Wake Up. Trump's GOP Is No Longer Just A Cult. It's Now A Full-Fledged Political Party Again. Dangerous And To Be Reckoned With

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

2016 was all about Trump. His base was a cult, and many others who voted for him were ashamed to say they supported him. No longer. His support now has moved well beyond his cultish base, Trump has been normalized, and the Party is now a full-fledged major political party again. The rest of the country had better wake up to this. For the sake of 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.
0:07.6	That means being tolerant, being respectful, stay informed, and being engaged.
0:13.6	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh.
0:15.6	Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.0	The social contract, it's on us.
0:35.0	Hey, welcome this Tuesday.
0:37.3	I'll start like this. I was wrong. I was wrong. I've been wrong about a lot of things, but I was wrong about one thing that I want to get into today. First off, an apology. I look like shit. Having shaved in a few days, I'll shave, I'll shower,
1:03.5	I'll clean myself up. I'll get over my despondency of this past week.
1:11.3	I promise you I will.
1:13.1	And I know I've been in a dark mood for much of the past week, but look at me.
1:18.5	I think I have a rainbow behind me today.
1:20.9	I wanted to put something behind me that would brighten up my dark mood so that even though what I'm about to tell you
1:29.9	may be kind of dark, I got a rainbow. I got a pretty picture behind me. So think of that pretty
1:39.8	picture and look at that pretty picture. Hello, TikTok. Start like this.
1:47.0	I was wrong.
1:50.0	I was wrong about something that this country
1:54.0	really needs to wake up to quickly
1:59.0	because what happened a week ago
2:01.5	proves that we're up against something
2:06.9	all of us who believe in tolerance
2:11.4	and all of us who believe in freedom
2:13.5	and all of us who believe in the rule of law
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