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Ben Shapiro
Benjamin Aaron Shapiro is an American conservative political commentator and media host. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and is editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he co-founded in 2015. Shapiro is the host of The Ben Shapiro Show, a daily political podcast and live radio show. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News from 2012 until his resignation in 2…
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2026· 20 entries
“expelling a hostile population is a commonly-used and generally effective way of preventing violent entanglements.”
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“One American soldier is worth far more than an Afghan civilian”
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“force Israel to kill Palestinian civilians so Hamas can propagandize about supposed Israeli human rights atrocities.”
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“The ideology of the Palestinian population is indistinguishable from that of the terrorist leadership.”
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“You can forfeit the right to life if you take another life, just as you can forfeit your right to liberty (this is called prison) by infringing on the liberty of another”
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“Steve Bannon is a bully, and has sold out Andrew Breitbart”
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Published video “Never going to happen again.”.
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Published video “Bill Maher Is Starting to Sound a LOT Like Me”.
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Published video “Nancy Mace Has Joined the Hells Angels”.
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Published video “Race, the Media, and a Professor’s Suicide: This Story Is WILD”.
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Published video “The Candace Owens Debate Was a Disaster for Everyone”.
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Published video “Ben Shapiro's YAF SPEECH: George Washington's Mount Vernon Freedom at 250 Rally”.
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Published video “The government isn't the answer. #puretalkpartner”.
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Published video “The Gender Medicine Reckoning Just Got Real”.
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Published video “The Left hates when you notice.”.
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Published video “The Surrogacy Dispute Tearing Reproductive Ethics Apart”.
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Yahoo: Ben Shapiro Warns Marco Rubio’s Potential 2028 White House Bid Against JD Vance Could Backfire: 'If I Were in the Kalshi Markets…'
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AOL: Ben Shapiro Goes Off On ‘Rich Boy’ Tucker Carlson As the Two Exchange Jabs In Bitter Feud
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Yahoo: Ben Shapiro Warns JD Vance Wouldn’t ‘Overperform Trump’ With Any Demographic
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2025· 5 entries
Snopes rated the claim “The conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro said the full release of government-held files relating to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein would destroy Donald Trump's presidency.” False.
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Awarded Independence Day (Israel) torchbearer (2025).
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Commentator Ben Shapiro criticized the work of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe for "not looking like anything".” Satire Origin.
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Shapiro launched a website urging President Trump to pardon Chauvin, though this would not cover Chauvin's conviction in state court for second-degree murder, for which he is serving a 22
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Shapiro was honored as one of the torchbearers in the national Israeli Independence Day ceremony
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2024· 7 entries
Snopes rated the claim “On March 22, 2024, Ben Shapiro tweeted: "The idea that Sydney Sweeney's b**** have 'ended wokeness' is patently absurd. My sister has far larger and more beautiful breasts and they have done far more for the Right than some Hollywood harlot."” Fake.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Ben Shapiro posted on X about his sister and Sydney Sweeney.” Pants on Fire.
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AFP Fact Check rated the claim “An image shows Ben Shapiro criticizing the Grammys and Tracy Chapman” False.
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USA Today rated the claim “Ben Shapiro complained about ‘black queer female’ singing Luke Combs’ song” False.
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Appeared alongside artist Tom MacDonald in the music video for MacDonald's rap song "Facts", on which Shapiro is featured
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During 2024 Republican primaries, Shapiro favored Florida governor Ron DeSantis over Trump but later supported Trump after DeSantis dropped out of the primary
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“No one in the United States should be retiring at 65 years old. Frankly, I think retirement itself is a stupid idea unless you have some sort of health problem.”
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2022· 2 entries
USA Today rated the claim “Conservative commentator Ben Shapiro received about $21,000 in federal loan forgiveness” False.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Screenshots show that conservative political commentator Ben Shapiro received more than $20,000 in Paycheck Protection Program loan forgiveness.” False.
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2021· 12 entries
Lead Stories rated the claim “Ben Shapiro tweeted that liberal make up anatomical parts like the clitoris.” Satire.
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Lead Stories rated the claim “Ben Shapiro tweeted: Joe Biden is gonna tell me how long my pubes have to be” Fake Message.
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USA Today rated the claim “Ben Shapiro tweeted that sharing as a kid ‘redpilled’ his political beliefs” Satire.
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PolitiFact rated the claim “Ben Shapiro said on Twitter that his “red pill moment” was sharing cupcakes with poor kids.” Pants on Fire.
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Shapiro was featured as a guest writer for Politico's Playbook newsletter, where he defended House Republicans who opposed the second impeachment of Donald Trump
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“shouting the n word at a black person is the height of racism in American society.”
