin of 29 points. Trump, for comparison, won the district by 18 points in 2024. Now, the usual caveats apply, special election, low turnout, safe district. But it's the kind of election that still demonstrates enthusiasm for the Republican Party and the direction the Trump administration is taking it. And why not?

most Americans are not dysgenic unemployed freaks they don't want Venezuelans and lesbian agitators running rampant murdering federal law enforcement officers in the street they don't want 68 IQ Somalis to scam hundreds of millions of dollars from them they want our laws enforced

including immigration laws and they don't want the federal deficit to continue increasing exponentially which also has to be correct. As CNBC just reported, in the first three months of the fiscal year from October to December, the deficit has dropped by more than $100 billion. That's a 15% year-over-year drop. These are all tangible achievements that have a meaningful impact on the lives of millions of Americans.

Yesterday, we talked about how Democrats are descending further and further into delusion. They're whipping themselves into hysterics about things that simply aren't happening. They're play-acting. And the reason that they're becoming more and more hysterical with each passing day is that they're not getting what they want. Like any other toddler, they have a tantrum. They don't get what they want. The tantrum only gets worse. But just like with a toddler, you know, the only appropriate response is to not give them what they want.

Or you only get more tantrums. That's why Trump is, as you probably saw, literally giving the middle finger to hecklers on camera, which I think is great personally. You know, that's the only appropriate response to these people. And I'd be fine if the ICE officers did that too. When they're being heckled by these ridiculous women, just tell them to F off and give them the middle finger. That's what they deserve.

Trump also just oversaw a successful operation to depose, of course, a foreign dictator return oil to the American economy. Meanwhile, the State Department just announced that it's halting all visa processing from 75, countries whose migrants take welfare from the American people at unacceptable rates. That includes Somalia, Iran, Haiti. At the same time, Trump is openly mocking Denmark as he plots to take control of Greenland, which Denmark claims to have some kind of control over. And within hours of Trump making fun of his country, Denmark's foreign minister backed down and suggested there

might be a way forward for a deal. Watch. You know, I can't rely on Denmark being able to fend themselves off. You know, they were talking about they put an extra dog, and they were serious about this, they put an extra dog sled there last month. They ended a second dog sled. That's not going to do the trek. And we therefore still have a fundamental disagreement, but we also agreed to disagree. And therefore we will, however, continue to talk. We have decided to form a high-level working group to explore if we can find a common way forward. The group, in our of you should focus on how to address the American security concerns while at the same time respecting the red lines of the Kingdom of Denmark. We expect that such a group will meet

for a first time within a matter of weeks. When you have leverage and power people and entire countries have no choice but to do what you want them to do. You don't need to appease anyone or lie to anyone. You can do exactly what Trump is doing right now. You can bend your adversaries to your will. You can tell that Trump has learned the lessons of his first term in office when he spent a lot of time trying to court the so-called black vote with policies like the first step and so on.

That was his response to BLA. And with that in mind, take a look at this. This is footage of the aftermath of the ICE involved shooting in many Apple's yesterday where the illegal alien and the local residents attack the ICE officer. It's reminiscent of the BLM riots of 2020 when Democrats torched American cities, including Washington, D.C. and the church right next to the White House with impunity. Except in this case, the feds are bombarding the rioters with tear gas and rubber bullets, as they should be.

So everything we're seeing from the Trump administration suggests that this time around, the left's domestic terrorism isn't going to force ICE out of Minneapolis. And everything we're seeing from American citizens, not the communist, but the actual Americans, suggest the Republicans will hold on to power as long as they fight this insurrection with the full force of the federal government. And that's an important qualifier. And I want to be very clear about this. The administration must fight this chaos with all of the legal force it can muster. And that force is or should be, overwhelming. So far, ice has not backed down.

The federal government has not retreated. That's a good thing. Like, that's good. But now Trump has to go all the way. But she hasn't done yet. The fact is, as we covered, we can swoop into a foreign country and kidnap their president

in the span of 90 minutes without taking a single casualty. That's the kind of might and power. that most Americans, myself included, didn't even know we had. I didn't know we could do that, did you? Apparently we can. That's all the more reason why you cannot allow a rag-tag group of fat, retarded losers to commit federal crimes every single night right out in the open in our own country.

