Democrats Are Having Their Tea Party Moment

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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We all make too much out of off year and special elections, but this much is clear by now: the Democratic Party base is angry, fed up and feeling ignored by their party establishment. And they’re letting their party establishment know it. And hear it. This disruptive dynamic sounds so familiar to this former tea party guy.

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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.
0:07.4	That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.
0:13.3	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh.
0:15.5	Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.5	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.6	Hey, look, this Wednesday, welcome everybody this Wednesday.
0:35.9	Look, I've been, I've been screaming this from the
0:41.4	mountaintops for about six seven years or more now more longer than that I was saying
0:53.4	this back when I was on the other team, when I was a Republican before I voted for Trump,
1:03.4	I've been saying this same thing for the entire Trump era.
1:14.0	We're living in a populist moment.
1:18.3	We are not just America, but here in America, because I want to focus on America,
1:24.6	we've been living in a populist moment in America for years.
1:31.8	I'd argue 15 to 20 years.
1:35.0	I come from the Tea Party.
1:36.6	The Tea Party was a populist movement.
1:40.3	We are living in a populist moment.
1:49.4	We've been living in a populist moment for many years.
2:01.3	The Democratic Party, my new political party as of the past month, has not recognized this moment.
2:07.8	Republicans have, oh man, have they recognized it.
2:10.2	Have they jumped all over it?
2:12.0	Have they bastardized it?
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