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'''Matthew Walsh''' (born June 18, 1986) is an American [[Right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[political commentator]] and author. Walsh hosts ''The Matt Walsh Show'' podcast and is a columnist for ''[[The Daily Wire]]''. He has authored four books and starred in ''The Daily Wire'' documentary ''[[What Is a Woman?]]''

==Career==
Walsh began his career as an AM [[talk radio]] host in [[Delaware]] and then moved to [[Lexington, Kentucky]], with [[WLAP|NewsRadio 630 WLAP]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NewsRadio 630 WLAP - Lexington's News Talk Radio|url=https://wlap.iheart.com/|access-date=2021-04-05|website=NewsRadio 630 WLAP|language=en|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210235356/https://wlap.iheart.com/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2012-05-30|title=I Didn't Get a Job Today, and it was Awesome|url=https://meisterblogger.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/i-didnt-get-a-job-today-and-it-was-awesome/|access-date=2021-04-05|language=en|archive-date=December 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210235357/https://meisterblogger.wordpress.com/2012/05/29/i-didnt-get-a-job-today-and-it-was-awesome/|url-status=live}}</ref> He worked for [[Blaze Media|The Blaze TV]] starting in October 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Popular Conservative Commentator Is Officially Joining TheBlaze|url=http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/01/popular-conservative-commentator-is-officially-joining-theblaze|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118055551/http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/10/01/popular-conservative-commentator-is-officially-joining-theblaze|archive-date=November 18, 2017|website=TheBlaze|access-date=December 10, 2021}}</ref> He was also a contributor to ''[[HuffPost]]''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt Walsh - HuffPost|url=https://www.huffpost.com/author/matt-walsh|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=www.huffpost.com|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115044251/https://www.huffpost.com/author/matt-walsh|url-status=live}}</ref> and began writing for ''[[The Daily Wire]]'' in October 2017.<ref>{{cite tweet |last=Walsh |first=Matt |user=MattWalshBlog |number=919933941360062465 |date=October 16, 2017 |title=I'm thrilled to announce that I've joined The Daily Wire: https://t.co/1EEEskWvWr |language=en |access-date=January 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211117092831/https://twitter.com/mattwalshblog/status/919933941360062465 |archive-date=November 17, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> Additionally, he has appeared on ''[[Tucker Carlson Tonight]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Stabile|first=Angelica|date=July 7, 2021|title=Why aren't America's classrooms fitted with cameras? Matt Walsh weighs in|url=https://www.foxnews.com/media/why-arent-americas-classrooms-fitted-with-cameras-matt-walsh-weighs-in|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115044251/https://www.foxnews.com/media/why-arent-americas-classrooms-fitted-with-cameras-matt-walsh-weighs-in|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Matt Walsh: Masking no longer about COVID, it's a symbol of 'wokeness'|url=http://video.foxnews.com/v/6249235692001/|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115044255/https://video.foxnews.com/v/6249235692001/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Ingraham Angle]]'',<ref>{{Cite web|last=Brown|first=Jon|date=September 28, 2021|title=Conservative commentator accuses Loudoun County school board of being 'child abusers'|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/daily-wire-commentator-accuses-loudoun-county-school-board-of-being-child-abusers|access-date=November 15, 2021|website=Fox News|language=en-US|archive-date=November 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115044318/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/daily-wire-commentator-accuses-loudoun-county-school-board-of-being-child-abusers|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Fox & Friends|''Fox and Friends'']],<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-and-friends-trump-twitter_n_5fa40745c5b6f1e97fe764de |title='Fox & Friends' Says Trump Should Leave Twitter And Take His Followers |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609122151/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fox-and-friends-trump-twitter_n_5fa40745c5b6f1e97fe764de |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-guest-gillette-ad-same-as-showing-women-gossiping-nagging |title=‘Fox & Friends’ Guest: Gillette Ad Same as Showing Women ‘Gossiping,’ ‘Nagging’ |access-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-date=June 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220609122152/https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-and-friends-guest-gillette-ad-same-as-showing-women-gossiping-nagging |url-status=live }}</ref> and [[Dr. Phil (talk show)|''Dr. Phil'']].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rogers|first=Zachary|date=2022-01-20|title='What is a woman?': Controversy after Dr. Phil puts non-binary guests against conservative|url=https://kcby.com/news/nation-world/what-is-a-woman-controversy-after-dr-phil-faces-non-binary-guests-against-matt-walsh-gender-sex|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Sinclair Broadcast Group|archive-date=January 21, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121025432/https://kcby.com/news/nation-world/what-is-a-woman-controversy-after-dr-phil-faces-non-binary-guests-against-matt-walsh-gender-sex}}</ref>

Walsh has authored four books: ''The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left's Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender'' (2017), ''Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians'' (2020), ''[[Johnny the Walrus]]'' (2022), and ''[[What is a Woman?|What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation]]'' (2022).

Walsh has hosted ''The Matt Walsh Show'' starting in April 2018 on weekdays; it is about an hour in length.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Matt Walsh Show |url=https://www.dailywire.com/show/the-matt-walsh-show |access-date=2022-08-20 |website=The Daily Wire |language=en}}</ref>

==Views and controversies==
Walsh has been described as [[right-wing]]<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{cite web |date=6 July 2022 |title=Fact Check-No evidence that U.S. schoolchildren are self-identifying as animals and disrupting classrooms |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-furries-school-idUSL1N2YN1O2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723044446/https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-furries-school-idUSL1N2YN1O2 |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |access-date=23 July 2022 |website=Reuters |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Zadrozny |first=Brandy |last2=McCausland |first2=Phil |title=Boston Children's Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaign |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/internet/boston-childrens-hospital-warns-employees-far-right-online-harassment-rcna43376 |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=NBC News |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":11" /> and [[Conservatism in the United States|conservative]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Social media posts spark calls to investigate Tenn.'s VUMC |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/social-media-posts-spark-calls-to-investigate-tenns-vumc/2022/09/21/5cbad35a-39e2-11ed-b8af-0a04e5dc3db6_story.html |website=Washington Post |access-date=23 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Giles |first=Christopher |last2=Robinson |first2=Olga |last3=Sardarizadeh |first3=Shayan |date=2020-11-06 |title=US election 2020: How a misleading post went from the fringes to Trump’s Twitter |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2020-54838684 |access-date=2022-10-01}}</ref> Walsh's commentary is sometimes described by media outlets as [[Internet troll|trolling]].<ref name=":10">{{cite web |last1=Baker-Whitelaw |first1=Gavia |title=JK Rowling endorses transphobic documentary by alt-right commentator Matt Walsh |url=https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/jk-rowling-matt-walsh-transphobia/ |website=The Daily Dot |access-date=23 July 2022 |date=11 July 2022 |archive-date=July 17, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220717170131/https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/jk-rowling-matt-walsh-transphobia/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |first=Graig |last=Graziosi|date=June 5, 2021 |title=Rightwing blogger launches gofundme for AOC's Puerto Rico grandmother in latest personal attack |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/blogger-aoc-puerto-rico-grandmother-b1860097.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220512/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/blogger-aoc-puerto-rico-grandmother-b1860097.html |archive-date=May 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |website=The Independent |language=en-GB |access-date=November 15, 2021}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=John |title=Anti-trans troll Matt Walsh says Black mermaids aren’t “scientific” in on-air meltdown |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/anti-trans-troll-matt-walsh-says-black-mermaids-arent-scientific-air-meltdown/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=LGBTQ Nation}}</ref> In his Twitter biography he describes himself as a "theocratic fascist",<ref>{{Cite web |last=Griffin |first=Liam |date=September 28, 2021 |title=Some Teachers, "National Agitators" Voice Concerns About Race Theory, Transgender Rights |url=https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/rally-held-against-crt-transgender-policies-loudoun-county |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116062134/https://patch.com/virginia/ashburn/rally-held-against-crt-transgender-policies-loudoun-county |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |access-date=2022-06-13 |website=Ashburn, VA Patch |language=en}}</ref> and he has written sarcastically about the label.{{Citation needed|date=August 2022}}

