The Matt Walsh Show – Episode 1700

Title: This Is The Platform That Psycho FEMINIST Aftyn Behn Is Running On. It's Crazier Than I Thought
Date: December 2, 2025
Host: Matt Walsh (The Daily Wire)

Episode Overview

In this episode, Matt Walsh delivers his signature, uncompromising commentary on current political and cultural happenings. The primary focus is the special election in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District and the controversial Democratic candidate Aftyn Behn—whose radical leftist views and history of inflammatory statements become a warning flag for Republicans regarding broader political trends.

The show also tackles topics including the media’s outrage over lethal strikes on drug traffickers, Wajahat Ali’s take on immigration and demographic change, and the phenomenon of Gen Z’s obsession with renting (including clothing and everyday items).

Main Theme

• Why is an openly radical leftist ("psycho feminist") candidate competitive in deep-red Tennessee, and what does it say about the Republican Party's direction and the political climate at large?
• What do viral stories and trends (from narco terrorist strikes to anti-white rants to rental culture) say about America in 2025?

Key Discussion Points & Insights

1. Aftyn Behn’s Congressional Campaign and Platform

[03:42–22:50]

• Behn’s Anti-Nashville Remarks:

  • An old clip resurfaces where Aftyn Behn (Democratic candidate, TN-7) says:

    "I hate the city. I hate the Bachelorettes. I hate the pedal taverns. I hate country music. I hate all of the things that make Nashville apparently... but I hate it."
    [07:37]

  • When pressed if it was a mistake, Behn dodges, saying she was a private citizen at the time, and pivots to talking about "families across middle Tennessee... getting crushed by rising prices."
  • Walsh notes Behn refuses to apologize or walk back her statements—"the left never apologizes for anything, ever," and “it works. Politically, it works.” [08:24]
  • Behn now runs in a district Trump won by 20 points, but polling suggests she’s within 2 points of the Republican.

• Behn’s Anti-Police Past and Current Stance:

  • CNN avoids showing her "old posts" but tees up an easy question about police funding. Behn responds evasively, emphasizing community input, not her own view. [10:55]
  • Walsh: “No, not fair enough. That was not an answer at all... she strongly suggests that indeed, she still wants to defund the police in 2025.” [11:22]
  • On MSNBC, her tweets are shown: calling for dissolving the Nashville Police, supporting "defund the police" as a pre-requisite for schools reopening, and backing those who believe burning down a station is justified. She refuses to clarify her current position. [13:22–14:50]

• Mainstream Support for Behn:

  • Walsh argues that Democrats don’t disavow their radicals—party leadership openly supports Behn.
  • Example: Ken Martin (Democratic chair) urges #VoteBehn.

    "The highest levels of Democrat Party have endorsed one of the most demented candidates..." [16:50]

• Radical Policy and Ideological Excerpts:

  • Clip: Behn describes a “transformative justice” seminar imagining a world without police and her recurring dream of yelling "I don't want children, I want power." [17:10]
  • Walsh’s rebuttal:

    “…15 years ago, that statement would have been disqualifying… in a sane country, going to therapy would be disqualifying for any political candidate… If you need therapy, you are not mentally fit…” [18:47]

  • Other Behn controversies: Following ICE vehicles, discomfort with Christian influence in government.

• Response to Covenant School Massacre:

  • Behn, whose partner has a trans son, focused on how the trans community “was under attack”—vowing to “carry a trans Bill of Rights… to push back against the far right narrative… by Matt Walsh and the Daily Wire.” [20:51]

• Walsh’s Takeaway:

  • The closeness of this race signals an existential danger for Republicans and the nation if radicalism can compete on red turf.
  • Quote:

    “Democrats are running complete sociopaths, I mean, lunatic psychopaths, and winning, or coming very close to winning…” [21:34]
    “…give people an active, positive reason. Here's what I am doing. You should support that.”

  • Calls for “decisive action” from Republicans—end foreign migration, denaturalize fraudsters, strike at drug dealers: “Do something or else you'll be replaced very quickly by lunatics and craven degenerates like Afton Bain.” [22:50]

2. Media Outrage Over Strike on Drug Boat

[27:55–33:29]

• Background:

  • Media fixates on whether a second missile strike on a drug smuggling boat, after the first, constitutes a scandal—a humanitarian issue.

• White House Statement:

  • Press Secretary confirms the administration authorized both strikes; justification is the “lethal targeting of narco-terrorists in accordance with the law of war.” [28:41]
  • Justification: "The president has a right to take them out if they are… bringing illegal narcotics that are killing our citizens at a record rate..."

