Why Does The Left Think People Voted For Trump: A Conversation with Americans

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Every week, I’m siting down with and having conversations with Americans. Of ALL political stripes. Recently, I sat down with a group of Los Angeles progressives. We talked about understanding the other side. They weighed in on why they think people are drawn to Trump. Interesting stuff.

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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.
0:23.7	The social contract, it's on us.
0:31.6	Good morning, good Monday morning, everyone.
0:35.0	No, TikTok, not the same class as Gary Fensick. He was a little bit
0:41.3	older than I was. Good morning, everybody. Hope you all had a good weekend. I hope you all had a good
0:50.3	weekend. Maga, my Maga brothers and sisters, hope you had an awesome weekend.
0:57.5	All my good, committed Americans on the far left, I hope you all had a good weekend as well.
1:04.2	It'll be 100 days tomorrow. And we'll talk about it tomorrow.
1:10.4	Tomorrow will be a hundred days in to this second Trump administration.
1:18.5	And tomorrow we'll talk about it, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
1:21.6	All of it.
1:22.5	And I'll want your thoughts and your input, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
1:26.7	And as always, Americans, my, my fellow Americans, if you can be honest, brokers,
1:34.9	you can give me good, bad, and ugly.
1:38.9	Hopefully you're not too tribal, not too damn partisan, to not be able to assess a hundred days in how the Trump
1:51.6	administration's doing, the good, the bad, and the ugly.
1:56.1	If you are a Trump supporter and all you can give me is good, shame on you, you are way too tribal
2:04.6	and way too partisan. And if you are a Trump opponent and all you can give me is the bad
2:11.9	and the ugly, you can't give me any good, you're too tribal and you're too partisan.
2:20.3	Man, a hundred days in to this presidency, come on now, to this presidency,
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