Walsh has argued that the trial of [[Kenosha unrest shooting|Kenosha unrest shooter]] [[Kyle Rittenhouse]] was malicious prosecution.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Paul |last=Waldman |date=November 10, 2021 |title=Opinion {{!}} Kyle Rittenhouse's story is a tragedy. The right thinks it's a triumph. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-tragedy-triumph/ |newspaper=Washington Post |issn=0190-8286 |language=en-US |access-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211111004113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/11/10/kyle-rittenhouse-trial-tragedy-triumph/ |url-status=live }}</ref> He has argued for restricting [[Pornography in the United States|pornography]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Given |first=Casey |date=December 9, 2019 |title=The misguided war on pornography and the return of right-wing puritanism |url=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-misguided-war-on-pornography-and-the-return-of-right-wing-puritanism |access-date=June 3, 2022 |website=Washington Examiner |language=en-US |archive-date=June 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220603053809/https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-misguided-war-on-pornography-and-the-return-of-right-wing-puritanism |url-status=live }}</ref>

Walsh's tweets in June 2022 implying that [[ozone depletion]] and [[acid rain]] were [[climate change denialism|never serious problems]] were described by ''[[Ars Technica]]'' as "willfully ignoring" well-documented evidence''.''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Johnson |first1=Doug |title=Past environmental threats didn’t just disappear |url=https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/past-environmental-threats-didnt-just-disappear/ |work=Ars Technica |date=22 July 2022 |language=en-us |access-date=July 25, 2022 |archive-date=July 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723181021/https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/07/past-environmental-threats-didnt-just-disappear/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Regarding the casting of [[Halle Bailey]] in the live-action version of ''[[The Little Mermaid (2023 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' (2023), Walsh said on ''The Daily Wire'', "from a scientific perspective, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have someone with darker skin who lives deep in the ocean", and suggested the mermaid should be translucent. Walsh's commentary was mocked on CNN.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-15 |title=CNN’s Reporter calls out Matt Walsh's Little Mermaid Point |url=https://www.thewrap.com/little-mermaid-racism-cnn-lisa-france-matt-walsh/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=The Wrap |language=en-US}}</ref> Later he said, "Translucent rights are human rights".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-15 |title= MATT WALSH’S LITTLE MERMAID QUIP IS A FINE KETTLE OF FISH AS TWITTER CHIPS IN |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/09/15/matt-walshs-little-mermaid-quip-is-a-fine-kettle-of-fish-as-twitter-chips-in/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=HITC |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Transgender issues===
Walsh has compared giving [[Transgender hormone therapy|hormone treatments]] and [[gender reassignment surgery]] for [[transgender]] youth to [[child molestation]] and [[rape]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=January |first=Brianna |date=May 26, 2021 |title=The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh makes extreme attacks on trans kids |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/05/26/the-daily-wires-matt-walsh-makes-extreme-attacks-on-trans-kids/ |access-date=2022-05-25 |work=Los Angeles Blade |language=en-US |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602052859/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2021/05/26/the-daily-wires-matt-walsh-makes-extreme-attacks-on-trans-kids/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In May 2021, Walsh called doctors who perform [[Sex reassignment surgery|gender-reassignment surgeries]] for [[transgender youth]] "plastic surgeons basically acting like [[Leatherface]] from ''[[The Texas Chain Saw Massacre]]''."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Migdon |first=Brooke |date=December 9, 2021 |title=Amazon bestseller compares being trans to pretending to be a walrus |url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/585135-amazon-bestseller-compares-being-trans-to |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211210093357/https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/585135-amazon-bestseller-compares-being-trans-to |archive-date=December 10, 2021 |access-date=December 21, 2021 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref> Walsh's views are in opposition to the stance of leading American medical groups, which have established guidelines to treat trans youth; those groups and some research say that denying such care can lead to higher rates of suicide.<ref name=":11" /><ref name=":12" />

