Mr Shapiro: Of course thats true. [7], Skipping two grades (third and ninth), Shapiro went from Walter Reed Middle School in The Valley to Yeshiva University High School of Los Angeles in Westside, Los Angeles, where he graduated in 2000 at age 16. If somebody could have smashed his phone the day he took office and he had not tweeted for the last two and a half years, then I think that his approval rating would be five to 10 points higher. "Let Me Make You Famous": How Hollywood Invented Ben Shapiro [118] However, he opposes government involvement in marriage, saying, "I think the government stinks at this," and expressing concern that because of the ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges, at some point the government may try to force religious institutions to perform same-sex weddings against their will. He was editor-at-large of Breitbart News between 2012 and 2016. I am a bot, and this action was performed . At age 17, he became the youngest nationally syndicated columnist in the United States. In the words of Tolkien, all those who wander may not be lost, but William certainly is. At Loyola, he set himself apart from his classmates by winning two American Juris Prudence awards and the school's moot court competition. Now, historically those have been churchesjust realistically speaking, the place where most people found their common cause and common meaning was in churches. How would we know if we had begun to recreate it in the way that you think would be beneficial? [122][123] After Shapiro referred to Tur, who is a trans woman, as "sir" and questioned her genetics, she placed her hand on the back of his neck and threatened on air to send him "home in an ambulance". Tag: is ben shapiro related to robert shapiro. The Economist: Whats changed; what's gone so wrong on the right in America, if this president upended all these liberal expectations only has a 40% chance of winning again? Simpson and became part of what would become known as the "trial of the century." In a 2011 tweet, Shapiro claimed that Judaism is plagued by "Bad Jews" who "largely vote Democrat". [22] After Breitbart fell under the leadership of Steve Bannon, Shapiro attempted to distance himself from Bannon due to fear of ending up on his bad side. [132] He called Steve Bannon a "bully" who "sold out Breitbart founder Andrew Breitbart's mission in order to back another bully, Donald Trump. Shapiro writes columns for Creators Syndicate, Newsweek, and Ami Magazine, and serves as editor emeritus for The Daily Wire, which he founded.