Ep. 1845 - UNBELIEVABLE: They're Using A Drowning Victim To Start A Race Riot

September 24, 2026

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A Drowning, a Grand Jury, and the Machinery of Racial Grievance

The central argument of this episode is that Democratic leaders, civil rights activists, and media figures are deliberately manufacturing a racial crisis around the drowning death of 18-year-old Nolan Wells in Mississippi—a case that multiple investigations have found to be an accident—in order to stoke racial tensions ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. The host presents this as part of a broader pattern: false claims about lynchings, lenient sentences for black defendants who harm white victims, and a coordinated campaign to revive the political energy of the 2020 BLM protests.

The Nolan Wells Case: What the Evidence Actually Shows

Nolan Wells drowned on July 4, 2026, during a boating trip to Horn Island, Mississippi, with a group of friends. The host walks through the factual record in detail. The Jackson County district attorney, facing public pressure from activists, sent the case to a grand jury rather than making the decision herself. That grand jury—which included five black members—spent five days hearing 43 witnesses and reviewing more than 100 subpoenas' worth of evidence.

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1 Timestamped Outline
2 (00:00) **Episode Introduction & Ad Reading** - Opening ads for American Financing and Policy Genius
3 (01:00) **Democrats Manufacturing a BLM Martyr for 2026** - Matt Walsh introduces the Nolan Wells drowning case as the left's new racial flashpoint
4 (05:00) **The Charlotte Hit-and-Run: A Pattern of Leniency** - Walsh presents a parallel case showing racial disparities in sentencing
5 (08:00) **Democrats' "Stop the Lynchings" Campaign** - The Congressional Black Caucus and NAACP launch a campaign against lynchings that aren't happening
6 (11:00) **The Nolan Wells Case: Conspiracy Theories Debunked** - Detailed breakdown of the actual evidence in the drowning case
7 (14:00) **The Fabricated 911 Call** - Nancy Grace promoted an "enhanced" audio recording that the grand jury found to be inaccurate

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Show Notes

After a man drowns in Mississippi, Ben Crump and other leftists swoop in to try to incite racial outrage before the midterms.

Ep. 1845

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