Gutfeld Responds To Co-Host Statement Amid Dallas Incident
In a segment that quickly turned tense on Fox News’ The Five, co-host Jessica Tarlov made what many are calling a tone-deaf attempt to frame a deadly shooting at a Texas ICE facility as a symptom of “both sides” rhetoric.
The shooting, which left two people dead, carried an unmistakable political message—“anti-ICE” wording found on bullet casings—yet Tarlov seemed determined to paint the violence as a bipartisan issue. That didn’t sit well with Greg Gutfeld, who delivered a blistering rebuttal that laid bare the ideological lines behind the rising political violence in America.
The backdrop to this exchange couldn’t have been more emotionally charged. Just two weeks earlier, conservative figure Charlie Kirk was gunned down in what authorities have described as an ideologically motivated assassination by a suspect with known leftist sympathies. The timing of the ICE facility attack added fuel to an already raging fire. For many, including Gutfeld, these events are not isolated—they’re connected by a dangerous pattern of left-wing radicalization masquerading as activism.
Fox News’ @greggutfeld WENT OFF on co-host Jessica Tarlov’s “both sides” argument regarding political violence:
“We say people are stupid. We say people are wrong, but we don’t say they’re evil. That is YOUR game.
Then you come in and say, ‘This is a mentally ill loner.’
Well,… pic.twitter.com/uEbTHWibKF
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) September 24, 2025
Tarlov’s comments struck a nerve when she blamed rising extremism on both Republicans and Democrats, even suggesting that “fascism” has become a word thrown around too casually by everyone. That line drew immediate pushback from Gutfeld, who didn’t just disagree—he exploded. He accused Tarlov of minimizing the gravity of the violence and failing to acknowledge where it’s truly coming from.
“You walk into this room and you’re not reading it,” Gutfeld snapped. “There is no both sides… You don’t have the evidence for that.”
Tarlov pushed back, but Gutfeld was prepared. He laid out what he called a clear pattern: vandalized memorials, targeted attacks on ICE, bombs under media trucks, and ideological assassinations—not the calling cards of a right-wing movement, but the results of a toxic narrative built by the far-left.
When Tarlov appeared to suggest the ICE shooter may have simply been reacting to what he “sees going on” in his community, Gutfeld shut the door on any rationalization: “That is how brainwashing works.”
His point? Mental instability may play a role, but the direction of the violence—the target selection, the ideological justification—follows a specific political current. And it’s not coming from the MAGA crowd.