Is There Room In The Democratic Party For Center-Right Former Republicans?

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

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4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2025

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Our conversation with Democrats, Republicans, & former Republicans in Lancaster, PA continues today, and the focus is on the best way forward for the opposition party, the Democratic Party. The good folks in Lancaster wrestle with the age old question of how big of a tent should the Democratic Party be. And they’re not quite sure.

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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.
0:31.5	Hey, I cannot tell a lie.
0:34.4	My fatal flaw is I cannot tell a lie. And I still can't get over what happened
0:42.4	in the White House yesterday. Like I still can't, I can't get over it. I woke up this morning
0:50.4	thinking about it. bat-shit craziness that went on in the white house yesterday i want to
1:04.5	apologize to the world again yesterday for that idiot that we have in the White House.
1:13.0	It actually happened.
1:16.9	And if you've forgotten, if you weren't paying attention yesterday,
1:22.4	before I get to what I want to talk about today,
1:24.7	just picture this.
1:33.4	The prime minister of a sovereign country came to the White House yesterday to meet with the President of the United States.
1:45.5	And that prime minister of that sovereign country
1:50.1	had to tell the President of the United States to his face
1:58.9	that his sovereign country wasn't for sale and would never be for sale.
2:05.1	That actually happened yesterday, right?
2:09.6	How whacked out is that?
2:13.0	Prime Minister of sovereign country sits down with Trump and has to say to his fucking face,
2:18.5	hey, my country is not for sale. My sovereign nation is not for sale and never will be.
2:31.1	Man, that actually happened.
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