Walsh rented an apartment in Virginia for one day in 2021 to qualify to speak out against the Loudoun County School Board for allowing [[transgender]] students the use of restrooms matching their gender identity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramirez |first=Stephanie |date=2021-09-27 |title=Tennessee blogger, podcaster says he's leasing a Loudoun County home in order to speak at BOE meeting |url=https://www.fox5dc.com/news/tennessee-radio-host-says-hes-leasing-a-loudoun-county-home-in-order-to-speak-at-boe-meeting |access-date=2022-06-28 |website=FOX 5 DC |language=en-US |archive-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116062143/https://www.fox5dc.com/news/tennessee-radio-host-says-hes-leasing-a-loudoun-county-home-in-order-to-speak-at-boe-meeting |url-status=live }}</ref> During his speech, which he later featured in his film ''[[What Is a Woman?|What is a Woman?]]'', Walsh said: "You are all child abusers. You prey upon impressionable children and indoctrinate them into your insane ideological cult, a cult which holds many fanatical views but none so deranged as the idea that boys are girls and girls are boys."<ref name=":0b">{{Cite web |last=Eckert |first=AJ |date=2022-07-14 |title=In What Is a Woman?, Matt Walsh asks a question, but doesn't like the answers |url=https://sciencebasedmedicine.org/in-what-is-a-woman-matt-walsh-asks-a-question/ |access-date=2022-07-17 |website=[[Science-Based Medicine]] |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2022, Twitter suspended Walsh's account for violating its policies on hateful content, after he tweeted what Twitter deemed [[offensive speech]] against the transgender community.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Brittany |date=January 8, 2022 |title=Twitter Suspends the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh over Transgender Tweets |url=https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-suspends-the-daily-wires-matt-walsh-over-transgender-tweets/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220111134356/https://www.nationalreview.com/news/twitter-suspends-the-daily-wires-matt-walsh-over-transgender-tweets/ |archive-date=January 11, 2022 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=[[National Review]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Walsh singled out hospitals in a campaign against [[gender-affirming care]] for transgender youth in 2022.<ref name=":12" /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gira Grant |first=Melissa |date=2022-09-28 |title=Doxxed Doctors, Library Bomb Threats, and Attacks on Pride Centers: A Week in Escalating Anti-LGBTQ Violence |work=The New Republic |url=https://newrepublic.com/article/167882/rising-right-wing-lgbtq-threats-violence-tiktok-tucker-carlson |access-date=2022-10-01 |issn=0028-6583}}</ref> [[Boston Children's Hospital]], one of the hospitals denounced by Walsh and other right-wing figures, reported harassment, death threats, and a bomb threat in August 2022.<ref name=":12" /><ref name=":11">{{Cite web |last=Woodward |first=Alex |date=2022-08-31 |title=Police clear bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital after far-right harassment |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-b2156865.html |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> In September 2022, Walsh published accusations against [[Vanderbilt University Medical Center]] (VUMC), which had opened a transgender healthcare clinic in 2018, stating that VUMC doctors "castrate," "butcher," "drug and mutilate" children, that they provide gender-affirming care because it is a "money-maker", that they threaten "consequences" for medical staff who declined to provide the care, that they tried to "enforce compliance" from hesitant parents of transgender youth, and in particular criticized VUMC's "trans buddies" program, which provides patient advocates (referred to by Walsh as "trans activists") to patients of gender-affirming care. Tennessee House majority leader [[William Lamberth]] said he was "troubled" about the clinic. VUMC reported harassment and threats against its staff, and there was incitement against VUMC in far-right forums on [[Reddit]] and [[4chan]]. Vanderbilt took down its webpage about the clinic and said that Walsh had "misrepresent[ed] facts about the care the Medical Center provides to transgender patients."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baska |first=Maggie |date=2022-09-22 |title=Tucker Carlson says hospitals receiving bomb threats are 'playing the victim' |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/09/22/tucker-carlson-bomb-threats-hospital-trans-healthcare/ |access-date=2022-09-22 |website=PinkNews |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=Liam |date=2022-09-26 |title=Trans health clinic weathers a political firestorm |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2022/09/26/trans-health-clinic-weathers-political-firestorm |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=[[Inside Higher Ed]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Quinlan Houghtaling |first1=Ellie |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Vanderbilt Medical Clinic Shuts Down Its Website After Transphobic Attacks |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/vanderbilt-hospital-shuts-down-its-website-after-transphobic-attacks |website=The Daily Beast}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Farmer |first1=Blake |date=September 21, 2022 |title=Vanderbilt is the latest target in a far-right campaign against transgender health clinics |url=https://wpln.org/post/vanderbilt-is-the-latest-target-in-a-far-right-campaign-against-transgender-health-clinics/ |website=WPLN News}}</ref>

Walsh has stated that he believes "[[gender ideology]]" to be "one of the greatest evils in human history" and that he would "rather be dead than surrender to this madness".<ref>{{Cite web |title=I believe that gender ideology is one of the greatest evils in human history. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004014220/https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1577043574222622720 |url=https://twitter.com/MattWalshBlog/status/1577043574222622720 |archive-date=October 3, 2022 |access-date=October 3, 2022 |last1=Walsh |first1=Matt}}</ref>{{Third-party inline|date=October 2022}}

====''Johnny the Walrus''====
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On March 29, 2022, [[DW Books]] published Walsh's children's book ''Johnny the Walrus'', which compares being transgender with identifying as a [[walrus]]. In an interview on Fox News show ''[[The Ingraham Angle]]'', Walsh explained that he wrote the book because he wanted to protect children from the "brainwashing" of [[gender ideology]].<ref name=":1" />

''[[LGBTQ Nation]]'' denounced the book, calling it "anti-transgender" and a mockery of transgender youth, while ''[[PinkNews]]'' referred to it as "hateful" and "transphobic."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bollinger |first=Alex |date=2021-12-09 |title=Best-selling LGBTQ book on Amazon is an anti-transgender picture book |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/amazon-pushes-ridiculously-transphobic-book-lgbtq-readers/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=[[LGBTQ Nation]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |date=2021-12-09 |title=Amazon lists hateful, transphobic book as number one 'LGBT+ best seller' |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/12/09/amazon-trans-johnny-walrus-matt-walsh-lgbt/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-10-01 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en-GB}}</ref> It was listed as the best-selling [[LGBT|LGBT+]] book on [[Amazon.com|Amazon]] in December 2021 before Amazon recategorized it to Political and Social Commentary. Walsh called the recategorization an "attack on gay rights and a horrific example of gay erasure." [[Target Corporation|Target]] removed the book from its online bookstore on the same day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Migdon |first=Brooke |date=December 10, 2021 |title=Amazon recategorizes book comparing being trans to pretending to be a walrus |url=https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/585316-amazon-recategorizes-book-comparing-being-trans-to/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716043728/https://thehill.com/changing-america/enrichment/arts-culture/585316-amazon-recategorizes-book-comparing-being-trans-to/ |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |access-date=July 16, 2022 |website=The Hill |language=en-US}}</ref>