Because we know now, beyond any shadow of a doubt, that we could put a stop to all of this completely for good. every one of these degenerates could be in a cage in Gitmo tonight crying for their mommies, which is how they would all respond. They're all a bunch of tough guys because they know or they've been conditioned to assume that there will be no consequences for their actions. The moment there's any consequence, all of these people will collapse on the ground and start crying like little because that's what they are.

And so now's the time. Punish them severely. You can restore order completely in like 10 minutes. None of the chaos in our streets has to happen. And if it continues to happen, it will only be happening because it is allowed and we cannot allow it. Americans want strength. They want law. They want order.

They want to see the domestic terror. lose and lose badly in humiliating and painful fashion. So now is the time. Invoke the Insurrection Act, send in the military, use all of the force that's necessary. Lawful and if necessary lethal force, if necessary, if necessary, throw these commies into a prison cell next to Maduro where they belong.

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I won't say well-known, but talked about episodes of history. And it'll tell you all the things. The idea here is to tell you all the things that you probably don't know, because they're the things that the schools didn't teach you. Hollywood doesn't make movies about, the media doesn't talk about, and the first episode of real history is about the real history of slavery. Here's a quick clip. But it wasn't just the slaves that were multiracial. It was the slaveholders too. At slavery's peak in 1860, thousands of slaves were owned by Choctaws, Cherokees, Creeks, and Chickasaw Indians. As Alan Taylor

writes in the book American Colonies, the Iroquois, were particularly brutal in this In colonial America, the Iroquois would often subject captives the ones they did not enslave to ritualistic slaughter and cannibalism in which captives would be tied to the stake, stabbed, then prodded with hot pokers. Quote, after the victim died, the women butchered his remains, cast them into cooking kettles, and serve the stew to the entire village so that all can be bound together in absorbing the captive's power. At the outbreak of the Civil War, one of South Carolina's wealthiest citizens was a planter and

slaveholder named William Ellison. Census records show that at the outset of the Civil War, he owns 63 slaves, making him one of the biggest slave owners in the region. During the Civil War, he and his sons made substantial donations to the Confederate government. But what makes Allison remarkable is that he was a black man. In fact, he was a freed slave, whose former master

had given him the business skills he needed to become a successful cotton gin manufacturer. He was such a prominent member of South Carolina Society that the Charleston Mercury newspaper noted that he was a large slaveholder and is much respected throughout the district for his integrity and general good character. There's a lot about slavery that is not known, slavery in this country and throughout the world. And it's a theme on this show.

We've talked about it quite a bit. The idea behind this series that we're doing is to take all these things that we've already talked about, these little tidbits about history, and put them all into it. to one single episode. Because the fact is that we've been lied to. We've been lied to for generations. It's not a recent thing, right? This is not just like in the last five years,

but for generations, the whole story of history, especially American history, is specifically designed, tailored to make us feel guilty, to make us hate ourselves, to make us hate our country. And I'm sick and tired of that. Sick of the lies.

and this series will expose the lies. We'll tell the truth. And it comes out on Monday, so don't miss it. Speaking of telling lies, Oprah Winfrey appeared on The View yesterday to promote a new book, which I don't know why she's doing that. She's like 70 years old and worth $3 billion, but she's still going on promotional tours. Hard for me to understand that. Like, if I was worth $3 billion, I would never promote it.

anything ever again. My way of promoting something would be, yeah, I wrote this thing, read it or don't. Really don't care. I'm a billionaire. Doesn't matter. But anyway, Oprah's hawking her new book. And in the conversation with the clucking hens of the view, she extols the virtue of weight loss drugs, which I guess is the point of the book that she wrote. That's the crux of the book. And she offers the most impressive bit of obesity cope that I think I've ever heard. Listen. All these years, I thought I was overeating.

I was standing there with all the food noise, what I ate, what I should eat, how many calories was that? How long was it going to take? I thought that that was because of me and my fault. Now I understand that if you carry the obesity gene, if that is what you have, that is what makes you overeat. You don't overeat and become obese. Obesity causes you to overeat. Obesity causes you to have all of that food noise. And what the GLP-1s have done for me, and I know a number of other people, is to quiet that noise.

Wow, there it is. You aren't obese because you overeat. You overeat because you're obese. Overeating doesn't cause obesity. Obes overeating. That is a masterclass in dodging accountability. Like I said, it's actually impressive. Oprah is like, you know, if accountability, Oprah is like Neo in the Matrix, right, bending over backwards and the accountability is going over her head.

