Matt Walsh
American conservative commentator
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| May 2025 | Publicly supported Shiloh Hendrix after her racist video incident, expressing satisfaction that she raised $500,000 on GiveSendGo and hoping she would raise an additional $500,000. |
| January 2025 | Matt Walsh publicly called for the United States to end financial support for Israel, arguing that countries dependent on US foreign aid should not exist. This statement sparked internal discussion at The Daily Wire, with the CEO publicly disagreeing with Walsh's stance while maintaining that disagreement was acceptable. |
| December 4 2024 | Walsh spoke at a Do No Harm rally outside the United States Supreme Court during oral arguments in the United States v. Skrmetti case regarding child medical gender care |
| September 13 2024 | Released the documentary film 'Am I Racist?', which he starred in, co-wrote, and co-produced. The mockumentary critiqued the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) movement, and became the highest-grossing documentary film of 2024, earning $12.3 million against a $3 million production budget. |
| 2023 | Commented controversially on Halle Bailey's casting in The Little Mermaid, suggesting her skin color was scientifically implausible for a mermaid and arguing for a translucent character instead. |
| 2023 | The University of San Diego, a private Catholic institution, refused Matt Walsh permission to speak on campus, deeming his opinions as 'grossly offensive'. |
| December 1 2023 | Starred in the Daily Wire comedy film 'Lady Ballers', portraying the character Kris Dilby, a 'woke' beatnik. |
| June 2 2023 | The Daily Wire makes 'What is a Woman?' available for free on Twitter during Pride Month, with the video reportedly receiving over 62 million views by afternoon |
| April 2023 | Announced the relocation of his YouTube show to the Daily Wire website after being demonetized for misgendering Dylan Mulvaney. |
| April 2023 | Walsh defended Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, arguing that LGBTQ rights in Africa were a form of neocolonialism and that Uganda has the right to govern itself according to its own culture. |
| November 2022 | Walsh criticized Donald Trump for nicknaming Ron DeSantis 'Ron DeSanctimonious' ahead of the November midterm elections. |
| November 2022 | Following the Club Q mass shooting, Walsh was described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a 'peddler of fear and disinformation about LGBTQ people' after making inflammatory comments about drag events and criticizing those who condemned his rhetoric. |
| October 2022 | Walsh encouraged his followers to misgender transgender people, claiming 'huge strides against the trans agenda' |
| October 21 2022 | Walsh spoke at 'The Rally to End Child Mutilation' in Nashville, which drew between 1,500 and 3,000 people |
| September 2022 | Walsh made accusations against Vanderbilt University Medical Center's transgender clinic, claiming doctors 'castrate' and 'drug and mutilate' children |
| August 2022 | Walsh accused transgender activist Eli Erlick of being a 'confessed drug dealer' and reported her to the University of California, Santa Cruz |
| June 14 2022 | Walsh publishes a book titled 'What Is a Woman?: One Man's Journey to Answer the Question of a Generation' through DW Books |
| June 1 2022 | Walsh releases his documentary 'What Is a Woman?' through The Daily Wire at the start of Pride Month |
| March 29 2022 | DW Books published Walsh's children's book 'Johnny the Walrus', a satirical work comparing transgender identity to identifying as a walrus that sparked significant controversy across political and media circles. |
| February 2022 | Eli Erlick alleges Walsh invited people to participate in his documentary under false pretenses through the Gender Unity Project |
| February 2022 | Walsh criticized President Biden, claiming he was feminizing the U.S. military and recruiting lesbians, and suggested this weakness contributed to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. |
| January 2022 | Twitter suspended Walsh's account for 12 hours for tweets deemed as hateful content against transgender people |
| January 19 2022 | Matt Walsh appears on Dr. Phil show discussing transgender and non-binary people, asking 'What is a woman?' |
| 2021 | Walsh rented an apartment in Virginia for one day to qualify to speak out against the Loudoun County School Board regarding transgender students' restroom use |
| 2021 | Matt Walsh criticized Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez after she tweeted about her grandmother's unrepaired house in Puerto Rico and launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay for repairs. |
| December 2021 | St. Francis Xavier College Church at Saint Louis University canceled a planned speech by Matt Walsh, citing his controversial positions on various social groups as contradictory to Christian principles of love. |
| December 2021 | Walsh's book 'Johnny the Walrus' was listed as the bestselling LGBT+-related book on Amazon before being recategorized to Political and Social Commentary. |
| May 2021 | Walsh called doctors who perform gender-affirming surgeries for transgender youth 'Nazi scientist-evil', 'pedophiles', and compared their work to 'Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre' |
| February 2021 | Walsh accused the media, Hollywood, and school system of 'recruiting' children into the LGBT community after a Gallup poll showed increased LGBT identification among Generation Z. |
| 2020 | Released 'Church of Cowards: A Wake-Up Call to Complacent Christians' through Regnery Gateway, critiquing Christian religious practice. |
| April 2018 | Launched The Matt Walsh Show on YouTube, a daily weekday program approximately one hour in length. |
| 2017 | Published 'The Unholy Trinity: Blocking the Left's Assault on Life, Marriage, and Gender' through Crown Publishing Group, addressing political and social issues. |
| October 2017 | Started writing for The Daily Wire. |
| October 2014 | Began working for conservative media outlet Blaze Media. |
| December 2013 | Walsh announced he was 'leaving radio forever' after his show was canceled, choosing to focus exclusively on blogging. |
| December 2013 | His radio show on WLAP in Kentucky is cancelled. |
| 2012 | Walsh moved to Lexington, Kentucky, and joined NewsRadio 630 WLAP. He also launched his personal blog, The Matt Walsh Blog, focusing on conservative commentary. |
| 2012 | Launches his own personal website. |
| August 1 2011 | Walsh ended his tenure at WZBH 93.5 FM and moved to WGMD 92.7 FM in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. |
| 2010 | Begins his career as a talk radio host for two stations in Delaware. |
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