====''What Is a Woman?''====
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[[File:What Is A Woman Film Logo.png|thumb|Logo for 'What Is A Woman?']]
Walsh's documentary ''What is a Woman?'', released by ''The Daily Wire'' on June 1, 2022, at the beginning of [[Gay pride|pride month]], featured Walsh asking the question "what is a woman?" to strangers and experts.<ref name=":02">{{Cite web |last=Rafter |first=Darcy |date=June 2, 2022 |title=Matt Walsh's 'What Is A Woman?' doc kicks off Pride Month |url=https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/06/02/what-is-a-woman-documentary/ |website=HITC |language=en-GB |access-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602182636/https://www.hitc.com/en-gb/2022/06/02/what-is-a-woman-documentary/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":8">{{Cite web |last=Graham |first=Jennifer |date=June 5, 2022 |title=Perspective: 'What is a woman?' Why most people couldn't answer Matt Walsh |url=https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/4/23153551/he-asked-what-is-a-woman-most-people-couldnt-answer-matt-walsh-daily-wire-gender-ideology |website=[[Deseret News]] |language=en-US |access-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605192313/https://www.deseret.com/2022/6/4/23153551/he-asked-what-is-a-woman-most-people-couldnt-answer-matt-walsh-daily-wire-gender-ideology |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=Kori |date=June 3, 2022 |title=A New Documentary Is Asking: "What Is a Woman?" |url=https://www.distractify.com/p/where-to-watch-what-is-a-woman-documentary |access-date=2022-06-05 |website=[[Distractify]] |language=en-US |archive-date=June 5, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220605195408/https://www.distractify.com/p/where-to-watch-what-is-a-woman-documentary |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Goforth |first=Claire |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Did the Daily Wire actually get hit with a DDoS attack during the launch of its transphobic new documentary? |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/daily-wire-ddos-cyberattack-transphobic-documentary/ |access-date=2022-06-04 |website=The Daily Dot |language=en-US |archive-date=June 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220604154311/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/daily-wire-ddos-cyberattack-transphobic-documentary/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Walsh has asked the same question in other appearances, including a ''[[Dr. Phil (talk show)|Dr. Phil]]'' show on January 19, 2022, with transgender and [[non-binary]] people.<ref name=":16">{{Cite news |last=Chung |first=Frank |date=2022-06-24 |title=Health boss Brendan Murphy provides 78-word definition of 'woman' |work=[[news.com.au]] |url=https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/health-boss-brendan-murphy-provides-78word-definition-of-woman/news-story/d7c4bc4b0bf81ec6e50023b0653743aa |access-date=2022-07-12 |archive-date=June 24, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624043346/https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/health-boss-brendan-murphy-provides-78word-definition-of-woman/news-story/d7c4bc4b0bf81ec6e50023b0653743aa |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reddish |first=David |date=January 20, 2022 |title=Dr. Phil's show yesterday was a transphobic trainwreck and we don't even know where to begin |url=https://www.queerty.com/dr-phils-show-yesterday-transphobic-trainwreck-dont-even-know-begin-20220120 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628003318/https://www.queerty.com/dr-phils-show-yesterday-transphobic-trainwreck-dont-even-know-begin-20220120 |archive-date=June 28, 2022 |website=[[Queerty]] |access-date=June 28, 2022}}</ref> [[Eventbrite]] banned screenings of the documentary due to the service not permitting content that promotes "hate, violence, or harassment towards others and/or oneself." Walsh denied that the documentary was [[hate speech]] and called the decision "ludicrous and indefensible," as well as accusing Eventbrite of hypocrisy due to permitting the screening of [[drag show|drag shows]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Villarreal |first=Daniel |date=2022-09-09 |title=Anti-trans troll Matt Walsh is upset that Eventbrite won't allow screenings of his film |url=https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/09/anti-trans-troll-matt-walsh-upset-eventbrite-wont-allow-showings-film/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=[[LGBTQ Nation]] |language=en }}</ref>

In February 2022, [[Eli Erlick]], a [[transgender activist]], alleged that Walsh had invited dozens of people to participate in the documentary under false pretenses.<ref name="lablade-8feb20222">{{cite news |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Anti-Trans Matt Walsh tries to lure Trans people into fake documentary |url=https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/02/08/anti-trans-matt-walsh-tries-to-lure-trans-people-into-fake-documentary/ |work=Los Angeles Blade |access-date=February 8, 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209011537/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2022/02/08/anti-trans-matt-walsh-tries-to-lure-trans-people-into-fake-documentary/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":82">{{Cite web |last=Collman |first=Ashley |date=2022-02-10 |title=Trans activists accuse conservative podcaster Matt Walsh of trying to lure them into participating in an anti-trans documentary |url=https://www.insider.com/matt-walsh-accused-luring-trans-people-into-anti-trans-doc-2022-2 |website=Insider |language=en-US |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707010708/https://www.insider.com/matt-walsh-accused-luring-trans-people-into-anti-trans-doc-2022-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Kataluna Enriquez]], [[Fallon Fox]], and other transgender public figures corroborated the account. Walsh created a group called the Gender Unity Project, which the activists said attempted to lure them into participating in the film.<ref name=":82" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Collman |first=Ashley |date=February 15, 2022 |title=Conservative film crew continues to try and trick trans activists into appearing in mysterious documentary, Miss Nevada USA says |url=https://www.insider.com/miss-nevada-usa-also-targeted-by-anti-trans-documentary-crew-2022-2 |work=Business Insider |language=en-US |access-date=February 19, 2022 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707010708/https://www.insider.com/miss-nevada-usa-also-targeted-by-anti-trans-documentary-crew-2022-2 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Gender Unity Project's Twitter account and website were taken down shortly after the allegations went public.<ref name=":17">{{Cite magazine |last=Mendez II |first=Moises |date=June 10, 2022 |title=Why Are Social Media Companies Taking Ad Money From a Right-Wing Transphobic Doc? |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/matt-walsh-daily-wire-documentary-1364210/ |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |access-date=June 10, 2022 |archive-date=July 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220702013714/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/matt-walsh-daily-wire-documentary-1364210/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Erlick claimed there were at least 50 other recruited interviewees, including a 14-year-old [[transgender girl]].<ref name=":17" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |last=Baragona |first=Justin |date=February 8, 2022 |title=Far-Right Troll Tried to Dupe Trans People Into Joining His Anti-Trans Documentary |url=https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-daily-wires-matt-walsh-tried-to-dupe-trans-people-into-joining-his-anti-trans-documentary |work=The Daily Beast |language=en-US |access-date=July 6, 2022 |archive-date=February 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209003823/https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-daily-wires-matt-walsh-tried-to-dupe-trans-people-into-joining-his-anti-trans-documentary |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Parsons |first=Vic |date=February 10, 2022 |title=Anti-trans troll Matt Walsh 'tried to trick trans people into fake documentary' |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/10/matt-walsh-fake-trans-documentary/ |access-date=July 6, 2022 |website=[[Pink News]] |language=en-GB |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622183312/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/10/matt-walsh-fake-trans-documentary/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Politicians===
After South Dakota Governor [[Kristi Noem]] declined to ban businesses from requiring a [[COVID-19 vaccine]] for their employees, Walsh criticized her by writing that she was only considered a [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 Republican presidential contender]] because of her physical attractiveness.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |first=Oliver |last=Darcy |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Kristi Noem slams right-wing media personality Matt Walsh for 'horrible misogyny' |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/media/kristi-noem-matt-walsh/index.html |website=CNN |access-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115044318/https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/26/media/kristi-noem-matt-walsh/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> After Noem called his comment [[Misogyny|misogynistic]], Walsh said he had no regrets but would "accept apologies from all of the performative idiots pretending to be offended by it".<ref>{{Cite web |first=Anders |last=Anglesey |date=August 26, 2021 |title=Gov. Kristi Noem slams podcaster Matt Walsh for "horrible misogyny": "Eyes up here" |url=https://www.newsweek.com/gov-kristi-noem-slams-podcaster-matt-walsh-horrible-misogyny-eyes-here-1623194 |access-date=November 15, 2021 |website=Newsweek |language=en |archive-date=November 15, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211115044248/https://www.newsweek.com/gov-kristi-noem-slams-podcaster-matt-walsh-horrible-misogyny-eyes-here-1623194 |url-status=live }}</ref>

