Yes, The Truth Is Scary. But You Need To Accept It. Now.

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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4.6 • 833 Ratings

🗓️ 7 January 2026

⏱️ 26 minutes

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I confess to being surprised that so many people and so many leaders here and around the world STILL haven’t accepted the truth about Donald Trump. After all these years, so many people still don’t want to acknowledge who Donald Trump is. I know it’s a scary truth, but people better accept it. Because he needs to be stopped.

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0:00.0	We are not okay.
0:03.0	America is not okay.
0:04.8	And we all know that.
0:07.0	Former Congressman Joe Walsh, this is the social contract with Joe Walsh.
0:11.4	Let's figure out how to get okay together.
0:32.2	Hey, someone who watched yesterday's show sent me a very constructive note and said, Joe, I love you, but you're too negative.
0:41.4	You're too negative. I thought about that. And I get that. I understand that. It's hard not to be negative. It's hard not to get down every day. It's hard not to be overwhelmed every day, right, by
0:46.4	what's been going on. But I hope that you all don't think I'm too negative about where America's at right now with this guy in the White House
1:00.7	because I believe my most important message that I try to convey most every day and I will try to convey today as well is this, you and me,
1:16.2	we have the ultimate power.
1:19.1	I mean, what did we talk about yesterday?
1:20.7	Yesterday was the five-year anniversary of January 6th, and my message yesterday was really
1:26.4	simple.
1:32.4	Use what you felt that day five years ago yesterday. The anger, the sadness and fear. Use that. Channel that every single day between now and the
1:40.8	midterms. That fear, anger, and sadness you felt five years ago yesterday, and use it
1:47.3	to help defeat Trump and his political party this November.
1:54.3	We've got the power.
1:57.4	I still believe that.
2:00.4	I hope that's not negative.
2:03.4	As bad as Trump is,
2:07.2	as non-existent as Congress is,
2:13.9	as cultish as my former political party is, as dangerous as they all are right now,
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