We Disagree On What Gretchen Whitmer Did. So We Talked About It

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 1 May 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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For the second time in a month, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer, found herself palling around with Donald Trump. I think this is wrong for her to do, writer/producer Andy Ostroy applauds her for doing what’s right by the people of her state. We disagree with each other. So we sat down.

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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.
0:31.4	Hey, former Congressman Joe Walsh with you this Thursday.
0:35.0	Hope your week is going well.
0:37.1	We're getting there. Coming to the end of
0:39.9	another week, Thursday, Friday's tomorrow. Let's finish strong. Thanks for joining me. Former Congressman
0:46.4	Joe Walsh. You know the drill of this podcast. The thesis, the whole purpose of this podcast, I used to be a really divisive political
0:57.6	asshole. America's super divided. We've got to learn to speak with each other across the divide
1:04.7	to help heal that divide and help bring this country together. So every week on this podcast,
1:10.5	I try to have somebody on who doesn't think like me,
1:13.8	who disagrees with me about something.
1:16.2	And then we model how to have respectful conversation about whatever we might disagree on.
1:22.1	I've got one of my most favorite people in the world joining me this morning Andy Astroy writer, director, producer,
1:34.0	handsome young man there he is. Hello Andy, how are you boss? Hey Joe. By the way I loved
1:42.2	your music your intro music while While I was waiting, I created
1:46.0	a little mosh pit here. Me and my dog were just like, that's intense music.
1:52.0	It's good to see you, my man. And by the way, everybody listening to us, watching us right now,
1:58.0	Andy has a great podcast of his own called The Backroom with Andy
2:03.9	Astroy. Subscribe to his substack, same name, The Backroom with Andy Astroy. And you can follow
2:11.6	him on Twitter at Andy Astroy, Blue Sky, all the rest.
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