When U.S. representative [[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez]] tweeted photos of her grandmother's house in Puerto Rico that was unrepaired in 2021, four years after [[Hurricane Maria]], and blamed former President [[Donald Trump]] for not doing enough to help the recovery, Walsh criticized Ocasio-Cortez for not providing the money herself. He launched a [[crowdfunding]] effort to pay for the repairs and raised $100,000 in the first 24 hours, but the grandmother's family refused the funds and GoFundMe shut the effort down.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Dzhanova |first=Yelena |date=June 5, 2021 |title=A right-wing writer who crowdfunded $100,000 to repair the Puerto Rico home of AOC's grandmother says she declined to accept the money |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/right-wing-writer-raises-100000-for-aoc-grandma-virtue-signaling-2021-6 |website=Business Insider |language=en-US |access-date=November 16, 2021 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707010710/https://www.businessinsider.com/right-wing-writer-raises-100000-for-aoc-grandma-virtue-signaling-2021-6 |url-status=live}}</ref> Ocasio-Cortez responded to the criticism by saying, "My abuela is okay ... but instead of only caring for mine & letting others suffer, I'm calling attention to the systemic injustices you seem totally fine w/ in having a US colony."<ref name=":4" />

Shortly after the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine|Russian invasion of Ukraine]] began on February 24, 2022, Walsh blamed [[Joe Biden]] making the US military "weaker and more feminine" by recruiting [[lesbians]] "who can't do three pushups" as the reason Russia decided to invade.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wakefield |first=Lily |date=2022-02-26 |title=Right-wing media is blaming trans rights and Pride flags for Russia's invasion of Ukraine |url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/02/26/ukraine-us-trans-rights-pride-tucker-carlson-matt-walsh/ |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=[[PinkNews]] |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last1=Paterson |first1=Alex |last2=Gingerich |first2=Mia |date=2022-02-25 |title=Right-wing media blame LGBTQ equality, "pride flags" for Russia's invasion of Ukraine |url=https://www.mediamatters.org/russias-invasion-ukraine/right-wing-media-blame-lgbtq-equality-pride-flags-russias-invasion-ukraine |access-date=2022-09-30 |website=[[Media Matters]] |language=en }}</ref>

===Event cancelation===
[[St. Francis Xavier College Church]], at [[Saint Louis University]], cancelled a speech by Walsh that it had planned to co-host with [[Young Americans for Freedom]] in December 2021. The church said it had decided that Walsh's "provocative positions on immigration, on communities of color, on Muslims, and on members of the LGBTQ community" were "in contradiction to Jesus' great commandment to love God and love our neighbor".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mayberry|first=Carly|date=December 1, 2021|title=Catholic Church Cancels YAF-Sponsored Anti-Abortion Talk by Matt Walsh as Faculty Protest|url=https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-cancels-yaf-sponsored-anti-abortion-talk-matt-walsh-faculty-protest-1655068|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-21|website=Newsweek|archive-date=January 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220125234621/https://www.newsweek.com/catholic-church-cancels-yaf-sponsored-anti-abortion-talk-matt-walsh-faculty-protest-1655068}}</ref> Walsh spoke at a different St. Louis venue.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hecker|first=Caroline|date=December 1, 2021|title=Daily Wire's Matt Walsh invited to speak at SLU, sparks protests in the streets|url=https://www.kmov.com/news/daily-wires-matt-walsh-invited-to-speak-at-slu-sparks-protests-in-the-streets/article_f3b8b838-5321-11ec-8e58-cffdb2e93e89.html|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-21|website=KMOV.com|language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Walsh lives in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], [[Tennessee]],<ref>{{Cite web|last=Pfleger|first=Paige|date=October 12, 2021|title=Far-right friendly social media website Parler will move its headquarters to Nashville|url=https://wpln.org/post/far-right-friendly-social-media-website-parler-will-move-its-headquarters-to-nashville/|access-date=2021-11-19|website=WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio|language=en-US|archive-date=October 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211013025210/https://wpln.org/post/far-right-friendly-social-media-website-parler-will-move-its-headquarters-to-nashville/|url-status=live}}</ref> and is married to Alissa Walsh.{{cn|reason=no source for wife or number of children|date=September 2022}} Walsh did not attend college, which he wrote was "one of the smartest decisions I have ever made".<ref>{{Cite tweet|first=Matt |last=Walsh |user=MattWalshBlog |number=951491106507812865 |title=I didn't go to college}}</ref> He is a practicing [[Catholicity|Catholic]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Robinson |first=Nathan J. |date=June 15, 2022 |title="What Is A Woman?" Is a Feature-Length Exploration of Conservative Ignorance and Prejudice |language=en |work=Current Affairs |url=https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/06/what-is-a-woman-is-a-feature-length-exploration-of-conservative-ignorance-and-prejudice |access-date=2022-06-19 |issn=2471-2647 |archive-date=July 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707010712/https://www.currentaffairs.org/2022/06/what-is-a-woman-is-a-feature-length-exploration-of-conservative-ignorance-and-prejudice |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Books==
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=e1WLDgAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover ''The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left's Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender''.] New York: [[Crown Publishing Group]] (2017). {{ISBN|978-0451495051|0451495055}}.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=xva7DwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover ''Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians''.] Washington, DC: [[Regnery Publishing|Regnery Gateway]] (2020). {{ISBN|978-1621579205}}. {{OCLC|1141857412}}.
* ''[[Johnny the Walrus]]''. Illustrations by K. Reece. Nashville, TN: [[DW Books]] (2022). {{ISBN|978-1956007053|1956007040}}.
* ''[[What is a Woman?|What is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation]]''. Nashville, TN: [[DW Books]] (2022). {{ISBN|978-1956007008}}. {{OCLC|1322213918}}.

