America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.

That means being tolerant, being respectful, staying informed, and being engaged.

I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh. Follow me here and join the millions of Americans who are renewing their social contract with each other.

The social contract, it's on us.

Hey, Thursday, thank you for joining me.

Hope you've had a good week.

Hope your Thursday is off to a good start.

I've got a conversation coming up in a few minutes here that I had with Vermont Senator Peter Welch,

a former colleague of mine in the House. He's a Democrat. We talked about the state of small businesses in America

right now, especially the difficulties that small businesses are facing with Trump's tariff madness.

And some of the fees that make life really difficult, some of the fees that Visa and MasterCard

throw down on our small businesses all over the country, which make life really, really

difficult for small retailers in this country.

We'll have that conversation with Vermont Senator.

Democrat, one of the real good guys in the Senate. He and I were in the House together.

He was on the other side of the aisle, Democrat. I was a Republican, but we worked together on some

things. So looking forward to that conversation coming up in just a few minutes

with Vermont Senator Peter Welch. But I need to get something off of my chest. Hello, Kiko.

I need to get something off of my chest right now. Just one thing, TikTok, I need to get off of my chest right now.

It's really important.

I think it's so, so damn important that Democrats acknowledge the truth about Joe Biden.

I think it matters. I think it matters.

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