To be honest, we had kind of forgotten about Joe Walsh. Sure, he pops up now and then. Festering and angry, like a boil on the butt of society, irritating, but otherwise harmless. Joe hasn’t enjoyed a modicum of relevance since his one-and-done run in Congress as a member of the Tea Party. Those two years were the glory days for the man who had portrayed himself as a principled conservative. The years since have not been kind.
Like most of his Never Trump compatriots, Joe’s principles proved to be more of a facade than a set of values. Since Trump first took office, Musket Man Joe has slowly devolved from conserving conservatism, even throwing in a lame attempt to primary Trump in 2020, to leaving the party to become an independent, and finally becoming a Democrat. It turns out, the chameleon-like Walsh was a leftist all along.
It’s no wonder that Joe, just like that festering butt blister, is also very sensitive. He took an article by Townhall’s own Brad Slager, chronicling the nearly decade-long failure of the Never Trump movement, very personally.
Have any of the so-called pure conservatives who have opposed Trump for a decade been successful at preserving conservatism?
The failures have stacked up, as not a single one has done anything but benefit the Left.https://t.co/zAvkMVZFLr
— Brad Slager: CNN+ Lifetime Subscriber (@MartiniShark) October 24, 2025
There wasn’t enough Preparation-H in all the world to ease Joe’s butt hurt. Who does Brad think he is, questioning Never Trumpers? The unmitigated gall!
So Joe did what most angry leftists do. He lashed out. You see, Never Trump didn’t fail; America failed Never Trump.
Never Trump Didn’t Fail. America Did.
I’m genuinely asking the question: who is Brad Slager?
I’m not sure who he is, but he recently wrote a piece for Townhall called “It Is Time for Never Trump Inc.™ to File Chapter 11”—and he included me in it, along with the folks at The…
— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 31, 2025
Here’s the rest of his rant.
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I’m not sure who he is, but he recently wrote a piece for Townhall called “It Is Time for Never Trump Inc.™ to File Chapter 11”—and he included me in it, along with the folks at The Bulwark, the Lincoln Project, Bill Kristol, Jennifer Rubin, Max Boot, Charlie Sykes, and Michael Steele. Pretty good company. Very thoughtful of him. More specifically, he wrote, “Onetime Tea Party fixture Joe Walsh continues to bleat and moan about anything and anyone on the Right, all while managing to impress nobody on the Left.”Interesting.
You see, Brad thinks the Never Trump movement failed, and since he names me, I thought it was only right to respond to him in kind, whoever the hell he is. I highly recommend reading his piece first, as well as the piece he alludes to,