What In God’s Name Are We Doing?

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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He fought alongside our troops in Afghanistan, he was a translator, he escaped the Taliban, he made it to our border, he entered America legally, he was attending his asylum hearing, and ICE snatched him and wants to send him back to the Taliban. What the hell are we doing?

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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, stay informed, and being engaged.
0:13.6	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:23.7	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.9	This is not who we are.
0:33.6	This is not who we are.
0:35.6	This is not who we are.
0:41.5	This is not who we are. This is not who we are. This is not what America is. This is not what America is. This is most assuredly not what America is. We are better than this. All of us. This
0:48.6	country is better than this. The American people, all of us, are better than this. Way better than this. Even those of you
0:58.0	who want everybody in this country illegally out of this country, this is not who we are.
1:04.0	This is not what America is. This is not what America does. America is better than this.
1:12.7	I'm never going to stop believe in that.
1:17.3	Never.
1:20.4	Never, never, never, never.
1:22.2	Trump's been president, 160 some days.
1:24.8	He is the utter worst of us.
1:26.9	I get that. I get that he's been elected twice,
1:30.1	and I get that he's doing things right now, in our face right now that I believe are going to
1:36.3	wake up the American people and more and more every day the American people are going to
1:39.9	realize and agree with me that this is not who we are. My God, I don't care your politics.
1:54.0	Trump lover, Trump hater, somewhere in between.
2:02.6	I don't care what your politics are.
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