{"id":2592067,"date":"2026-04-17T13:49:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:49:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jessica-tarlov-collapses-head-in-hands-under-greg-gutfelds-blistering-onslaught-why-are-you-on-the-20-of-every-80-20-issue\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T17:53:16","slug":"watch-jessica-tarlov-collapses-head-in-hands-under-greg-gutfelds-blistering-onslaught-why-are-you-on-the-20-of-every-80-20-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-jessica-tarlov-collapses-head-in-hands-under-greg-gutfelds-blistering-onslaught-why-are-you-on-the-20-of-every-80-20-issue\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Jessica Tarlov Collapses, Head in Hands, Under Greg Gutfeld&#8217;s Blistering Onslaught &#8211; &#8216;Why Are You on the 20 of Every 80\/20 Issue?&#8217;"},"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\">46<\/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%2Fwatch-jessica-tarlov-collapses-head-in-hands-under-greg-gutfelds-blistering-onslaught-why-are-you-on-the-20-of-every-80-20-issue%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=2592067&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>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shapiro-when-lies-matter-more-than-facts\/\" title=\"SHAPIRO: When Lies Matter More Than Facts\">piece centers<\/a> on Greg Gutfeld\u2019s on-air critique of Democratic leaders on Fox News\u2019 The Five. He argues that Trump\u2019s political decisions align with his personal and patriotic values, while Democratic figures like Gavin Newsom and Kamala harris divorce policy from the broader American public\u2019s needs. gutfeld contends that Democrats prioritize activists and international concerns over the needs of ordinary Americans, portraying their approach as out of touch with the majority. He also highlights Trump\u2019s track record-from business success to a presidency aimed at representing citizens and limiting government interference-and contrasts it with what he sees as the Democratic Party\u2019s misguided priorities, including immigration and identity-focused policies. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article cites enthusiastic reactions<\/a> on social media praising Gutfeld and reiterates the claim that, irrespective of the upcoming midterms, Democrats are on the wrong side of many popular issues.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Greg Gutfeld might be the funniest conservative on television today, but he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/saturdays-fun-fraud-facts-seven-unexplainable-results-that-reveal-democrats-didnt-even-try-to-hide-their-fraud\/\" title=\"Saturday&#039;s Fun Fraud Facts: Seven Unexplainable Results that Reveal ... Didn&#039;t Even Try to Hide Their Fraud\">wasn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t joking around Thursday &mdash; and Jessica Tarlov wasn&rsquo;t laughing.<\/p>\n<p>On Fox News&rsquo; &ldquo;The Five,&rdquo; Gutfeld launched a blistering attack on Tarlov and the Democatic strategist&rsquo;s fellow leftists that summed up exactly why they&rsquo;re on the wrong side of issues most Americans agree on.<\/p>\n<p>And they agree with President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">HOLY CRAP. Greg Gutfeld just OBLITERATED Jessica Tarlov to her FACE<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why are you on the 20 of EVERY 80-20 ISSUE? Because you divorced POLITICAL DESIRES from HUMAN NEEDS!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Then you have to DRESS UP your decisions as compassion when they&rsquo;re merely wants from an activist&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ov5skMI7AU\">pic.twitter.com\/Ov5skMI7AU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EricLDaugh\/status\/2044909641218290157?\">April 16, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Simply put, members of the Democratic leadership class, California Gov. Gavin Newsom &mdash; an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/potential-28-presidential-candidate-gavin-newsom-continues-backtrack-trans-sports-debate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aspiring presidential contender<\/a> &mdash; and former Vice President Kamala Harris &mdash; a once and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kamala-harris-gives-surest-sign-yet-running-2028-al-sharpton-event-speech\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">potentially future<\/a> presidential candidate &mdash; confuse their own personal convictions with the beliefs of the country as a whole, Gutfeld said.<\/p>\n<p>And they couldn&rsquo;t be more wrong.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You can&rsquo;t understand Trump because his political decisions align with his personal and patriotic ones,&rdquo; Gutfeld told Tarlov. &ldquo;You understand Kamala. You understand Gavin. You understand Biden because their political decisions are divorced from the things people want.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Why are you on the 20 of every 80\/20 issue? It&rsquo;s because you divorce political desires from human needs. And then you have to dress up your decision as compassion when they&rsquo;re merely wants from an activist class.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The thing about Trump is, I don&rsquo;t care whether you like him or hate him. You&rsquo;re suffering from the Trump-American alignment problem. Political, personal and patriotic desires all stack up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>That nails it in a nutshell.