Are There Basic American Principles Almost All Of Us Still Believe In?

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

Joe, Politics, Trump, Wash, Joewalsh, News, Thedaily, Thelincolnproject, Podsaveamerica

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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My conversation with a politically diverse group of folks around a kitchen table in the western suburbs of Chicago continues. We try to answer two questions: Do most Americans still believe in certain common American principles? And do you believe your kids and your grandkids will have it better than you’ve had it? Some surprising answers. Also, we’re disappearing people into countries that aren’t their countries of origin. Evil.

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0:00.0	America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.
0:07.3	That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.
0:13.5	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.6	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.1	Hey, Wednesday, hump day.
0:34.1	Hello, everybody, everywhere, everybody on TikTok, everybody on Instagram, everybody on Facebook,
0:40.2	everybody on YouTube, everybody on Substack, everybody, what I'm missing, Facebook, everybody,
0:45.1	everybody everywhere. Welcome everybody who's Maga, welcome everybody who's a progressive,
0:52.1	far left progressive, welcome everybody who's somewhere in the middle.
0:56.1	Welcome Democrats.
0:57.4	Welcome Republicans.
0:58.7	Welcome all you politically homeless folk.
1:01.4	Welcome all you who identify as independence.
1:04.2	Former Congressman Joe Walsh with you this Wednesday.
1:08.3	I want to start like this.
1:10.1	I just want to review.
1:14.3	At the start, at the start, MAGA fires at me. I love it. That means they've been drinking
1:19.5	their coffee. Good stuff. I want to review right here, because I don't know that I've done this
1:25.9	in a while. A big part of what I'm trying to do
1:31.7	with this daily show. You know where I am politically. I'm a politically homeless independent.
1:42.0	Philosophically, I'm a former Tea Party libertarian. I still adhere to damn near
1:48.2	almost all of that philosophy. I'm someone who believes in freedom, free speech, free trade,
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