Shapiro was speaking to a large portion of the audience that didn’t want to hear it, including other major figures at the event, like Tucker Carlson and Megyn Kelly, and he knew the cost.

In Vayigash, Yehuda stands before an Egyptian ruler (unbeknownst to him, his brother Yosef) who is powerful and appears manipulative and someone intent on trapping him in a false story. Yehuda knows he cannot win by playing along with the imposed narrative.

So he does something far more radical.