America UnCanceled: Mercedes Schlapp & Matthew Foldi

Amidst the antisemitic protests sweeping college campuses, a group of fraternity brothers at University of North Carolina garnered attention and respect for holding up the American flag, preventing it from hitting ground during one of the pro-Hamas protests. Editor-in-chief of The Washington Reporter Matthew Foldi attended a recent concert to celebrate these men, the flag, patriotism.  

While at UNC, Foldi felt the pulse of the student body and found it largely characterized by patriotism.  

“It was, ultimately, a reminder of the goodness of Americans in general, who shelled out half a million dollars to say to these kids, ‘Hey, what you did is noted and it is appreciated,’” said Foldi.  

While on the show, Foldi also commented on Hamas’ murdering of six hostages, including Americans, over the weekend. Israel President Netanyahu is bearing the brunt of blame for the killing of these hostages. He is being accused of not doing enough to reach a deal with Hamas. Foldi, however, sets the record straight and exposes the weak policies of the Biden administration.  

“It’s insane, obviously, to blame the people who were trying to rescue these hostages,” said Foldi of the accusations being thrown at Israel and Netanyahu. “If you take a step back and think about what [the Biden] administration is saying to Israel versus to Hamas and you didn’t know any better, you would not necessarily think that we’re on the side of our closest ally, and you would think we are being way too gracious towards a U.S. designated terrorist organization, which ultimately, has sole responsibility for illegally holding these hostages for almost an entire calendar year at this point.” 

Watch all of Foldi’s commentary on the war in Israel as well as President Trump’s appearance at the Abbey Gate ceremony on CPAC+.