She's just dodging it. It's very impressive. And because what she said, it's exactly like saying, you know, you're not falling because you jumped off a building. You jumped off a building because you're falling. a fist didn't hit your face because I punched you I punched you because a fist hit your face I wish I had thought of this when I was a kid like in school that's a good excuse I could have used

I could have told my teachers you know no I I see I I didn't get a zero because I failed to turn the assignment in I failed to turn the assignment in because I got a zero Gotcha. What do you have to say now? So let's just make one thing very clear. That's all nonsense.

There is no obesity gene. She talks about the obesity gene. The problem with that is that it doesn't exist. So Oprah is lying to you and to herself mostly. And you think about how pathetic that is. I mean, this woman has spent most of her life. She's, like, dedicated her life to coming up with an excuse for being fat. That's been the driving engine of the engine of Oprah's career has been just this pursuit of excuses for being fat.

And now she's settled on this, the obesity gene. You know, obesity through the gene. It's the gene that makes you fat. But there is no such gene because here's what I know. No matter your genetics, what makes you fat is the same thing that makes anyone else fat. Everybody in the world can be fat, and they will all get fat the same way. And that's by eating a lot and exercising a little. It is that simple.

And every time I talk about this, I hear from people who say, oh, you're oversimplifying. It's not that simple. No, it is that simple. You're fat because you're eating a lot, but you're not exercising a lot. you're consuming more calories than you burn. This is physics, okay? It's basic science. That's the recipe for getting fat, regardless of your genetics.

Put, take 100 people, lock them in a, in a room for a month, feed them cinnibuns and Starbucks Frapachino's and ban them from exercising. They're just, synabuns and Starbucks Frapachinos. And all else they do is just sit on the couch and watch TV. All of them will get fatter, okay? It's got nothing to do with having any genes. All of them get fatter. Now, the rate at which you get fatter and how the fat accumulates on your body and all

of that kind of stuff, you know, that'll differ slightly person to person because we're different people. But the basic fact of the matter is that everyone can get fatter. I didn't mean to rhyme, but I just... The basic fact of the matter is everyone can get fatter. And call me Amanda Gorman with my poetry. And you get fatter by doing a certain thing, which is eating a lot. If you don't do that thing, then you won't get fatter.

Period. End of story. That's it. And I'm just so tired of the cowardly excuses. Like, I don't judge people really for being fat. I mean, okay, I judge them a little bit. But, you know, not very harshly. Yeah, you get, it's, you're fat.

It's, that's a result of gluttony and sloth, which are sins. And so there is some judgment for that. But, you know, no one's perfect. We all, we are all sinners. And so it's not, and it's certainly not the worst thing in the world. It's not the worst sin a person can commit in the world. As long as you're not morbidly obese, you can't even fit through the door. But just kind of like your everyday fatness is, you know, it's, hey, we all have our flaws.

I get it. And especially as you get older, if you want to be fat, if you want to be kind of fat, whatever. Especially as you get older. I think it's kind of funny when you see people who are much older finally get skinny for the first time in their lives. and there's a lot of that happening now with OZempec where you see these celebrities who are like older in some cases much older and now they're skinny for the first time ever it's like John Goodman has zero percent body fat now

and every time I see that I think well you were you were already fat through all the stages of your life when being fat would potentially hinder you socially like you were already fat at a time when you were were young and could have been good looking. But that's all gone now. I mean, you decided to be fat through all that. And it's like at this point, your life just ride it out.

I mean, getting skinny at like 67 seems like the most pointless thing in the world. That's exactly what I plan to get fat. Everyone's getting skinny now at the age when I'm planning to become a blimp. Everyone's getting skinny at an age where I'm going to look like G.K. Chesterton. That's the time when it doesn't matter. Who are you trying to impress? You want to look good? Who cares at this point?

So anyway, what was the point? The point was, yes, if you want to get fat, go ahead. I don't really care. But at least have the intellectual courage, to be honest about it. stop making excuses. It's my genes. It's my hormones. That's the part that I judge you for. I judge you for being a coward, like a lying, pitiful coward.

