Personal Character MUST Matter. If It Doesn’t, Then We’re Fucked

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

I’ve said it often, but the beauty of Trump is that because he’s so bad, and so horrible, he’s forcing Americans to decide in real time what kind of country we want to be. And because Trump is utterly void of personal character, he’s forcing the American people to answer this question: Does character matter anymore? Well, does it? How we answer that question will had profound impact on our democracy.

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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.
0:07.1	That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.
0:13.3	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.4	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.5	I had someone yesterday, welcome this Tuesday, everybody, former Congressman Joe Walsh, with you this Tuesday
0:40.9	during this Christmas season. Man, Christmas is coming up. A former Republican congressman with you.
0:50.6	That's me, Joe Walsh, former Republican with with you former Republican candidate for president with you
0:58.3	a six month old Democrat with you it's good to be with you I had someone shoot me a text a
1:07.0	couple days ago and said in essence Joe I love, I love your daily show, man. It gives me 20 minutes,
1:14.8	30 minutes of just vim and vigor, piss and vinegar, as my dad used to say. Love it when you get
1:21.5	wound up. But where are you been? He said, Joe, you haven't been wound up of late. And I told him,
1:27.4	and I'll tell you, again, you know, I'm not feeling real well these days.
1:32.0	I had surgery last week.
1:33.8	It's been a tough recovery.
1:35.6	So understand my passion is still there.
1:38.4	It's all inside of me.
1:40.3	But it hurts to yell and it hurts to scream.
1:43.0	So the righteous anger today will be there.
1:48.0	I just may not yell and shout a lot,
1:52.5	expressing that righteous anger.
1:57.1	This show is about you today.
1:59.2	It's about us.
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