In 2015, he courted controversy for his response to the film "American Sniper", stating of the main character: "Jesus would tell that God-fearing, red-blooded American sniper, ‘Well done, thou good and faithful servant.’ "  Starnes has referred to removing symbols of the old Confederacy from public places as "cultural cleansing". In 2017 "The Deplorables' Guide to Making America Great Again" debuted on the "USA Today", "Publishers Weekly", and Conservative Book Club's best seller lists. "The New York Times" did not list the book as one of its top 10 non-fiction paperback books. In 2018, Starnes wrote that female protesters who protested the Supreme Court confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh (who had been accused of sexual assault) were "screaming animals" who "should be tasered, handcuffed and dragged out of the building." In 2019, He was fired from Fox Radio News after one of his guests said Democrats were not Christians but worshiped Moloch.