On June 19 , 2014 , Walsh was removed from his radio show for using racially charged language . He was on air again the next day . WIND general manager Jeff Reisman commented : " During the segment Joe intended to cite several common racial slurs as examples . He did not in any way use them in a defamatory or derogatory manner , simply as examples . However , AM 560 The Answer did not allow them to go on the air . AM 560 The Answer has a policy of not using certain words on the air that are highly inflammatory and offensive even in the context of a discussion of why those words are offensive . We will continue that policy . " On July 7 , 2016 , the night of the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers , Walsh wrote on Twitter , " This is now war . Watch out Obama . Watch out Black Lives Matter punks . Real America is coming after you . " These comments were interpreted by some as threats . After deleting the tweet ( by his account it was deleted by Twitter ) , Walsh wrote later , " I was n't calling for violence , against Obama or anyone . Obama 's words and BLM 's deeds have gotten cops killed . Time for us to defend our cops . " The next morning , Walsh stated in an interview with the '' Chicago Tribune '' that Twitter suspended his account and deleted the tweet itself : " The pre-condition for me reopening my account was they had to delete that tweet . " He said , " Of course I did n't mean ' let 's go kill Obama and Black Lives Matter . ' I was not trying to incite violence against Obama and Black Lives Matter . That 's crazy and stupid and wrong . It would end my career and it 's wrong . " On October 24 , 2016 , Walsh wrote on Twitter , " On November 8th , I 'm voting for Trump . On November 9th , if Trump loses , I 'm grabbing my musket . You in ? " When Jake Tapper asked him what he meant , Walsh responded , " It means protesting . Participating in acts of civil disobedience . Doing what it takes to get our country back . " The '' New York Post '' wrote that " some took his tweet as a call for violent insurrection . " On May 2 , 2017 , Walsh wrote on Twitter , " Sorry Jimmy Kimmel : your sad story does n't obligate me or anybody else to pay for somebody else 's health care . " in reference to a 13-minute monologue delivered by late night host Jimmy Kimmel discussing his son 's congenital heart defect and his belief that covering pre-existing conditions is an important part of healthcare in the United States
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Joe Walsh (Illinois politician)