Welcome everybody to another episode of Welcome to the Party, pal. I am your host, Mike Nellis, joined, as always, by former Tea Party congressman turned Democrat Joe Walsh.

It's my favorite thing to say once a week. And frankly, increasingly, my best friend. It's just the guy that I want to text anything that I do. So I was just bragging to him about debating a bunch of conservatives last night. Everybody, we're going to focus this episode in on the racist vile meme that Donald Trump posted, both pushing 2020 election

conspiracy theories again, but then also predicting Michelle and Barack Obama as apes. And the Republican

party's response on that, because to me, I think in this moment when these things happen,

it's about exposing not just, we all know who Donald Trump is, but it exposes the people who defend Donald Trump, probably more than anything, because they don't have the decency to push back on it. While we're getting started, do us a favor, hit the like button for us, so the more people get a chance to join, leave a comment, tell us where you're watching this from give me your reaction to the the video, which I'll try to amplify as best I can as I see them.

Yeah, so let's get started.

So, Joe, I already described the meme.

Let's dive right into your reaction to it when you saw it this morning.

Not at all surprising.

Yes.

Again, you and I come from different worlds.

I come from the right. I come from the right.

I know that this racist shit appeals to too many people on the right.

There was a day where I did some of this shit that I'm not proud of

because it garners audience and garners voters.

And again, we can analyze it from a lot of different perspectives, Mike.

It's horrific racism.

And just think about what you just said.

Donald Trump hosted an image of Michelle and Barack Obama as apes.

I mean, just, just pause there. My worry is that as this year increasingly looks like a blue tsunami,

in addition to everything Trump's going to do to try to fuck with the midterms,

he's going to get uglier and uglier and more racist and more racist to try to get his fucking base out there.

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