He Said He’d Be A Dictator On Day One. No One Should Be Surprised

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Trump began his day taking an oath to “preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.” He spent the rest of his day violating that oath. But NO ONE should be surprised. He told us he’d do this. The question is: Will the American people care? I hope so. And…the dangers of hyper partisanship. On full display yesterday. Actually, they’ve been on display for a number of years.

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0:33.1	America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.
0:39.7	That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.
0:45.6	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other the social
0:56.5	contract it's on us you know I know the deal is this I I will take this to my grave
1:11.1	if America doesn't make it,
1:15.6	if our democracy falls, if it ends,
1:19.0	if this great 249-year-old experiment in freedom and democracy,
1:32.4	we the people, if this this experiment ends it will be because of us
1:51.8	it will be if this thing goes away if we lose this great, noble, revolutionary thing our founders gave us, it will be because of us.
1:52.7	I believe that.
1:54.9	It won't be because of our politicians.
1:58.8	It won't be because of Joe Biden or Donald Trump.
2:02.5	It won't be because of social media. It won't be because of Elon Musk or Donald Trump it won't be because of social media it won't be because of Elon Musk or Mark Zuckerberg it won't be because of any of that it
2:09.6	won't be because of big money it won't be because of lobbyists it won't be because
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