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The Ben Shapiro Show

Ep. 2370 - Dave Chappelle Has LOST IT

The Ben Shapiro Show

The Daily Wire

News, News Commentary

4.4152.4K Ratings

🗓️ 18 February 2026

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The media refuse to cover the SS-loving trans shooter who murdered his family; Dave Chappelle lays flowers at a memorial for anti-ICE agitator Alex Pretti in yet another act of Hollywood virtue signaling; and Steven Colbert melts down over an unaired interview with a liberal Texas Senate candidate. Ep. 2370 Jason Riley's book "The Affirmative Action Myth: Why Blacks Don't Need Racial Preferences to Succeed" is available here: https://a.co/d/06Yid0hf Read more from Jason Riley at: https://manhattan.institute Buck Sexton's book "Manufacturing Delusion" is available here: https://a.co/d/09Kotx9I The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show is available here: https://youtube.com/@clayandbuck?si=1pfpEQtuu9ZerwTf - - - Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://dwplus.watch/BenShapiroMemberExclusive - - - Facts Don’t Care About Your Feelings - - - Today's Sponsors: ZipRecruiter - Try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE ExpressVPN - Go to https://expressvpn.com/ben and find out how you can get 4 months of ExpressVPN free! - - - DailyWire+: Become a Daily Wire Member and watch all of our content ad-free: https://www.dailywire.com/subscribe 🍿 The Pendragon Cycle: Rise of the Merlin is now streaming exclusively on DailyWire+ Watch now: https://dwplus.watch/ThePendragon Subscribe here: https://pendragonseries.com 📘 My book "Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics)" is available here: https://dwplus.shop/LionsandScavengers 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://dwplus.shop/BenShapiroMerch - - - Socials: Follow on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3cXUn53  Follow on Instagram: https://bit.ly/3QtuibJ  Follow on Facebook: https://bit.ly/3TTirqd  Subscribe on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3RPyBiB - - - Privacy Policy: https://www.dailywire.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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2:08.9

person who shot members of his family. Why won't the media cover it? Plus, Dave Chappelle

2:13.2

pays tribute to Alex Pretty. That was the activist and agitator who was shot by ice. And we have

2:19.5

the CBS news controversy, Stephen Colbert, trying to get himself fired first. If you are the kind

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Rhode Island father who murdered his ex-wife and one of their sons. The big story,

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with regard to this particular shooter, of course, he was an identified

3:08.6

transgender person. And it turns out there are new details about this shooter. Apparently, this person

3:15.3

who was named Robert but called himself Roberta in his 56 years old had inked a large SS symbol

3:21.6

on his right arm representing the Schutzstaffel paramilitary organization

3:25.9

under Nazi Germany. This is what the picture looks like. Apparently he was buying a happy

3:30.5

birthday balloon with his SS gigantic tattoo. Obviously, you recognize the skull there from

3:38.7

also Graham Platner's chest. That would be the Senate

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