A voice recording of Matt Walsh, an American right-wing political commentator, appears to have been lost. He advocates for girls as young 16 years old to get married and become pregnant.
The disturbing clip was shared by Twitter user @theserfstv and purports to show Walsh claiming that teenage pregnancy isn’t a problem in society, but unwed pregnancy is. Walsh has not verified it.
He also advocated for teenage girls being impregnated because it was “technically when they’re at their most fertile” and that it’s only recently that society deemed that being teenaged is “too young to start a family”.
The clip shows the man saying: “To all of a sudden act like this phenomenon of girls getting pregnant at a young age, to be considered young – 16 or 17 – to act like it’s a new thing is ridiculous. It’s always been that way.”
He continued: “Girls between the ages of like 17 and 24 is when they’re technically most fertile. That’s biological, that’s a fact alright, I’m just stating facts, that’s all I’m doing.”
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The clip ended with the man suggesting that teenage pregnancy is not a bad thing. However, unwed pregnancy can be a good thing.
“What I’m saying is that the problem is not per se teenage pregnancy, it’s unwed pregnancy – that’s the problem in society.
“It’s only problematic when you are not married and you don’t have the man there to help you take care of the kids because he’s a coward.”
The clip was viewed more than 300,000. People also had their own opinions.
One user on Twitter was so horrified that he wrote: “Matt Walsh wants 16 year old girls to pop out babies instead of normal teen aged things like graduating high school.
“Conservatives want women to be uneducated second class citizens.”
Another question: “What is the far right male obsession with impregnating minor girls?”
Someone else said it: “imagine my shock when the guy who is really invested in what 16 y/os are allowed to do with their own bodies wants a 16 y/o bride.”
Matt Walsh has been contacted by the author for comment.
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