==See Also==
* [[Transgender rights in the United States]]
* [[Anti-gender movement]]
* [[LGBT grooming conspiracy theory]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{Official website|https://themattwalshblog.com/}}
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Matthew Walsh (born June 18, 1986) is an American right-wing political commentator and author. Walsh hosts The Matt Walsh Show podcast and is a columnist for The Daily Wire. He has authored four books and starred in The Daily Wire documentary What Is a Woman?

Career

Walsh began his career as an AM talk radio host in Delaware and then moved to Lexington, Kentucky, with NewsRadio 630 WLAP in 2012.[1][2] He worked for The Blaze TV starting in October 2014.[3] He was also a contributor to HuffPost[4] and began writing for The Daily Wire in October 2017.[5] Additionally, he has appeared on Tucker Carlson Tonight,[6][7] The Ingraham Angle,[8] Fox and Friends,[9][10] and Dr. Phil.[11]

Walsh has authored four books: The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left's Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender (2017), Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians (2020), Johnny the Walrus (2022), and What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation (2022).

Walsh has hosted The Matt Walsh Show starting in April 2018 on weekdays; it is about an hour in length.[12]

Views and controversies

Walsh has been described as right-wing[13][14][15][16] and conservative.[17][18] Walsh's commentary is sometimes described by media outlets as trolling.[19][20][21] In his Twitter biography he describes himself as a "theocratic fascist",[22] and he has written sarcastically about the label.Vorlage:Citation needed

Walsh has argued that the trial of Kenosha unrest shooter Kyle Rittenhouse was malicious prosecution.[23] He has argued for restricting pornography.[24]

Walsh's tweets in June 2022 implying that ozone depletion and acid rain were never serious problems were described by Ars Technica as "willfully ignoring" well-documented evidence.[25]

Regarding the casting of Halle Bailey in the live-action version of The Little Mermaid (2023), Walsh said on The Daily Wire, "from a scientific perspective, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to have someone with darker skin who lives deep in the ocean", and suggested the mermaid should be translucent. Walsh's commentary was mocked on CNN.[26] Later he said, "Translucent rights are human rights".[27]

Transgender issues

Walsh has compared giving hormone treatments and gender reassignment surgery for transgender youth to child molestation and rape.[28] In May 2021, Walsh called doctors who perform gender-reassignment surgeries for transgender youth "plastic surgeons basically acting like Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."[29] Walsh's views are in opposition to the stance of leading American medical groups, which have established guidelines to treat trans youth; those groups and some research say that denying such care can lead to higher rates of suicide.[16][30]

Walsh rented an apartment in Virginia for one day in 2021 to qualify to speak out against the Loudoun County School Board for allowing transgender students the use of restrooms matching their gender identity.[31] During his speech, which he later featured in his film What is a Woman?, Walsh said: "You are all child abusers. You prey upon impressionable children and indoctrinate them into your insane ideological cult, a cult which holds many fanatical views but none so deranged as the idea that boys are girls and girls are boys."[32] In January 2022, Twitter suspended Walsh's account for violating its policies on hateful content, after he tweeted what Twitter deemed offensive speech against the transgender community.[33]

Walsh singled out hospitals in a campaign against gender-affirming care for transgender youth in 2022.[30][34] Boston Children's Hospital, one of the hospitals denounced by Walsh and other right-wing figures, reported harassment, death threats, and a bomb threat in August 2022.[30][16] In September 2022, Walsh published accusations against Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC), which had opened a transgender healthcare clinic in 2018, stating that VUMC doctors "castrate," "butcher," "drug and mutilate" children, that they provide gender-affirming care because it is a "money-maker", that they threaten "consequences" for medical staff who declined to provide the care, that they tried to "enforce compliance" from hesitant parents of transgender youth, and in particular criticized VUMC's "trans buddies" program, which provides patient advocates (referred to by Walsh as "trans activists") to patients of gender-affirming care. Tennessee House majority leader William Lamberth said he was "troubled" about the clinic. VUMC reported harassment and threats against its staff, and there was incitement against VUMC in far-right forums on Reddit and 4chan. Vanderbilt took down its webpage about the clinic and said that Walsh had "misrepresent[ed] facts about the care the Medical Center provides to transgender patients."[35][30][36][37]

Walsh has stated that he believes "gender ideology" to be "one of the greatest evils in human history" and that he would "rather be dead than surrender to this madness".[38]Vorlage:Third-party inline

Johnny the Walrus

On March 29, 2022, DW Books published Walsh's children's book Johnny the Walrus, which compares being transgender with identifying as a walrus. In an interview on Fox News show The Ingraham Angle, Walsh explained that he wrote the book because he wanted to protect children from the "brainwashing" of gender ideology.[29]

LGBTQ Nation denounced the book, calling it "anti-transgender" and a mockery of transgender youth, while PinkNews referred to it as "hateful" and "transphobic."[39][40] It was listed as the best-selling LGBT+ book on Amazon in December 2021 before Amazon recategorized it to Political and Social Commentary. Walsh called the recategorization an "attack on gay rights and a horrific example of gay erasure." Target removed the book from its online bookstore on the same day.[41]

What Is a Woman?

Logo for 'What Is A Woman?'

Walsh's documentary What is a Woman?, released by The Daily Wire on June 1, 2022, at the beginning of pride month, featured Walsh asking the question "what is a woman?" to strangers and experts.[42][43][44][45] Walsh has asked the same question in other appearances, including a Dr. Phil show on January 19, 2022, with transgender and non-binary people.[46][47] Eventbrite banned screenings of the documentary due to the service not permitting content that promotes "hate, violence, or harassment towards others and/or oneself." Walsh denied that the documentary was hate speech and called the decision "ludicrous and indefensible," as well as accusing Eventbrite of hypocrisy due to permitting the screening of drag shows.[48]

In February 2022, Eli Erlick, a transgender activist, alleged that Walsh had invited dozens of people to participate in the documentary under false pretenses.[49][50] Kataluna Enriquez, Fallon Fox, and other transgender public figures corroborated the account. Walsh created a group called the Gender Unity Project, which the activists said attempted to lure them into participating in the film.[50][51] The Gender Unity Project's Twitter account and website were taken down shortly after the allegations went public.[52] Erlick claimed there were at least 50 other recruited interviewees, including a 14-year-old transgender girl.[52][53][54]

Politicians

After South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem declined to ban businesses from requiring a COVID-19 vaccine for their employees, Walsh criticized her by writing that she was only considered a 2024 Republican presidential contender because of her physical attractiveness.[13] After Noem called his comment misogynistic, Walsh said he had no regrets but would "accept apologies from all of the performative idiots pretending to be offended by it".[55]

