{"id":1652578,"date":"2022-09-22T07:18:02","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1652578"},"modified":"2022-09-22T07:23:03","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T11:23:03","slug":"if-matt-walshs-reporting-is-dangerous-what-is-biden-backed-maga-extremism-rhetoric-that-got-an-18-year-old-killed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-matt-walshs-reporting-is-dangerous-what-is-biden-backed-maga-extremism-rhetoric-that-got-an-18-year-old-killed\/","title":{"rendered":"If Matt Walsh\u2019s Reporting Is \u2018Dangerous,\u2019 What Is Biden-Backed \u2018MAGA Extremism\u2019 Rhetoric That Got An 18-Year-Old Killed?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fif-matt-walshs-reporting-is-dangerous-what-is-biden-backed-maga-extremism-rhetoric-that-got-an-18-year-old-killed%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1652578&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Journalist Matt Walsh uncovered videos showing that Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been mutilating sex-confused kids and bragging about the profit margins of doing so since 2018, and some left-wingers came away with the impression <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/21\/the-real-victim-of-matt-walshs-trans-expose-isnt-vanderbilt-university-medical-center-its-all-the-kids-they-maimed\/\">that Vanderbilt, not the children it manipulated and maimed, was the victim<\/a>. Accusing Walsh of \u201cterrorism,\u201d \u201charassment,\u201d and \u201cbehaving dangerously,\u201d they\u2019re claiming Walsh is inciting violence against the medical center and are trying to shut down his reporting as a result. <\/p>\n<p>But while a journalist publishing what the corporate media refuses to gets accused of stirring up hypothetical violence, an 18-year-old kid was just <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/21\/man-charged-with-killing-teen-echoed-bidens-republican-extremism-rhetoric-to-justify-his-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killed<\/a> when he was run down by a man who said he thought the \u201cteen was part of a Republican extremist group\u201d \u2014 just weeks after the president of the United States ominously smeared \u201cMAGA Republicans\u201d as a \u201cthreat to the very soul of this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Leftists weren\u2019t wailing about \u201cincitement to violence\u201d then, and the national press almost universally ignored the slaying of 18-year-old Cayler Ellingson. They saved their outrage for Walsh, who merely published information, screenshots, and videos he\u2019d obtained from Vanderbilt to reveal the medical center\u2019s mutilation of minors\u2019 healthy organs, the calloused financial incentives of which the center boasted, and the steps the center had taken to silence internal dissent. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"WfRgm0I4\"><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Vanderbilt opened its trans clinic in 2018. During a lecture the same year, Dr. Shayne Taylor explained how she convinced Nashville to get into the gender transition game. She emphasized that it&#8217;s a &#8220;big money maker,&#8221; especially because the surgeries require a lot of &#8220;follow ups&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zedM7HBCBe\">pic.twitter.com\/zedM7HBCBe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MattWalshBlog\/status\/1572313523232931840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 20, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>A sane person would be horrified at Vanderbilt chopping up children\u2019s genitals for profit, but instead, some leftists decided Walsh was actually the dangerous and even criminal one.<\/p>\n<p>Noah Berlatsky, a writer with bylines in The Washington Post and The Atlantic, flagged Walsh\u2019s reporting for Twitter Support and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nberlat\/status\/1572382751743156224?s=20&amp;t=ppzIJx2J9yoMbhh6m26qVw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> the tech platform of being \u201ccomplicit in terrorism\u201d and potentially \u201cmurder\u201d if it didn\u2019t shut Walsh\u2019s reporting down.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"676\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-20.png 676w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-20-282x300-1.png 282w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leah Torres, an abortion center director who had her medical license <a href=\"https:\/\/www.al.com\/news\/2020\/09\/alabama-suspends-license-of-doctor-for-tuscaloosa-abortion-clinic.html\">suspended<\/a> two years ago, said Walsh was \u201cbehaving dangerously\u201d and \u201cis going to get people hurt and\/or killed.\u201d She also claims to have reported the post, saying \u201cthat hardly feels like enough,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeahNTorres\/status\/1572379497411788800\">tagging<\/a> the FBI.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"665\" height=\"787\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-21.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279738\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-21.png 665w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-21-253x300-1.png 253w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Alejandra Caraballo, an instructor at Harvard Law School, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Esqueer_\/status\/1572423535699660802\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claimed<\/a> without evidence that \u201cVanderbilt medical center has had to shift medical appointments for its trans clinic to virtual telehealth appointments as a result of threats being made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMatt Walsh is inciting a terror campaign against a hospital and disrupting care,\u201d she added. \u201cHe will get people hurt or killed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"669\" height=\"294\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-22.png 669w, https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-22-300x132.