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Shapiro published the book The Authoritarian Moment, which argues that there is no pressing authoritarian threat in U
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Ben Shapiro's podcast was ranked 9th most listened to on Apple podcasts
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An article in NPR revealed that, under Shapiro's leadership, the Daily Wire had dominated Facebook news feeds and received more engagement than any other news outlet "by a wide margin"
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Described himself as "generally libertarian" with regard to the role of the government and as a conservative with regard to the role of social structures
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Shapiro said that he was in favor of the COVID-19 vaccine and that he was vaccinated, but is against COVID-19 vaccine mandates
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Stated that a global temperature increase over the next century of 4 °C (7
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2020· 3 entries
Shapiro announced that he would be voting for Trump in the 2020 presidential election: "There are three reasons I'm going to vote for Donald Trump in 2020 when I didn't four years ago: First, I was simply wrong about Don
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Shapiro announced that he and his family were leaving California
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In 2020, Shapiro announced that he and his family were leaving California.
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2019· 8 entries
Defending Kyle Kashuv's use of the n-word with the -er ending
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Shapiro said that Democratic congresswoman Ilhan Omar, whose comments about American support for Israel were accused of evoking antisemitic tropes, and the white supremacist San Diego shooter, hold "a lot of the same opi
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“the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade”
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Shapiro published the book The Right Side of History: How Reason and Moral Purpose Made the West Great, which focuses on the importance of Judeo-Christian values and laments their decline in modern America
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Shapiro said that "the Supreme Court overturning Roe v
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Shapiro spoke at the annual March for Life in Washington, D
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Shapiro criticized weekly newspaper The Economist for describing him as "alt-right" in their interview with him; in response, The Economist issued an apology and modified the article title to instead describe Shapiro as
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In response to 2020 Democratic Party presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke calling for the removal of the tax-exempt status of religious institutions opposed to same-sex marriage, Shapiro said that if O'Rourke was going t
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2018· 2 entries
Shapiro argued that Facebook was targeting conservative sites after the platform implemented an algorithm change, limiting their traffic, and that they are not transparent enough
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Politico described the podcast as "massively popular"
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2017· 6 entries
Shapiro gave a speech at the invitation of the University of California, Berkeley, student organization Berkeley College Republicans, in which he criticized identity politics
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“the idea that black people in the United States are disproportionately poor because America is racist; that”
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Shapiro stated that "the idea that black people in the United States are disproportionately poor because America is racist; that's just not true
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"It is a garbage movement composed of garbage ideas
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Released his only novel, True Allegiance, a book about "An illegal immigrant crisis breaking out along America's Southern border"
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“banning all guns would be unwise as well as immoral”
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2016· 4 entries
Titled "When Diversity Becomes a Problem"
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“s victory in the 2016 election was more of a vote against Hillary Clinton than a vote in favor of Trump. Shapiro supported the Trump administration”
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Shapiro described himself as "basically a libertarian"
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“political correctness breeds insanity”
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2015· 2 entries
“so bad that MSNBC, which used the image in 2015, had to retract it and admit it was factually incorrect.”
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Had to retract it and admit it was factually incorrect
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2014· 2 entries
“is not a country that discriminates against homosexuals”
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Shapiro argued that the United States "is not a country that discriminates against homosexuals" and that "there is a vastly minute amount of discrimination against gays in this country
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2013· 2 entries
Shapiro and business partner Jeremy Boreing co-founded the U
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Threshold Editions published Shapiro's fifth book, Bullies: How the Left's Culture of Fear and Intimidation Silences Americans
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2012· 3 entries
Shapiro joined KRLA-AM 870 as a host on their morning radio program alongside Heidi Harris and Brian Whitman
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Zman Magazine hailed Shapiro as a "rising star in America's conservative movement"
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Shapiro became editor-at-large of Breitbart News, a news outlet founded by Andrew Breitbart
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2011· 1 entry
HarperCollins published Shapiro's fourth book, Primetime Propaganda: The True Hollywood Story of How the Left Took Over Your TV, in which Shapiro argues that Hollywood has a left-wing agenda that it actively promotes thr
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2010· 3 entries
Shapiro said "Israelis like to build
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Shapiro argued that homosexuality should not have been removed as a mental illness from the DSM
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“Israelis like to build. Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage”
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2008· 1 entry
Shapiro married Mor Toledano, an Israeli medical doctor of Moroccan Jewish descent, on July 8, 2008, in a traditional Jewish ceremony in Acre, Israel
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2007· 1 entry
Studied at Harvard Law School, Juris Doctor (2007).
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2004· 2 entries
Studied at University of California, Los Angeles, Bachelor of Arts (2004).
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At age 20 with a Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, and membership in Phi Beta Kappa
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2003· 1 entry
Shapiro published a column on Townhall stating that Israel must be allowed to "transfer Palestinians and Israeli-Arabs from Judea, Samaria, Gaza and Israel proper
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2002· 1 entry
“I am getting really sick of people who whine about”
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1984· 2 entries
Born 1984-01-15.
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In Burbank, California, to a Conservative Jewish family
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