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Today on the Matt Wall Show, many people, even conservatives, are claiming that the

protests are mostly peaceful and have an important message that we need to hear.

Now, I think both of those claims are delusional and also cowardly. And I'll explain why.

And then five headlines, including the retired police captain who was gunned down by rioters

in St. Louis. He's a black man. He was killed. Not the only black person to be killed in

these riots. Do their lives matter? Seams to the media. They don't matter very much because

the media is not talking about it. But we're going to talk about that today. Plus, our daily

cancellation and much more. But we start here because there's something that I feel really

needs to be said. And I want to be very clear about this. Let me be at least one person

to say point blank that I do not support these protests. I don't think they're mostly

peaceful. I don't support anything about them. I don't support the peaceful elements.

I don't support the violent elements. I don't support any of it.

Now given that these quote unquote protests, and by the way, just every time you hear me say

a protest today in your head, apply the air quotes because I can't say quote unquote protest

every single time that'll get old. So given that these protests have come packaged with

rioting and looting all across the country. And the nation has been in the grip of of

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