"Ben Shapiro is a conservative provocateur. Ever since he was a teen-ager at U.C.L.A. writing op-eds for the Daily Bruin, he has shown a penchant for the rhetorical grenade. Women who have abortions are "baby killers." Western civilization is "superior" to other civilizations. "Israelis like to build," he tweeted in 2010. "Arabs like to bomb crap and live in open sewage. This is not a difficult issue. #settlementsrock." Shapiro is now forty-two, and his rhetoric has mellowed only somewhat."
"Recently, Shapiro has gone into attack mode against some of his fellow MAGA media stars, including Tucker Carlson, for their indulgence, if not outright support, of antisemites like Nick Fuentes. It is a drama that has implications not only for the Trump era but for what might follow. J. D. Vance, for one, has refused to join Shapiro in rebuking Carlson."
Ben Shapiro built a reputation as a confrontational conservative provocateur from his teenage op-eds at U.C.L.A. and through incendiary statements on abortion, civilization, and Middle Eastern peoples. His rhetoric has moderated somewhat, and he hosts The Ben Shapiro Show while advocating for the Trump Presidency despite not voting for Trump in 2016 and characterizing the President as financially corrupt and morally wanting. Shapiro has recently launched public attacks on fellow MAGA media figures, notably Tucker Carlson, for tolerating or enabling antisemites such as Nick Fuentes. His background includes work at Talk Radio Network and a stint at Breitbart with Andrew Breitbart.
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