Conservative commentator Matt Walsh tweeted he was leaving Nashville — where he lives — for a speaking engagement over the weekend. When someone said he wasn’t welcome in Nashville, he responded with a photo that made podcaster and former cable news host Keith Olbermann laugh.
“Apparently Walsh-Blog (sic) brayed at some jackasses is Nashville when he tweeted he was leaving for his next stop,” Olbermann said. Singer Courtney Jaye replied ‘good idea to leave Nashville – you are not wanted there’. He retweeted her and replied with a photo of an outdoor crowd holding signs and tried to insult her by adding ‘These Nashville residents say otherwise’. There’s no evidence he ever looked closely enough at the photo he tweeted. Several of the signs (had) ‘Protect Trans Kids’. On another ‘No room for fascists in Nashville’. Nice self-ownage Mr. Walsh-Blog (sic).”
The photo Walsh tweeted appears to show a large group of people actually protesting him, not supporting him. The signs in the crowd advocate for transgender children and their access to healthcare, something Walsh has been adamantly opposed to.
