It’s Trench Warfare To Preserve Truth. You in?

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 13 August 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Trump’s greatest legacy is the destruction of truth. Always has been. And we’re seeing it play out every day - lying about election results, jobs numbers, his approval rating, crime statistics, and now he’s moving to lie about American history. We can’t give up. We have to engage in hand to hand combat to defend the truth. We can’t give up.

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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.
0:07.0	That means being tolerant, being respectful, stay informed, and being engaged.
0:13.0	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh.
0:15.0	Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.4	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.8	Hey, I am in a bad mood, so let's screw all the small talk.
0:35.9	No small talk.
0:36.8	Let's cut right to it you know
0:38.1	one of the reasons I became a Democrat two plus months ago was to help teach
0:43.3	inspire show Democrats how to fight to get some gumption to get some
0:53.2	courage to get some piss and vinegar to get some courage, to get some piss and vinegar, to fight.
0:56.4	Not to back down, not to be afraid, not to be fearful, but to fight.
1:03.2	To fight with everything they've got against my former political party, which is now full on fascist.
1:10.6	Fight Democrats, fights. Look, I know
1:13.9	plenty of Democrats know I've always been a fighter back in my Tea Party days when you all
1:21.6	probably thought I was a political asshole. I've always fought for the things I believed in. And plenty of times when I engaged in
1:30.7	hand-to-hand combat and I fought plenty of times I went over my skis and plenty of times I
1:35.9	said things I regret and did things I regret. But you know what? When I did, I apologize. You know
1:41.1	what? Sometimes I didn't do anything wrong and I stood by it, but I always fought.
1:49.5	I wasn't afraid to engage in political warfare.
1:56.7	I wasn't afraid to say what I believed.
2:00.1	I wasn't afraid of offending people.
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