Here Is Why This Race Is So Damn Close

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

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4.6 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 14 October 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Again over the weekend, someone, almost in disbelief, asked me how could this race possibly be close? How could it be she asked. Trump is horrible, she said. How could it be close. The fact that these had to ask that showed me how out of touch she was. So I explained to her why the race is so close.

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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.
0:34.4	How the hell is this race so damn close? Not a day goes by. Not a day goes by that I'm not asked
0:44.9	that question, typically from a Democrat, an independent, a progressive, somebody who doesn't like
0:53.8	Donald Trump, somebody who believes rightly that Donald Trump is a horrible human being,
0:59.2	somebody who believes rightly that Donald Trump is an existential threat to this democracy.
1:05.5	Not a day goes by that I don't have someone ask me,
1:12.6	Joe, my God, how can this thing even be close?
1:20.6	How is it possible?
1:24.6	And Trump's a convicted felon, Joe.
1:26.6	How is this race even close?
1:31.2	Trump lies every time he opens his mouth.
1:36.5	Listen to him at these rallies.
1:40.2	The hatred, the cruelty.
1:44.9	I mean, just this weekend, Joe, just this weekend, Trump pledged to use the military on his political opponents.
1:56.2	Joe, my God, how can this thing be close?
2:05.7	Every day I'm asked that question,
2:09.4	primarily by people who do not like Donald Trump.
2:13.4	And they don't understand.
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