• Walsh’s Perspective:

  • Dismisses legal quibbling—supports killing drug traffickers:

    "Does anyone care? Well, they hit it a second time... Does anyone feel that way? No. Go out and kill them." [29:48]

  • On media outrage: "The only reason we're hung up on this is that the media is trying to find some way to object to the killing of drug traffickers… A thing that any normal person would look at and say, yeah, of course."
  • Calls defending narco-terrorists “not a very compelling argument.”

3. Wajahat Ali’s 'Brown People’ Rant / The Great Replacement Debate

[36:43–39:47]

• Ali’s Viral Monologue:

  • Ali (on his own podcast) taunts listeners about demographic change:

    "You have lost. The mistake that you made is you let us in... brown people are everywhere… Our parties have better food, better music, better looking women." [36:43]

• Walsh’s Response:

  • Sees Ali’s monologue as “cheap rage bait” but says “a lot of truth is said in jest.”
  • Notes that Ali admits—contrary to progressive claims—that “brown people basically weren’t in this country at all until the late 20th century.”
  • Frames Ali’s comments as admission of "the Great Replacement"—the demographic replacement of white Americans via mass immigration:

    “Everything he described is exactly what the Great Replacement is... For years they told us that the Great Replacement is a conspiracy theory… and now here he is admitting it.”

  • Criticizes the logic:

    “You say our culture is so much better… then why did you come here?” [38:08]

4. Gen Z’s Rental Culture – A Nation of Renters

[40:28–52:22]

• Trend Report:
  • Business Insider reports Gen Z is “obsessed with renting… clothes, utensils, furniture… renting lives in Gen Zers’ heads rent free.”
• Walsh’s Analysis:
  • Argues that “renting everything” is not about saving money, but about consumerism, Instagram appearances, and performativity.
  • It creates a paradox:

    “They possess a great many things, but they don’t own any of it. So they have a materialistic lifestyle without the ownership that used to come with that.”

  • This leads to, Walsh argues, “the worst of all worlds”—materialism and “own nothing and be happy” cultural ethos.
  • Frames generational debate:
    • Boomers lived humbler but owned things; Gen Z has more possessions, but owns little and suffers under a broken economy.

    “Gen Z are correct that they have to deal with things no other American generation had to deal with… a country overrun by third world invaders.”
    “But boomers lived much humbler… if the average zoomer had to live like the average boomer in 1973, they would probably treat it like solitary confinement.”

  • Conclusion:

    “The truth is, like, they’re both right. Which is the worst option…”
    “…what they’re right about is pretty awful.” [52:22]

Notable Quotes & Memorable Moments

• On Leftist Refusal to Apologize:

  “The left never apologizes for anything, ever. They double down on everything, always, never admit they're wrong about anything. And it works. Politically, it works.”
  [08:24]

• On Behn and Therapy:

  “If you need therapy, you are not mentally fit to hold political office or any other position of importance.”
  [18:47]

• On Republican Failure:

  “You gotta give people an active, positive reason. Here's what I am doing. You should support that.”
  [22:40]

• On Drug Dealer Strikes:

  “Does anyone care? Well, they hit it a second time… Go out and kill them.”
  [29:48]

• On Immigration and Demographics:

  “No, they didn’t come here. They didn’t build the country. They came here because everything was built… The Great Replacement is real.”
  [39:47]

• On Renters Culture:

  “They possess a great many things, but they don’t own any of it… It's really the worst combination for a person.”
  [44:18]

Key Timestamps for Major Segments

• [03:42] – Discussion of TN-7 election, Aftyn Behn’s “I hate Nashville” comments
• [07:37] – Behn’s original 2020 anti-Nashville clip
• [10:20–14:50] – Police/defund debate; Behn’s non-answers and deleted tweets
• [17:10] – Behn’s “transformative justice” dream and feminist monologue
• [20:51] – Response to Covenant School shooting and Behn’s trans activism
• [27:55] – Media uproar about second missile strike on drug boat
• [36:43] – Wajahat Ali’s “brown people”/immigrant rant
• [40:28] – Gen Z rental culture and analysis
• [52:22] – Wrap-up

Summary Takeaway

Matt Walsh frames this episode as a dire warning: when openly radical candidates like Aftyn Behn can be competitive in conservative districts and get establishment support, it signals a deeper collapse of the cultural and political order, hastened by weak Republican leadership and accompanied by cultural decay (renter mentality, performative living, and demographic change). His call: Republicans must offer positive, concrete change—or face replacement by the same radicals he spends the episode critiquing.

For listeners who missed the episode:

• Expect no-holds-barred takes, sharp sarcasm, and Walsh’s characteristic moral/cultural conservatism.
• The episode intertwines local electoral politics, culture war stories, demographic theory, and generational commentary—all as evidence for the need for conservative reform and resistance.