When U.S. representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted photos of her grandmother's house in Puerto Rico that was unrepaired in 2021, four years after Hurricane Maria, and blamed former President Donald Trump for not doing enough to help the recovery, Walsh criticized Ocasio-Cortez for not providing the money herself. He launched a crowdfunding effort to pay for the repairs and raised $100,000 in the first 24 hours, but the grandmother's family refused the funds and GoFundMe shut the effort down.[56] Ocasio-Cortez responded to the criticism by saying, "My abuela is okay ... but instead of only caring for mine & letting others suffer, I'm calling attention to the systemic injustices you seem totally fine w/ in having a US colony."[56]

Shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began on February 24, 2022, Walsh blamed Joe Biden making the US military "weaker and more feminine" by recruiting lesbians "who can't do three pushups" as the reason Russia decided to invade.[57][58]

Event cancelation

St. Francis Xavier College Church, at Saint Louis University, cancelled a speech by Walsh that it had planned to co-host with Young Americans for Freedom in December 2021. The church said it had decided that Walsh's "provocative positions on immigration, on communities of color, on Muslims, and on members of the LGBTQ community" were "in contradiction to Jesus' great commandment to love God and love our neighbor".[59] Walsh spoke at a different St. Louis venue.[60]

Personal life

Walsh lives in Nashville, Tennessee,[61] and is married to Alissa Walsh.Vorlage:Cn Walsh did not attend college, which he wrote was "one of the smartest decisions I have ever made".[62] He is a practicing Catholic.[63]

