Left-wing podcasting has become a strange place where anger replaces logic and political revenge is treated like a public policy goal. Jennifer Welch, co-host of the podcast Choice Words with Samantha Bee, just delivered a perfect example.
During a recent episode, Welch launched into a profanity-filled rant against Joe Biden, furious that his administration did not go further in targeting conservatives after January 6. According to Welch, Biden’s biggest failure in office was not inflation, the border crisis, Afghanistan, or the steady erosion of public trust in Washington. In her mind, the true catastrophe was that the federal government did not prosecute enough of President Trump’s allies.
Her language was not subtle.
“Joe Biden f—ked us. F—ked us so hard,” Welch said while complaining that Biden failed to appoint an attorney general willing to throw what she called the “real criminals” behind January 6 into prison.
And who exactly does Welch believe those “real criminals” are? Not just the people who entered the Capitol that day. In her telling, the supposed masterminds include conservative organizations, political figures, and even the wife of a sitting Supreme Court justice.
Welch specifically named Ginni Thomas, the wife of Justice Clarence Thomas, as someone she believes should have been targeted. She also tossed accusations at conservative institutions such as The Heritage Foundation and Turning Point, suggesting they should have faced prosecution as well.
That is not legal analysis. That is political vengeance dressed up as moral outrage.
Welch argued that the people actually charged in January 6 cases were merely “low-level offenders,” complaining that the Department of Justice failed to pursue the planners and funders she believes were behind the event. She even tried linking January 6 to Jeffrey Epstein, which makes about as much sense as connecting a traffic ticket to a moon landing.
What really stands out in Welch’s meltdown is the mindset behind it. She is openly angry that the federal government did not conduct a broader purge of conservatives. The problem, from her perspective, is not whether crimes were committed or whether prosecutors had evidence. The problem is that the political enemies she dislikes were not hauled into court.
That idea used to be considered dangerous in America. Equal justice under the law was supposed to mean the government cannot target people because of their political beliefs. In Welch’s world, apparently, that restraint is the problem.
She even acknowledged that Biden passed legislation like the infrastructure bill and the CHIPS Act, but dismissed those accomplishments as secondary. What she really wanted was aggressive prosecutions aimed at the political right.
That is the modern activist mindset in its rawest form. Government power is not supposed to be limited, it is supposed to be aimed at the correct targets.
Welch may think she is demanding accountability. What she actually described sounds a lot closer to political retribution, the kind that turns justice systems into weapons. And she said it all out loud.
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