Following his retirement from Congress, Walsh began hosting a Conservative talk radio show, "The Joe Walsh Show." Though initially only broadcast in the Chicago radio market, the show was eventually nationally syndicated by the Salem Radio Network. Walsh again made several controversial statements during his radio program. In August 2019, Walsh stated "I wouldn’t call myself a racist, but...I’ve said racist things on Twitter. There's no doubt about it. And an apology is not enough." After the 2016 shooting of Dallas police officers, Walsh's Twitter account was temporarily suspended after he made statements critical of Obama and the Black Lives Matter movement that were perceived as threatening.