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s professional life as a developer was built &mdash; literally &mdash; on understanding the needs of his clients and customers. His political life has been built on understanding the need of Americans to have a federal government that represents and protects them when they need it to, and leaves them alone for the rest.<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the approach envisioned by the Founders &mdash; and it created the wealthiest, most powerful nation the world has ever seen.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s almost the exact opposite of the modern Democratic Party approach.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s prioritized the &ldquo;needs&rdquo; of countless millions of illegal immigrants over American citizens, made a fetish of the will of the &ldquo;internatonal communnity&rdquo; over the American nation, and put a premium the desires of niche segments of the population &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-riley-gaines-loses-trans-activists-says-combine-olympics-paralympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">transgender activists<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/al-sharptons-threat-works-target-ceo-folds-demand\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">racist grifters<\/a> and the rest &mdash; over the vast majority of Americans of all races and walks of life who simply want to be free to improve life for themselves, their families and their communities.<\/p>\n<p>From the time he launched his first presidential campaign in 2015, Trump has spoken directly to that majority. After his seemingly inconceivable defeat of Hillary Clinton in the 2016 election, he spent his first term backing up his words.<\/p>\n<p>fter his 2024 victory, he&rsquo;s spending his second term doing the same. And by all indications, he means exactly what he says.<\/p>\n<p>As Gutfeld put it, &ldquo;political, personal and patriotic desires all stack up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>His Democratic opponents, meanwhile, remain committed beyond all reason to their own indecent ideology &mdash; claiming &ldquo;compassion&rdquo; drives them to protect illegal alien criminals at the cost of innocent lives, support a medical-industrial complex that preys on sexually confused children, and oppose common-sense measures to protect the integrity of American elections.<\/p>\n<p>Tarlov had good reason to hang her head in her hands. Her party does, too.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the result of the November midterms (the party in the White House traditionally fares poorly) it&rsquo;s not going to change that overarching fact.<\/p>\n<p>There aren&rsquo;t many issues in the U.S. where 80 percent of the country is united against 20 percent, but Democrats are on the wrong side of all of them.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday&rsquo;s &ldquo;The Five,&rdquo; Gutfeld explained why.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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He launched a fierce critique of Jessica Tarlov and other left-leaning strategists, arguing they\u2019re on the wrong side of issues that most Americans support-and that even Trump\u2019s supporters would recognize this misalignment. He accused Democratic leaders like Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris of confusing their personal beliefs with the country\u2019s interests, and challenged Tarlov to explain why she aligns with \u201cthe 20\u201d of the 80\/20 split. He said liberals pretend to act out of compassion while really pursuing activist aims, dressing up policy choices as empathy. He asserted that Trump uniquely links political decisions with personal and patriotic values, whereas Democrats allegedly divorce politics from human needs. He traced this to the Founders\u2019 vision of a limited federal government that protects citizens while leaving them alone when appropriate, a model he says Trump has followed in business and in public service. By contrast, he claimed Democrats favor the needs of illegal immigrants, bow to the international community, and cater to niche groups at the expense of ordinary Americans. Since launching his first presidential bid in 2015, Trump has spoken to that majority and, after wins in 2016 and 2024, continued to act accordingly. Gutfeld argued that Democratic opponents cling to an ideology of \u201ccompassion\u201d that, in his view, protects illegal aliens and resists sensible election-security measures. Tarlov\u2019s reaction-head in her hands- underscored what he sees as the party\u2019s broader problem. Regardless of the November midterms, he asserted, the Democratic position runs counter to broad public opinion on many issues, a trend that persists across the country\u2019s major concerns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2592068,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-935.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3896,73605,10892,5894,64045],"class_list":["post-2592067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-debate","tag-foxnews","tag-gutfeld","tag-politics","tag-tarlov"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Michael-Featured-Image-935.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592067","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2592067"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2592071,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2592067\/revisions\/2592071"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2592068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2592067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2592067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2592067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}