Be honest. You're fat because you eat a lot and you're lazy. That's all right. I mean, it's not all right, but it's, again, it's, we all have our flaws. It's not the worst flaw a person can have. Just admit it. And that's it. And that's why these, you know, Zempec and all that stuff, as we pointed out before,

it's really funny that the body positivity movement, the fat acceptance movement has dwindled. The moment that an easy way to lose weight was put, was made available, all that stuff goes out the window. But it's not like when you take OZemphic, it's somehow treating or curing your obesity gene. That's not what it's doing. it's just making it so you're not hungry. Like it's making you, which all that means, it's like, yes, you were getting fat before because you were eating a lot. And now you want to eat less.

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And it's a question that any medical expert or any five-year-old child should be able to answer. And the question was, can men get pregnant? And here's how that went. Yeah, I wasn't sure where you were going with that. Well, the goal is just the truth. So can men get pregnant? Again, the reason I paused there is I'm not really sure what the goal of the question is. is just to establish a biological reality. You just said a moment ago that science and evidence should

control, not politics. So let's just test that proposition. Can men get pregnant? I take care of people with many identities, but I can get pregnant. I do take care of people that don't identify as women. Can men get pregnant? Again, as I'm saying... Let me just remind you if you testified to a moment ago. Science and evidence should control, not politics. So, should, can men get pregnant? I'm totally free. Science and evidence should guide medicine. Do science and evidence tell us that men can get pregnant?

Biological men. Can they get pregnant? I also think yes, no questions like this are a political tool. No, yes, no questions are about the truth, doctor. Let's not make a mockery of this proceeding. This is about science and evidence. And I'm asking you, you know, the United States Supreme Court just heard arguments yesterday at great length on this question. This is not a hypothetical question. This is not theoretical that affects real people in their real lives. And you're here as an expert,

called by the other side as an expert, and you've been telling us that you follow, right, you're a doctor, and you follow the science and the evidence. So I just want to know, based on the science, can men get pregnant? That's a yes or no question. It really is, I think. I think you're trying to reduce the complexity of a lot of. not. It's not complex. I'm trying to get to get to an answer and I'm trying to test, frankly, your veracity as a medical professional and as a scientist. Can men get pregnant? I think you're also conflating male and female with... No, I'm not conflating male and female. There are two different things. There's biological men and there's biological women. And I want to know, can men get

pregnant? You know, this is, I mean, it's, what else is there to say about it? It's, this is exactly equivalent to questioning, if this was an astronomer, let's say, who was being testifying for some reason. And a highly educated person, it's got a PhD in relevant fields, right? It's worked for NASA. And you were to say, sir, does the, is the sun made of gum drops? Well, I don't, well, that's a yes or no question. I can't. I, I, I, what, what is the, is it made of gum drops? Is it yes or no? Can you tell us whether it's made of gum drops? Well, this, this is, this is a, how can we get into hypotheticals? This is a, it's just like that. And if you saw a scene like that, like nobody would if this person was going to be your professor for your astronomy class, I think you'd be looking for another class.

And actually, it's always hard to come up with analogies for this sort of thing because the analogy I just offered is that that is not as bad as what we just saw. Like it would be more rational for someone to believe that the sun is made of gumdrops than to believe that a man can get pregnant. It would actually be significantly more rational, which isn't to say that it's rational, but it's significantly more rational. Because it is at least, it's like, it's not necessarily logically impossible in some hypothetical universe that you could have a sun made of gumdrops. There's a, there's a one can imagine a hypothetical world where maybe such a thing could occur. It's not logically impossible. It's like, can elephants fly? Well, they can't fly, but so the answer's no, but is it possible? Is there some alternative universe

where such a thing could possibly happen? But men getting pregnant is it's like a, it's more analogous to a squared circle or a married bachelor. It's a logical impossibility. there's no universe where such a thing could happen by definition. So it's pretty much the most absurd thing a person can put forward or propose. And here you have a doctor, a medical doctor who's stumped by it. And it's funny because there were a lot of comments from the left, of course, reacting to that clip there, which goes on, by the way, for like five minutes. We just played a minute or two of it.

It goes on. And there were a lot of comments from the left saying, trying to turn this back, on Josh Holly and saying, why are we doing these cheap gotcha? This is a cheap gotcha question. Oh, is it? Okay, if you can get got by a question like that, well, that's more, that's on you. If somebody comes up to you and says, hey, what's two plus two? And you say, well, what is this a gotcha question?

