Jihadi Footstool Admits He Made a Fool of Himself (But He’s Still Wrong)

We’ve all seen the video at this point. A counter-protester named Walter Masterson is shouting through a megaphone about everyone being welcome in New York. And literally at that moment, would-be ISIS terrorist Emir Balat jumps over him to throw a bomb at the people he’s been shouting at. Luckily the homemade explosive didn’t go off.

I was in the middle of saying “as a born and raised New Yorker, we welcome everyone into this city” when he threw that over my head. pic.twitter.com/i5iD3MVf7h

— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) March 8, 2026

It’s worth noting that the two bombers had both come to New York from Pennsylvania. They were also from out of state and had come to New York to tell people (with bombs!) what to do. 

Masterson completely missed the irony. In fact, shortly after this happened, he was on Twitter identifying himself as the guy with the megaphone to claim his 15 minutes of fame and doubling down on his message.

And I still stand by it.
As a born and raised in New Yorker, everyone is welcome.

Everyone except chief goatfucker Jake Lang. pic.twitter.com/8wd1TeBYTi

— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) March 8, 2026

Everyone is welcome…except Jake Lang. Which I guess means that the guy who threw the bomb is still welcome. 

If it wasn’t already clear that Masterson is a moron, he was also certain the bomb wasn’t real and never moved out of the way. In fact he mocked the people who ran.

I can not stress this enough, it was right near our feet and it did not look real. We just stood there laughing.

Meanwhile the incel femoids ran away having been totally jestermogged. Their cortisol levels have yet to recover. pic.twitter.com/XyzWKk1LK6

— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) March 8, 2026

The FBI later confirmed that these were real bombs which were intended to go off. Fortunately, the guys who made them got something wrong and they didn’t explode. For obvious reasons, no one is explaining exactly what their mistake was in the bomb chemistry but the bombers expected them to go off. In fact they later said they wanted to kill for ISIS and that they hoped for a higher death toll than the Boston marathon bombing.

For many obvious reasons, Masterson has now become a meme on the right.

pic.twitter.com/lpzydBL7tZ

— AlphaAlpha (@AlphaAlpha88885) March 10, 2026

It really is a great visual metaphor.

There isn’t a better modern symbol of “useful idiot” than an islamist climbing onto a leftist’s back to throw a bomb. pic.twitter.com/amxRHAl9Ey

— Jonathan Defren (@DefrenJonathan) March 9, 2026

You are a moron and couldn’t even say Islam extremists tried to kill you and other New Yorkers. You could only say “white supremacist” 20 times in your video.

You are a moron and your name will be forgotten, but your meme of being dumbass will live forever. pic.twitter.com/imcdAk2TV9

— Jumper42 (@jumper42) March 11, 2026

Someone dubbed him the “jihadi footstool” and Elon Musk agreed it was a good callsign.

His callsign: “Jihadi Footstool” 😂 https://t.co/WJE5tun8NX

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 10, 2026

There are already some AI generated videos as well.

Two Pennsylvania teenagers crossed into New York City Saturday morning and made an itty bitty mistake 🥹 pic.twitter.com/ZTbKFPHQwB

— TBC (@TBC_on_X) March 10, 2026

This anime version of events even includes the absurd reaction by mayor Mamdani.

New York is cooked pic.twitter.com/ST9U8Xo6t2

— PsyopAnime (@PsyopAnime) March 9, 2026

Anyway, you can imagine how terrible this must be for Masterson. His entire life seems to be about making fun of conservatives and now he’s become a meme on the right. Today, he posted a video admitting he made a mistake.

Hey everyone, I can admit when I was wrong. Being reckless when a bomb is thrown over your head is not a good look and that weighs heavily on me and my family. pic.twitter.com/tn4Js88LAc

— Walter Masterson (@waltermasterson) March 10, 2026

He’s had days to think about this and he still doesn’t get it. Here’s what he says near the end of the video: “Elon Musk and all of right wing media are having a field day right now because I am choosing inclusion and not bigotry.”

No, that’s not it, Jihadi Footstool! People aren’t mocking you because you’re against bigotry. People are mocking you because your first instinct was to denounce the bigot and ignore the Islamic terrorist who tried to murder you! 

And even in this second attempt at a reaction, you still have much more to say about Jake Lang than you do about the terrorists. You don’t name them or their ideology. All you can manage to say is that they are both bad.

What I’m about to say is not a defense of Jake Lang. I have no love for Temu Nick Fuentes. But, like you, he had a right to be there expressing his opinions. His opinions are racist and dumb but so long as he limits himself to speech, he’s operating under the protection of the First Amendment. That’s how it’s supposed to work in America.

The terrorists, on the other hand, are not there to voice an opinion. They were there to murder complete strangers, including you, you absolute dummy. They are something much, much worse than Jake Lang. To make it really simple for you, attempted mass murder is worse than saying unpleasant things. If you can’t see that terrorist bomb throwers are in a totally different category of bad, you’re hopeless. 

But, hey, give it a few more days and maybe try again to think about what almost happened here. Third time’s the charm.

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