I’m Now A Democrat. And Republicans Are Still A Cowardly Mess

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Yesterday, I uttered 3 words I never ever thought I would utter - “I’m A Democrat.” Why? Easy. Only one of our two political parties embraces freedom, democracy and the rule of law. And it’s not my former political party. So to best defeat my former political party, I became a Democrat. And btw…my former party is fighting with themselves again over that “big, beautiful” bill.

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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.
0:32.5	Hey, here we go Wednesday.
0:34.4	Two things.
0:35.2	I'm going to jump right into it.
0:36.9	I am now a Democrat, and these
0:39.8	cowardly Republicans remain a chaotic, incompetent mess. So let me start at the top and welcome TikTok.
0:52.0	Welcome everybody. I became a Democrat yesterday. Yesterday,
0:57.2	I joined the Democratic Party. I am a Democrat.
1:05.2	Still sounds a little strange. Sounds cool. I'm awesome. I'm excited about it. Yesterday, I
1:13.7	officially became a Democrat. As all of you know, I left the Republican Party five years ago.
1:20.2	I'd been a Republican for life, left the Republican Party five years ago, had been an
1:26.2	independent, a political independent for the past
1:30.0	five years. But yesterday I said, nope, nope, I'm a Democrat. I'm going to do it. And here's why,
1:41.2	simply, I love this country.
1:45.0	I love everything about this country.
1:49.0	I love the history of this country.
1:52.0	I've taught American government. I've taught American history.
1:56.0	I love this country.
1:58.0	We've got two major political parties. We are a two-party country. We've got two major political parties.
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