Fox News host Greg Gutfeld has had enough of the left’s “both sides” talking points and let his Democrat co-host have it during a heated discussion about political violence.
The host of “Gutfeld!” went nuclear on Fox News’ “The Five” on Wednesday as the hosts discussed the shooting at a Dallas Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility. The gunman reportedly had anti-ICE messages on the bullets, according to the FBI, but Jessica Tarlov attempted to deliver examples of right-wing political violence, citing a study that had been discredited.
Gutfeld was having none of it.
“Your rationalization of both sides; since Kirk’s death, there is no both sides,” he told Tarlov, referring to the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk.
WOW! Greg Gutfeld just WENT OFF on Jessica Tarlov and leftists for ENCOURAGING leftist vioIence
“You label someone a fascist or a racist or a NAZl. It makes you free to attack them. And that has been the ideology from the start.”
“This is YOUR GAME!”
pic.twitter.com/dDxQGTsA4G— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) September 24, 2025
“Why did the DOJ take down the study that showed how much right-wing extremism…” Tarlov said.
“What study was that? Which one? The one in The Economist that was sponsored by a group run by a guy in Antifa!? A study that has been discredited by the Federalist?” Gutfeld fired back. “You’re walking down a really bad alley right now!”
He informed Tarlov that the “study was authored by a project by a guy who says he was Antifa. That is why that thing has been scrubbed.”
“It’s real simple: you label someone a fascist or a racist or a Nazi, it makes you free to attack them. It’s been the ideology from the start,” he continued as his co-host attempted to cut in.
“The left calls Trump a hate monger. They’ve called me a hate monger because I ridicule the left. I ridicule protesters. I ridicule academia, Hollywood, the news media. I make fun of ‘The View’ every day. I make fun of the U.N. Guess what? No one acts on the things that I say because my side doesn’t do that,” Gutfeld said.
“We say people are stupid, we say people are wrong, but we don’t say they’re evil. That is your game!” he exclaimed.
“And then you come and you say, ‘This is a mentally ill loner.’ Well, who do you think does this stuff? It’s not Ben Affleck, it’s not Tom Brady…People who do this stuff are always that way,” he pointed out.
“The question is, who points them in that direction? Why pick ICE? Why pick Charlie Kirk? Why target TV stations and put bombs under FOX trucks? Why vandalize memorials? Why kill kids in Catholic schools?” Gutfeld asked.
“Two things can be true. A person can be mentally ill, and you can be guiding him to that place in his life. That is how brainwashing works,” he argued.
Social media users were left stunned by Gutfeld’s dressing down, and many agreed with his points.
That was brutal!
— RuthlessOutlaw (@RuthlessOutlawX) September 24, 2025
Absolute masterclass from Greg!
— Luca Taner (@LucaTaner) September 24, 2025
He is right.
They dehumanize us and that makes it easy for them to hurt us.
The Nazis did that.
There are what they accuse others of.
— Kasia Z. Zasada (@ZuzaZasada) September 24, 2025
Way to go Greg. He says what we would like to say. I didn’t have to scream at my screen. Lol
— Cindy6886 (@Cindy6886) September 24, 2025
I’m tired of the both-sides argument. Currently, all the violence is on the left.
— Michael Black (@MichaelBlack_78) September 24, 2025
I wish the rest of the panel would be as fiery and back him up! They almost act afraid of Jessica.
I really miss Judge Jeanine, who would have SKEWERED her.
— AnnaV (@perchance99) September 24, 2025
Some X users again called for Tarlov to be taken off of Fox News, but others argued that she perfectly represents the left.
They have got to get rid of Jessica.
There are people on that show that are Democrats that are absolutely worth listening to, you may disagree with them, but at least they make good points.
Jessica is completely incapable of articulating her views.
— Matt Van Swol (@matt_vanswol) September 24, 2025
No, no – she’s extremely useful because she articulates the left’s positions, but she’s not clever enough to fully camouflage them.
She’s an excellent, easily understandable representation of the left… who horrifies everyone who listens.
In other words, she’s what we need.
— Josh Manning (@Josh_Manning) September 24, 2025
This is why I don’t want @JessicaTarlov fired. The public needs to hear the lame excuses and cowardly propaganda she parrots from her Democratic Party talking points.
I think Tarlov is on the same level as Bernie Sanders and Pocahontas Warren and she is earning every dollar…
— Bruce Saunders ⚓️ (@BruceSa5507277) September 24, 2025
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