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ANOTHER Church Shooting…What The Hell Is Going On?

2025-09-29 News & Politics
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Veteran Shootings, Media Endorsements of Violence, and Trump’s Federal Deployments

Analyze how political rhetoric fuels violence, review The New York Times' defense of alleged terrorists, and detail President Trump's aggressive plans to deploy federal troops in blue cities to combat crime.

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  • Confront two mass shootings by Iraq War veterans that underscore a national mental health and veteran support failure.
  • Critique The New York Times for publishing pieces by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Nicole Hannah Jones that allegedly minimize the murder of a conservative commentator and praise figures linked to terrorism.
  • Examine President Trump’s order deploying federal troops to Portland and Chicago to support ICE agents against intense local political resistance.

The episode outlines immediate crises stemming from extreme political polarization. Readers will gain insight into the documented connections between rhetoric and violence, the mechanics of perceived media bias in major publications, and the escalating use of federal law enforcement power against city management.

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A mass shooting at a Michigan Mormon temple by an Iraq War veteran unsettles the nation; President Trump prepares to crack down on crime in Portland; and The New York Times unleashes a wave of attacks from its top writers on Charlie Kirk. Ep.2288 1️⃣ Click here to join the member-exclusive portion of my show: https://bit.ly/3WDjgHE 2️⃣ Go to https://dailywireplus.com to join and get 40% off new DailyWire+ annual memberships with code FALL40 at checkout. 3️⃣ Order my new book, Lions and Scavengers: The True Story of America (and Her Critics) right now at https://dailywire.com/ben 👕 Get your Ben Shapiro merch here: https://bit.ly/3TAu2cw Today's Sponsors: Perplexity - Ask anything at https://pplx.ai/benshapiro and try out their new AI-powered web browser Comet at https://comet.perplexity.ai/ Birch Gold - Text BEN to 989898 for your free information kit. Equip Foods - Equip’s Prime Bar is a real food protein bar with nothing to hide: just 11 ingredients and 20g of clean protein - made from ingredients you can pronounce like collagen, beef tallow, colostrum, cocoa butter - and sweetened naturally with just date and honey. Ben Shapiro listeners will get 25% off one-time purchases, or 40% off first subscription orders for a limited time by heading to https://equipfoods.com/benshapiro and using code BENSHAPIRO at checkout ZipRecruiter - Go to this exclusive web address to try ZipRecruiter FOR FREE: https://ZipRecruiter.com/DAILYWIRE Blinds - Get $50 off when you spend $500 or more at https://Blinds.com with code SHAPIRO Open Phone - Get 20% off of your first 6 months at Quo.com/BEN Balance of Nature - Go to https://balanceofnature.com and use promo code SHAPIRO for 35% off your first order as a preferred customer, PLUS get a free bottle of Fiber and Spice. 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Another Church Shooting 9:12 - Oregon Gov Bashes Trump For Deploying Troops 11:10 - Trump To Send Troops To Portland, Chicago, Memphis 13:03 - Permission Structures 21:36 - The Disgusting NYT 22:50 - Ta-Nehisi Coates 31:04 - MTG 33:58 - Eric Adams Drops Out 35:46 - Mamdani: Let’s Buy Up Housing & Make It City-Run 41:51 - Gov. Shutdown 47:07 - DOJ 52:14 - Foreign Policy 58:28 - Netanyahu Praises Trump 59:05 - Outro This video includes information, descriptions, video, and images meant to give important context to viewers. By including this context, the overlaid commentary, criticism, and analysis is able to serve the public's interest in the discussed subject matter. Pairing the appropriate context with the included commentary allows the video to: (i) educate viewers; and (ii) document newsworthy events or other matters of public interest. To the greatest extent possible, the included commentary is intended to: (a) accurately identify the involved parties; (b) describe the subject matter in detail; (c) clearly articulate condemnation and criticism of the subject behavior while including an opposing view; and (d) to discourage viewers from engaging in the subject behavior. #BenShapiro #TheBenShapiroShow #News #Politics #DailyWire

Top Comments (10)

@alexchannel8400 2025-09-29

I’m an Iraq war veteran. I was outside the wire almost every day for a year. Seen it all. Firefights, roadside bombs, etc. I have severe ptsd from it and I’m 100% service connected on that alone. I have never once thought about doing this to innocent people. Never. These two men brought shame and dishonor to our military and deserve every bit of scorn we can muster.

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@Lawrence_Talbot 2025-09-29

The guy intentionally drove into a church mid service, opened fired with a gun, then burned the church down. Not to mention he then got in a shootout with the police. It’s wild people claim this wasn’t a targeted attack. The guy brought a can of gas to burn the church down. That means it was premeditated, thus it was targeted

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@Mas0o0n 2025-09-29

Prayers to all the LDS families harmed by this, my heart aches.

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@kindrajayne3734 2025-09-29

Thank you Ben Shapiro, I am a member of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter Day Saints and I was heartbroken to hear about this after church yesterday.

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@kylelindysanford9218 2025-09-29

I am a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. Thank you for your respectful coverage. It was a very difficult weekend.

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@Joni_Gentle_Rise 2025-09-29

I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. It was nerve-racking going to church yesterday. Such a sad day, we also lost our Prophet on Saturday night too. Just to let you know, it wasn't a temple, but a church house for Sunday worship. May God bless and watch over those who endured the horror from yesterday. ❤

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@michellesmith2793 2025-09-29

Thank you Ben for saying the complete name of the church at the beginning your report. It actually brought tears to my eyes. I know several of your colleagues refuse to say it. Your respect for other religions, regardless of their specific tenets is always thoughtful and present.

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@realsantibarreto 2025-09-29

I worked in Michigan not too far from there and I even went to church in Michigan. Let's never take life for granted. Every second we have on Earth is a blessing from God.

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@peters6345 2025-09-29

My condolences to members of the Mormon community. This is a horrible thing that happened. My prayers are with the victims families

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@windsweptwhimsy 2025-09-29

Shooter definitely targeted this Mormon church, as his home is right next door to another church, so he drove from his home to the neighboring town to target this building. He also made negative comments to a door-knocking politician running for local office about Mormons, prior to this tragedy. He lives a mile up the road from me. I've never met him or his family, but I have seen his truck on the road.

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