That's a reflection of you. It might be a got. It is a gotcha question, actually. there's a reason he's asking it. I mean, obviously he knows that you can't answer it. So it is a gotcha question. But the fact that you can be got by that question is a reflection of you. If I know that you're very, very, very stupid, and I want to demonstrate that fact, that I might ask you what's two plus two. And it is a gotcha because I want to get you by proving how stupid you are. But that's not on me. That's on you. All right. Finally, we'll end with this. you know McKenna my producer always tells me that my numbers tank and I lose subscribers anytime I say anything critical about dogs and no one on my team ever tries to dissuade me from saying any of the crazy things I say every day except when it comes to being negative about dogs. That's the one thing where everyone gets very nervous

when you start when you start offering negative commentary related to dogs. That's when people get very, very nervous. Now, but the truth is that I don't criticize dogs. I mean, they're dogs. Like, what is there to credit? They're animals. What I criticize are people and their attitude towards dogs. So I am unfairly maligned as a person who hates dogs.

I actually don't. I like dogs. I have a dog. You know, her name is Penny. I'm her favorite person in the house. Believe it or not. I'm her favorite person. And, you know, every night after everyone goes to bed in my house, kids are in bed,

wife's in bed, sit on the couch by the fireplace, Penny comes up, she sits with me. It's like our routine, you know? So I actually like dogs. If my dog died, I'd be sad. I thought she ran away a few weeks ago, and I was out at like midnight, freezing cold in the snow. in my slippers, trudging through the snow looking for her. And I don't know why I was wearing. The whole time, I'm like, why am I wearing slippers?

Just put boots on. This is pointless. I'm getting frostbite for no reason. Anyway, she shows up back at the front door like nothing is wrong. But, you know, I was worried there for a bit. So everyone thinks that I have no heart, but I'm actually a sensitive guy when it comes down to it. I have, if you chip through the miles of Arctic ice inside my soul, you'll get down to something approaching a human heart. And that's the point.

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And so this is a story that I saw a few days ago. It's a perfect example of it. This is from page six. Jennifer Lawrence was called out as awful after revealing she rehomed her chihuahua named Princess Pippi Longstocking because it bit her son. Now, I would agree that she's awful for having a chihuahua with that name. That's the awful part, but getting rid of the dog is not.

Fans quickly jumped online to criticize the Hunger Games actress after she joked that she wanted to obliterate every dog in light of the incident as screening of her movie, Die My Love. So the... She got rid of the dog because it bit her son. And then, of course, all the comments, people are very upset. One Instagram user said, you don't dump your dog just because you had kids, you learn to teach your kids to respect your pet. Wow.

Another one says, I have twins and my dogs are family forever. We're a packed together, a home full of love, respect, loyalty, and time dedicated to all. Do better, Jennifer. What's especially concerning is using a massive platform not only to normalize giving up a dog after a preventable incident, but to publicly speak so flippantly about obliterating dogs. So, anyway, so that's the controversy. First of all, as I've already established, I like our dog penny. If she attacked one of my kids, she's gone.

Easy decision. I've never understood the people that treat this like it's a, like there's any kind of question. It's something we need to think about. Like it's a tough, like it's a tough call. Not a tough call. and I've especially never understood the people, and this is what I, you know, what I've said over the years that gets me in trouble. It just makes me want to say it more.

The people who treat their pets as children, I think it's a, and you hurt you hear in some of these comments. Well, we're all a family together. And the implication is like, we're all equal. I would never give it. You know, you can't get rid of the dog for bite. That's like, I wouldn't get rid of my kid for biting the dog. I think it's a sickness. I think it's deranged.

And now that I have six kids and pets, a dog and cats, I actually have four cats, if you can believe it. Have I mentioned that? I have four cats. Four. I have four of them. It's way too many. Now I'm getting sidetracked. It's way too many cats.

It's like it's the exact number of cats that crosses the line into mental illness. And I, because if you have one cat, that's fine. If you have two cats, you know, okay. Three cats, like, you walk into a house and someone has three cats. you're like, you really like cats. Four cats, you're mentally ill. You walk into someone's house and then you see one cat and then another cat comes in and a third cat,

you're like, what, you guys like cats? And then a fourth cat, you turn around and walk out. You're like, you're not, and you should, you're not safe there. This is someone who should be institutionalized and yet that's how many cats I have. And I'm not mentally ill. It's always a good sign

and you have to tell people you're not mentally ill. I mean, maybe I am, but it's not because of the cats thing. The thing is that I've just allowed my daughters, which I think I mentioned before when it comes to, you know, the goats, I've just allowed them to keep accumulating cats. They keep coming up with reasons why they need more cats and I fall for it every single time. I don't even fall for it. I'm not stupid. But they just keep devising, the two of them, my 12-year-old and 6-year-old, they just keep devising these schemes, these like reasons why they just need.

