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Matt Walsh saw a tweet the day after the election go viral as critics argued it proved Republican leadership had lied about Project 2025 throughout the campaign. He attempted to clear things up during his nationally syndicated radio show Friday.
During The Matt Walsh Show, The Daily Wire host discussed his tweet — that said Project 2025 actually was the agenda for conservatives after Donald Trump was elected — and did so with a heavy dose of sarcasm.
“So there has been some controversy swirling around me recently, and I know that may be surprising,” he said. “I’m not the sort of person who normally invites controversy. I don’t like controversy. I tend to shy away from it. As you know, I’m the kind of guy who prefers to get along with people. Matt ‘Kumbaya’ Walsh is what they’ve always called me. Friendly, wholesome figure, the new Mr. Rogers. That’s the other thing they’ve always called me.”
“So the outrage directed at me over the past few days has shocked me just as much as I’m sure it shocks you. It all began the morning after the election, and in my usual thoughtful way, I was trying to think of something to say. A public statement to make that might help calm everybody’s nerves and reassure our Democrat friends that everything’s going to be okay. So this is what I came up with. I tweeted: ‘Now that the election is over, I think we can finally say that, yeah, actually project 2025 is the agenda. Lol.'”
He then sarcastically said that he should have been more clear in his messaging.
“For some reason, this post seems to have upset a lot of people, and I have no idea why, because I said ‘lol.’ After all, I didn’t mean it like a nasty ‘lol.’ This wasn’t an evil, wicked-witch-type laugh. More like a warm, hearty chuckle. I would have actually written ‘WHC’ for warm, hearty chuckle, but I wasn’t sure if anyone would be familiar with that acronym. So I went with ‘lol.’ But even ‘lol’ was not enough to prevent the outrage mob from assembling and assemble they did.”
In a nearly 10-minute monologue on the subject, Matt Walsh read reactions from those angered by his tweet before sharing that those upset by the message should visit Project2025.com. That link redirects to a website promoting Walsh’s documentary Am I Racist?.
