Cut It Out Joe & Mika - DO! NOT! NORMALIZE! HIM!

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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As we speak, Donald Trump is busy at work continuing his war against democracy, our democratic institutions, checks & balances, and the rule of law. He remains every bit the threat to democracy he was 4 weeks ago. I know that Joe & Mika believe that. They said it every day of this campaign. So why in God's name would they run down to Mar a Lago this past weekend to sit down with him? All they're doing is normalizing him.

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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.
0:07.6	That means being tolerant, being respectful, stay informed, and being engaged.
0:13.6	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh.
0:15.6	Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.0	The social contract, it's on us.
0:34.9	Hey, look, I don't mean to, and I don't like to jump right into a week, jump right into a Monday, yelling and screaming, but I can't help it.
0:47.7	I have to. Do not normalize him. Everybody, repeat after me. Do not normalize Donald Trump. Stop. If you like me
1:03.7	believed four weeks ago that he is an utter threat to our democracy. He remains that now.
1:12.8	If you believe that two years ago,
1:15.3	if you believed he believes he's above the law,
1:18.3	he is a lawless guy.
1:21.3	He is that now.
1:23.1	He's still that now.
1:24.8	If you believe, when he said during the campaign that he wanted to be a dictator, he wanted to be an authoritarian, he's doing that now.
1:36.5	Stop.
1:38.0	Just because he won does not mean we treat him like a normal American president.
1:45.7	He is not a normal American president.
1:49.0	He believes he's above the law.
1:51.3	He doesn't give squat about our democracy.
1:54.4	He is thoroughly corrupt.
1:56.8	He wants to be an authoritarian.
2:01.6	That's not normal stuff.
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