You know what we need? we just need another cat. What we need in here is another cat. Here's a problem and the way to solve it, Dad, is to get just one more cat. And I let them do it. You know, it's the classic, as I've said before, it's a classic cliche thing of the dad that just can't say no to his daughters. With my sons, you know, they'll come in and they'll say, Dad, can I have a, now you're fine. You don't need it. You know, whatever you say, you don't need it. And then my daughter's coming and say, Dad, can I have a, can I have 10 ponies and a billion dollars? And I say, sure, anything for you. So anyway, where was I? Yeah, I think it's a sickness. So it's a, it's a,

it's a sickness to have as many cats as we have. It's also a sickness of the modern world. People insist on treating animals as equal to human, you know, especially parents who have children and yet see the pets as equal to their kids. I think that's slightly less common, although it does happen. More common are the people, and these are the people that are yelling at Jennifer Lawrence, people who don't have kids and see their pets as a replacement. A lot of people obviously have pets instead of kids because pets are easier. And they demand less of you. They give you affection and attention. You don't have to do much for them except feed them and let them use the toilet somewhere. And that's why people prefer pets over children. Because the reason is because they prefer

themselves over children. That's my issue with the pet worship. When people say things like, dogs are better than people. Dogs are so much better. Dogs would... I like dogs. Dogs would never commit terrorism or do mass shootings. Only people do that.

Dogs are so much better. Yeah, your dog wouldn't do that because he doesn't have opposable thumbs. Okay, that's the main reason why dogs don't commit terrorism or mass shootings. There are definitely dog breeds that would do terrorism if they could, like pit bulls.

If they could figure out how to do suicide bombing, you don't think they'd do it? But mostly, yes, it's true that dogs don't commit acts of evil like humans do. And that's because dogs don't make moral choices. Dogs are not moral animals. And you can have dogs and really like dogs and still admit that. You don't need to have this Disney view of the world. You could just be rational as I am. When it comes to this at least. Dogs don't make moral choices. Dogs respond to incentives. Dogs respond to instinct. Dogs don't wrestle with the morality of a thing. So while dogs don't do the evil that human beings do, they also don't commit the acts of virtue and courage that humans do. There's no such thing

as a virtuous dog. And anyone wants to push back on that and say, no, my dog is very virtuous. There can be virtuous dogs. Okay, well, then you're saying that dogs make moral choices, which means you would also have to say that there are evil dogs. And yet you don't want to admit that either. Because when a dog bites someone, you say, it's not the dog, it's the owner. So what you're saying is that dogs are capable of moral choices,

but they only ever make good moral choices. So they're basically angelic creatures is what you're saying. It's like a whole new theology. This is a theology of dogs that you've just created. But people prefer dogs because dogs are much less demanding. And loving a human being requires work and sacrifice

and bettering yourself as a person. Loving a dog requires basically none of that. And that's why dogs are elevated above people for that reason. It's a very self-centered, selfish reason. That's my point. And good. Now that I've alienated the entire audience,

which we've got to do before the end of the week, I think we can wrap it up there. Remember real history with Matt Walsh comes out on Monday, and you definitely don't want to miss that. And I will talk to you on Monday. God's beat. What was it like, Merlin, to be alone with God? Is that who you think I was alone with?

I knew your father. I am yet convinced that he was not of this world. All men know of the great Taliesin. Who am I, father? That the gods should war for my soul. Princess Garris. of our people. I know what the bull God offered you.

I was offered the same. And? There is a new pirate work in the world. I've seen it. A god who sacrifices what he loves for us. We are each given only one life singer. No. We're given another.

I learned of Yazoo the Christ. And I have become his follower. He's waiting on a miracle. And I think you can give him one. Trust in Jesus. He is the honor. He is the only hope for men like us. Fate of Britain never rests in the hands of the great life. Great light, great darkness.

Such things mattered to me then. What matters to you now, mistress of lies? You, nephew. The sword of the high king. How many lives must be lost before you accept the power? You were born to wield. So clinging to the promises of a God who has abandoned you. to take up their sword again.

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