Matt Walsh says the racist remarks at Trump's rally “are the kinds of jokes that normal people tell”
Walsh: “Anyone who's a fan of this guy is not surprised by any — like these are the kinds of jokes that he tells, and they invited this particular comedian.”
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From the October 28, 2024, edition of The Daily Wire's The Matt Walsh Show
MATT WALSH (HOST): So he made fun of, Puerto Ricans, Black people, Jews, and Arabs. You know, that's — pretty equal opportunity offender. Were they offensive jokes? I mean, yeah, if you're a whiny little baby, they're offensive to you. If those jokes are offensive to you, then you're just a whiny, pathetic, ridiculous, sad sack of a human being. If that's — if it was actually offensive. OK? Not like you're pretending to be, but if you heard any of those jokes and were actually hurt by them, then you're just a ridiculous person and your opinion doesn't matter, which, of course, describes the media, which is why they've been screeching about this and Kamala's campaign has been screeching about it. As I said, even some conservatives are saying this is, you know, this was not — this was — it was too far. This was too far.
Look, first of all, if you're on the right, we should all understand by now this general rule that when the left is upset about something and they're, you know, getting the pitchfork mob together, you never join it ever. Like, it's just — I don't care if you agree with them, you still don't join it. You never join the left-wing pitchfork mob. Never. You never legitimize it under any circumstance, especially not this when they're are jokes that we're talking about.
And here's the thing, normal people are not offended. Normal people of all races and ethnicities are not offended. Why? Because these are the kinds of jokes that normal people tell. It's, like — in a normal environment, if somebody made any of those comments, you know, in your living room or something, nobody would start crying about it. Nobody would. And that's always been the not-so-secret secret of Trump's political success is that he says something — I mean, he didn't say this, but it was at his rally. But generally, he says something, the media cries about it, and then everyone else thinks, well, yeah, but that like — that's how I talk. That's how my friends talk. Why would I be offended by that?
And I also think that that's maybe the deeper strategy here. And I'm not one, as you know, to get into the 4D chess stuff with Trump, But I do think there's a reason why they invited a comedian to this event. And they invited one who's known for telling jokes like this. This is not, like, anyone who's a fan of this guy is not surprised by any — like these are the kinds of jokes that he tells, and they invited this particular comedian. And the reason, I think, is that — and this is not even really 4D chess. This is just, like, pretty basic strategy. The reason is that they knew he would tell some edgy jokes, and they knew the media and the Dems would not be able to help themselves, and they would spend the next, you know, three to five days crying about it. So Trump is goading the Dems into spending their final week on the campaign trail crying about jokes, which is — that's exactly the kind of school marmish nonsense that killed them in 2016. And Trump is harnessing that energy again. I think it's pretty smart, actually. If they wanna spend their time — you got one week left, and you wanna spend your time crying about a joke, then I think Trump's more than happy to allow them to do that. Go ahead. It's kinda just like dangling that bait out there. Go ahead and take it. And they can't help themselves, so I think that that's — I don't think it hurts Trump at all, ultimately.