We Must Never Accept Our Military Against Our Citizens On Our Streets. Never.

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This must never happen here. Not here. Not in America. The military is not used here against our own citizens. That happens in authoritarian countries. Not here. Trump wants it to happen here. We must not normalize it. We must never accept it. Plus, my conversation with Gen Z-er Rachel Janfaza

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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, staying 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.
0:31.4	You know, there are certain things as Americans.
0:35.7	We just have to say we do not allow here.
0:41.6	There are certain things as a free people in this country, as long as we remain a free
0:50.1	people in this country, that we cannot and must not ever accept.
0:58.8	One of those is troops, American troops, on our streets against our citizens.
1:09.0	That doesn't happen here. That happens in dictatorships. That happens in authoritarian regimes.
1:18.6	We don't do that here. We don't put the military on our streets, on American soil, against American citizens.
1:32.3	We don't do that here.
1:37.3	Our military does not engage in law and order and law enforcement on our streets against our citizens. Again,
1:48.3	North Korea, Russia, China, any old banana republic throughout history, authoritarian, dictators do this
1:57.4	kind of thing. not here in America.
2:04.1	We cannot normalize this.
2:07.3	We cannot accept this.
2:11.8	Not here.
2:14.1	The Marines on our streets, not here.
2:19.3	A governor calls in the State's National Guard for specific emergencies.
2:25.3	That can happen.
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