Matt Walsh’s “Rally to End Child Mutilation” attracted an estimated 3,000 people Friday at the Tennessee State Capitol — as well as a small group of foul-mouthed, left-wing protesters who made several pathetic, unsuccessful attempts to shut down the event, according to the Daily Wire.
The large crowd was solidly with Walsh’s cause to end medical transgender treatments for children and easily drowned out the protesters.
What are the details?
Twitter videos of the event documented numerous incidents of leftists melting down over the rally’s message.
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Radicals held up signs that read “Nazi lives don’t matter” and “fascists f*** off.” At one point protesters surrounded some Walsh supporters in the crowd and chanted over a megaphone, “F*** around, you’re gonna find out.”
One unnamed protester claimed to have taken hormone blockers and attempted to tell attendees that the treatment is life-saving and “completely reversible” if children change their minds. The protester argued that puberty is traumatic for some children, so “gender-affirming” treatment is necessary for minors.
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Event speakers included U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Robby and Landon Starbuck, Scott Newgent, and former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who denounced her Democratic party affiliation earlier this month.
Far-left protesters attempted to drown out a speech by de-transitioner Chloe Cole by repeatedly shouting, “F*** you, fascist.”
Cole discussed her emotional journey of being born a girl but deciding to transition and undergo a double mastectomy at 18 years — then ultimately de-transitioning. Cole now dedicates her time to speaking out against irreversible gender-mutilating hormone therapies and surgeries on minors.
Some leftists didn’t like that very much.
“[Cole] is a fascist, and she doesn’t care about other trans youth,” one leftist protester told the Daily Wire. “She’s using her own experiences to s**t on thousands of others that want to kill themselves because people like this won’t let them.”
When Matt Walsh walked on stage, radical protesters continued trying to chant and shriek over the rally.
One protester was captured on video calling Walsh “a far-right lunatic propagandist.” The protester stated, “If you support anything he f***ing says, you’re indoctrinating everyone you know into being a Nazi.”
Despite the best efforts of the leftists, the vast majority of the crowd turned up in support of Walsh.
Walsh’s stated during his speech that “these people here don’t want you to hear what we have to say because they’re cowards. They can’t engage in the argument. All they could try to do is shut us down and silence us, but it’s not going to work. We’re still here. We’re not going anywhere.”
Walsh explained that the purpose of the event was to rally together “to protect our children.” He accused the far-left protesters of “victimizing and preying upon kids.”
“As Tennesseans, do we believe in castrating children? Do we believe in that? No. Do we believe in drugging and mutilating kids? They believe it — we don’t,” Walsh said. “Are we going to allow this in our state? Are we going to do what they want us to do, which is to sit back in silence and allow our kids to be victimized?”
He added, “The reason they’re acting this way is because they are losing, and they know it. They’re losing. And they will continue to lose as long as we continue to fight all across the country.”