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>She also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/internet\/fbi-charges-massachusetts-woman-boston-childrens-hospital-bomb-threat-rcna47973\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">cited<\/a> an equally slanted NBC News article that framed the topic this way: \u201cSeveral children\u2019s hospitals, most notably\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/tech\/internet\/boston-childrens-hospital-warns-employees-far-right-online-harassment-rcna43376\">Boston Children\u2019s<\/a>, have been the targets of a far-right harassment campaign for months, led by anti-trans influencers with millions of collective followers who have spread misinformation about the hospitals\u2019 gender-affirming treatment for minors.\u201d NBC failed to say what part of the reporting on hospitals\u2019 abuse of minors was \u201cmisinformation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Self-described \u201cwoke social justice warrior\u201d Zack Hunt, another Twitter user to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaackHunt\/status\/1572359464312836096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">flag<\/a> Walsh for the FBI, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaackHunt\/status\/1572597243718553603\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">accused<\/a> Walsh of being a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaackHunt\/status\/1572689083801149441\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">terrorist<\/a>\u201d and running a \u201cterrorist campaign,\u201d and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZaackHunt\/status\/1572591569450205186\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called<\/a> for a stop to his supposed \u201cefforts to terrorize our city before he incite[s] more threats of violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"662\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-279744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-26.png 662w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/image-26-300x231-1.png 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>It\u2019s worth noting that the legal standard set by the Supreme Court in its \u201cBrandenburg test\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.cornell.edu\/wex\/brandenburg_test\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">allows<\/a> the government to police speech advocating for criminal behavior only if the speech is <em>both<\/em> \u201cdirected to inciting or producing imminent lawless action\u201d and is \u201clikely to incite or produce such action.\u201d Walsh\u2019s reporting on Vanderbilt does nothing of the sort, of course. He\u2019s not advocating for any crimes at all, so his speech isn\u2019t \u201cdirected to inciting or producing\u201d lawlessness of any kind \u2014 much less \u201cimminent\u201d and \u201clikely\u201d criminal acts. <\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s inflammatory rhetoric isn\u2019t reasonably prosecutable under the Brandenberg test either, but it gets a lot closer than a journalist\u2019s factual expos\u00e9. <\/p>\n<p>In a prime-time <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/speeches-remarks\/2022\/09\/01\/remarks-by-president-bidenon-the-continued-battle-for-the-soul-of-the-nation\/\">speech<\/a> earlier this month backlit by an ominous, blood-red backdrop, President Joe Biden fanned flames with proclamations like \u201cDonald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMAGA forces \u2026 fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country,\u201d Biden declared, before urging: \u201cWe are not bystanders in this ongoing attack on democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s in our hands \u2014 yours and mine \u2014 to stop the assault on American democracy,\u201d he continued.  \u201cWe\u2019re all called, by duty and conscience, to confront extremists\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Confronting so-called \u201cextremism\u201d sounds a lot like the reason Shannon Brandt, 41, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandforksherald.com\/news\/north-dakota\/police-driver-admitted-to-intentionally-killing-teen-at-north-dakota-street-dance-after-political-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gave<\/a> for using his car to fatally run down Ellingson in McHenry, North Dakota, when he told police he thought \u201cthe teen was part of a Republican extremist group\u201d after \u201ca political argument.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If leftists think Walsh\u2019s publication of videos showing Vanderbilt University Medical Center\u2019s own employees admitting to abuse of kids for financial gain is \u201cincitement,\u201d then what the heck do they think Biden\u2019s inflammatory \u2014 and deadly \u2014 rhetoric is?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Elle Purnell is an assistant editor at The Federalist, and received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. Follow her work on Twitter @_etreynolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Matt Walsh uncovered videos showing that Vanderbilt University Medical Center has been mutilating sex-confused kids and bragging about the profit margins of doing so since 2018, and some left-wingers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1353,"featured_media":1652580,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1652578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1353"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652578\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1652580"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}