Books

See Also

References

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  1. ↑ NewsRadio 630 WLAP - Lexington's News Talk Radio. In: NewsRadio 630 WLAP. Abgerufen am 5. April 2021 (englisch).
  2. ↑ I Didn't Get a Job Today, and it was Awesome. 30. Mai 2012, abgerufen am 5. April 2021 (englisch).
  3. ↑ Popular Conservative Commentator Is Officially Joining TheBlaze. In: TheBlaze. Archiviert vom Original am 18. November 2017; abgerufen am 10. Dezember 2021.
  4. ↑ Matt Walsh - HuffPost. In: www.huffpost.com. Abgerufen am 15. November 2021 (englisch).
  5. ↑ Vorlage:Cite tweet
  6. ↑ Angelica Stabile: Why aren't America's classrooms fitted with cameras? Matt Walsh weighs in. In: Fox News. 7. Juli 2021, abgerufen am 15. November 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  7. ↑ Matt Walsh: Masking no longer about COVID, it's a symbol of 'wokeness'. In: Fox News. Abgerufen am 15. November 2021 (englisch).
  8. ↑ Jon Brown: Conservative commentator accuses Loudoun County school board of being 'child abusers'. In: Fox News. 28. September 2021, abgerufen am 15. November 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  9. ↑ 'Fox & Friends' Says Trump Should Leave Twitter And Take His Followers. Abgerufen am 9. Juni 2022.
  10. ↑ ‘Fox & Friends’ Guest: Gillette Ad Same as Showing Women ‘Gossiping,’ ‘Nagging’. Abgerufen am 9. Juni 2022.
  11. ↑ Zachary Rogers: 'What is a woman?': Controversy after Dr. Phil puts non-binary guests against conservative. In: Sinclair Broadcast Group. 20. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 21. Januar 2022.
  12. ↑ The Matt Walsh Show. In: The Daily Wire. Abgerufen am 20. August 2022 (englisch).
  13. ↑ a b Oliver Darcy: Kristi Noem slams right-wing media personality Matt Walsh for 'horrible misogyny'. In: CNN. 26. August 2021, abgerufen am 15. November 2021.
  14. ↑ Fact Check-No evidence that U.S. schoolchildren are self-identifying as animals and disrupting classrooms. In: Reuters. 6. Juli 2022, abgerufen am 23. Juli 2022 (englisch).
  15. ↑ Brandy Zadrozny, Phil McCausland: Boston Children's Hospital warns employees over far-right online harassment campaign. In: NBC News. Abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2022 (englisch).
  16. ↑ a b c Alex Woodward: Police clear bomb threat to Boston Children’s Hospital after far-right harassment. In: The Independent. 31. August 2022, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2022 (englisch).
  17. ↑ Social media posts spark calls to investigate Tenn.'s VUMC. In: Washington Post. Abgerufen am 23. September 2022.
  18. ↑ Christopher Giles, Olga Robinson, Shayan Sardarizadeh: US election 2020: How a misleading post went from the fringes to Trump’s Twitter In: BBC News, 6. November 2020. Abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2022 (britisches Englisch). 
  19. ↑ Gavia Baker-Whitelaw: JK Rowling endorses transphobic documentary by alt-right commentator Matt Walsh. In: The Daily Dot. 11. Juli 2022, abgerufen am 23. Juli 2022.
  20. ↑ Graig Graziosi: Rightwing blogger launches gofundme for AOC's Puerto Rico grandmother in latest personal attack. In: The Independent. 5. Juni 2021, abgerufen am 15. November 2021 (britisches Englisch).
  21. ↑ John Russell: Anti-trans troll Matt Walsh says Black mermaids aren’t “scientific” in on-air meltdown. In: LGBTQ Nation. Abgerufen am 19. September 2022.
  22. ↑ Liam Griffin: Some Teachers, "National Agitators" Voice Concerns About Race Theory, Transgender Rights. In: Ashburn, VA Patch. 28. September 2021, abgerufen am 13. Juni 2022 (englisch).
  23. ↑ Paul Waldman: Opinion | Kyle Rittenhouse's story is a tragedy. The right thinks it's a triumph. In: Washington Post, November 10, 2021. Abgerufen im November 15, 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  24. ↑ Casey Given: The misguided war on pornography and the return of right-wing puritanism. In: Washington Examiner. 9. Dezember 2019, abgerufen am 3. Juni 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  25. ↑ Doug Johnson: Past environmental threats didn’t just disappear In: Ars Technica, 22 July 2022. Abgerufen im July 25, 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  26. ↑ CNN’s Reporter calls out Matt Walsh's Little Mermaid Point. In: The Wrap. 15. September 2022, abgerufen am 17. September 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  27. ↑ MATT WALSH’S LITTLE MERMAID QUIP IS A FINE KETTLE OF FISH AS TWITTER CHIPS IN. In: HITC. 15. September 2022, abgerufen am 17. September 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  28. ↑ Brianna January: The Daily Wire's Matt Walsh makes extreme attacks on trans kids. In: Los Angeles Blade. 26. Mai 2021, abgerufen am 25. Mai 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  29. ↑ a b Brooke Migdon: Amazon bestseller compares being trans to pretending to be a walrus. In: The Hill. 9. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 21. Dezember 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  30. ↑ a b c d Liam Knox: Trans health clinic weathers a political firestorm. In: Inside Higher Ed. 26. September 2022, abgerufen am 27. September 2022 (englisch).
  31. ↑ Stephanie Ramirez: Tennessee blogger, podcaster says he's leasing a Loudoun County home in order to speak at BOE meeting. In: FOX 5 DC. 27. September 2021, abgerufen am 28. Juni 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  32. ↑ AJ Eckert: In What Is a Woman?, Matt Walsh asks a question, but doesn't like the answers. In: Science-Based Medicine. 14. Juli 2022, abgerufen am 17. Juli 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  33. ↑ Brittany Bernstein: Twitter Suspends the Daily Wire's Matt Walsh over Transgender Tweets. In: National Review. 8. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 14. März 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  34. ↑ Melissa Gira Grant: Doxxed Doctors, Library Bomb Threats, and Attacks on Pride Centers: A Week in Escalating Anti-LGBTQ Violence In: The New Republic, 28. September 2022. Abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2022 
  35. ↑ Maggie Baska: Tucker Carlson says hospitals receiving bomb threats are 'playing the victim'. In: PinkNews. 22. September 2022, abgerufen am 22. September 2022 (britisches Englisch).
  36. ↑ Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling: Vanderbilt Medical Clinic Shuts Down Its Website After Transphobic Attacks. In: The Daily Beast. 21. September 2022;.
  37. ↑ Blake Farmer: Vanderbilt is the latest target in a far-right campaign against transgender health clinics. In: WPLN News. 21. September 2022;.
  38. ↑ Matt Walsh: I believe that gender ideology is one of the greatest evils in human history. Archiviert vom Original am 3. Oktober 2022; abgerufen am 3. Oktober 2022.
  39. ↑ Alex Bollinger: Best-selling LGBTQ book on Amazon is an anti-transgender picture book. In: LGBTQ Nation. 9. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2022.
  40. ↑ Lily Wakefield: Amazon lists hateful, transphobic book as number one 'LGBT+ best seller'. In: PinkNews. 9. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 1. Oktober 2022 (britisches Englisch).
  41. ↑ Brooke Migdon: Amazon recategorizes book comparing being trans to pretending to be a walrus. In: The Hill. 10. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 16. Juli 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  42. ↑ Darcy Rafter: Matt Walsh's 'What Is A Woman?' doc kicks off Pride Month. In: HITC. 2. Juni 2022, abgerufen am 2. Juni 2022 (britisches Englisch).
  43. ↑ Jennifer Graham: Perspective: 'What is a woman?' Why most people couldn't answer Matt Walsh. In: Deseret News. 5. Juni 2022, abgerufen am 5. Juni 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  44. ↑ Kori Williams: A New Documentary Is Asking: "What Is a Woman?" In: Distractify. 3. Juni 2022, abgerufen am 5. Juni 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  45. ↑ Claire Goforth: Did the Daily Wire actually get hit with a DDoS attack during the launch of its transphobic new documentary? In: The Daily Dot. 3. Juni 2022, abgerufen am 4. Juni 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  46. ↑ Frank Chung: Health boss Brendan Murphy provides 78-word definition of 'woman' In: news.com.au, 24. Juni 2022. Abgerufen am 12. Juli 2022 
  47. ↑ David Reddish: Dr. Phil's show yesterday was a transphobic trainwreck and we don't even know where to begin. In: Queerty. 20. Januar 2022, abgerufen am 28. Juni 2022.
  48. ↑ Daniel Villarreal: Anti-trans troll Matt Walsh is upset that Eventbrite won't allow screenings of his film. In: LGBTQ Nation. 9. September 2022, abgerufen am 30. September 2022 (englisch).
  49. ↑ Anti-Trans Matt Walsh tries to lure Trans people into fake documentary In: Los Angeles Blade, February 8, 2022 
  50. ↑ a b Ashley Collman: Trans activists accuse conservative podcaster Matt Walsh of trying to lure them into participating in an anti-trans documentary. In: Insider. 10. Februar 2022, abgerufen am 6. Juli 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  51. ↑ Ashley Collman: Conservative film crew continues to try and trick trans activists into appearing in mysterious documentary, Miss Nevada USA says In: Business Insider, February 15, 2022. Abgerufen im February 19, 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  52. ↑ a b Vorlage:Cite magazine
  53. ↑ Justin Baragona: Far-Right Troll Tried to Dupe Trans People Into Joining His Anti-Trans Documentary In: The Daily Beast, February 8, 2022. Abgerufen im July 6, 2022 (amerikanisches Englisch). 
  54. ↑ Vic Parsons: Anti-trans troll Matt Walsh 'tried to trick trans people into fake documentary'. In: Pink News. 10. Februar 2022, abgerufen am 6. Juli 2022 (britisches Englisch).
  55. ↑ Anders Anglesey: Gov. Kristi Noem slams podcaster Matt Walsh for "horrible misogyny": "Eyes up here". In: Newsweek. 26. August 2021, abgerufen am 15. November 2021 (englisch).
  56. ↑ a b Yelena Dzhanova: A right-wing writer who crowdfunded $100,000 to repair the Puerto Rico home of AOC's grandmother says she declined to accept the money. In: Business Insider. 5. Juni 2021, abgerufen am 16. November 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  57. ↑ Lily Wakefield: Right-wing media is blaming trans rights and Pride flags for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In: PinkNews. 26. Februar 2022, abgerufen am 30. September 2022 (englisch).
  58. ↑ Alex Paterson, Mia Gingerich: Right-wing media blame LGBTQ equality, "pride flags" for Russia's invasion of Ukraine. In: Media Matters. 25. Februar 2022, abgerufen am 30. September 2022 (englisch).
  59. ↑ Carly Mayberry: Catholic Church Cancels YAF-Sponsored Anti-Abortion Talk by Matt Walsh as Faculty Protest. In: Newsweek. 1. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 21. Januar 2022.
  60. ↑ Caroline Hecker: Daily Wire's Matt Walsh invited to speak at SLU, sparks protests in the streets. In: KMOV.com. 1. Dezember 2021, abgerufen am 21. Januar 2022 (englisch).
  61. ↑ Paige Pfleger: Far-right friendly social media website Parler will move its headquarters to Nashville. In: WPLN News - Nashville Public Radio. 12. Oktober 2021, abgerufen am 19. November 2021 (amerikanisches Englisch).
  62. ↑ Vorlage:Cite tweet
  63. ↑ Nathan J. Robinson: "What Is A Woman?" Is a Feature-Length Exploration of Conservative Ignorance and Prejudice In: Current Affairs, June 15, 2022. Abgerufen am 19. Juni 2022 (englisch). 
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