The Social Contract with Joe Walsh
Trump blames America for Everything. Aren't you tired of it?
Another day of Trump bad-mouthing and blaming America. Kamala Harris should publicly accept the FOX News debate, What political courage looks like, and thank you Caitlin Clark
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Are we a good country? Are we a good people? Or are we bad? Is this a bad place? Is America a bad place? Are we to blame for everything? Or is this country a good decent country with good decent people? What do you say? I'm on the road right now. I apologize if the quality of the picture is not great, and I apologize if I don't sound that great. She is Mabel in the back. Mabel and I are on way to the state of Michigan. We are driving, we're driving through Pennsylvania right now, on our way to Michigan to rally Republicans in Michigan for Kamala Harris. Mabel's really excited. She's focused. Right now she's focused. But that question, America, a good place, good country, or are we bad? Are we generally a source for good around the world? Or do you blame America for everything? I asked this question because I'm just so fucking sick and tired of Donald Trump blaming America for everything, every single day. Trump's out there. Oh, Hagerstown, Pennsylvania, a policeman just drove by, so I'm going to pull into the right lane. Thank you blue for everything you do, even if that cop pulls me over because I'm multitasking right now. I will salute that policeman and thank that Hagerstown policeman for what he does. And by the way, that's a reminder to me this Friday. Every time you see a police officer to thank that police officer for what they do makes them feel good. They don't hear a lot of it. Thank you blue. I'm just sick and tired of Trump every single day throughout this campaign. Bad mouthing America blaming America for everything. Is that where you are? Like, do you agree with that? I said yesterday at a rally. I don't know where he was that that we're a bad place right now. America is very bad right now. Things are bad in America. We've never been this bad. Is that what you think? You really have such an ugly, bad, dark look at who we are as the people at what we are as a country? Is that what you think? Two nights ago he did it again. He's at a rally somewhere and he blamed America for Putin again invading Ukraine. He blamed America. Man, when I was young, when I was a young kid, the blame America folks were all on the left. The blame America for everything bad going on around the world. It's America's fault. America sucks. We're the one to blame. We've caused all the bad in the world. That used to be a long, long time ago when I was a young boy that used to be the left that did that. The blame America crowd was on the left. Now because of Donald Trump, the blame America crowd is on the right. The blame America has a real, ugly, bad, dark view of America. Is that how you feel? Make sure I'm going the right way here. I'm going through Breecewood, Pennsylvania. I always get kind of lost and confused when I go through Breecewood, Pennsylvania. I'm going to follow the signs west to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. I'm tired of it and I don't want to believe that this is how Trump's going to win. Trump's going to say America sucks. We're a bad place. We're to blame for everything. And like a bunch of people are going to agree with him and vote for that. I don't want to believe that because I don't believe we're a bad place. I don't believe America's to blame for everything. I think Putin's to blame for invading another sovereign country. That's not our fault. We didn't do that. By the way, a clear choice show is looking for a choice between Donald Trump and Donald Trump. If you want Ukraine to win the war, vote for Kamala Harris. If you want Putin to win the war, vote for Donald Trump. And don't tell me you want the war to end because it's not your call, right? Putin invaded Ukraine. Ukraine will decide. They're defending their fucking country. They'll decide when the war ends. Like some other country invades America and then we got people around the world telling America end the war. No, if somebody invaded America, America would say when the damn war ends. We'd make that call. Now, if you want Ukraine to win the war, vote for Harris. If you want Putin to win the war, vote for Trump. And if you think America's a bad place, I'll make it easy for you. If you think America's a bad place, vote for Trump. All right, 70 West to Pittsburgh. If you think America's a bad place, vote for Trump. If you think America's to blame for everything, vote for Trump. I'll make it really, really easy for you. If you think America's a good decent place, we're not perfect. We got problems, but we're a good place. America's a good thing. The American people are good. We're not to blame for everything bad going on around the world. In fact, we are responsible for most of the good that happens around the world. If you believe that, vote for Kamala Harris. Second thought. I'll just say it. I'm in a bad mood. I'm in a bad mood. Mabel, I apologize. She's focused on getting ready to go to Michigan. I'm just going to say it. I think Donald Trump's a coward. I've always felt Donald Trump's a coward. Trump's a bully, and bullies are cowards. So, supposedly, a Brett Bear, you know, he's on Fox News yesterday. Brett Bear said that, and Fox News is trying to have a presidential debate. Well, Brett Bear said that Kamala Harris has accepted the Fox News debate. It's Donald Trump who's the hold up. Brett Bear said, "Donald Trump doesn't want to do a Fox News debate." What a coward. What a coward Trump is. And by the way, my thought is my message to Kamala Harris, and I said this yesterday, and a bunch of people disagreed with me. Kamala Harris should right now publicly, in front of the American people, Kamala Harris should publicly accept that Fox News debate. Do it, Kamala. Say you're ready to go on Fox News and have that debate. Make that cowardly opponent of yours, Kamala Harris, that coward Donald Trump, make him say no. Make him say he's afraid to debate you on Fox News. And by the way, if Trump does accept, and Trump does go on Fox News and accept the debate with Kamala Harris, Kamala Harris, again, you will kick his ass like you did the first time. You will embarrass him like you did the first time, and you will do all of that on his home turf in front of his Fox News home audience. It's a win-win, Kamala Harris, publicly accept the Fox News debate offer. If Trump says no, just another reminder to all of America that he is the coward, that he is, if Trump says yes, Kamala Harris, man, you'll make mincemeat out of him again. It's a win-win, and by the way, if you did that Kamala Harris, that would be Game Set Match. You go on Fox News and you kick Trump's ass on Fox News, Game Set Match, you win this campaign. And I've had people tell me, Joe, bad idea, don't reward Fox News because Fox News is propaganda, right? They lied about the election. They did. They had to pay $787 billion because of their lives. They did. They're still being sued. They are for all their lives. Fine. This isn't about rewarding Fox News. I could give a damn about Fox News. This is about helping Kamala Harris win. This is about making sure Donald Trump loses, and if Kamala Harris goes on Fox News and kicks Trump's ass in a debate, that's it. Trump loses. It's over. And by the way, as I drive through the state of Pennsylvania right now on my way to campaign for Kamala Harris in the state of Michigan, this race is a dead heat right now. This race between Harris and Trump is a dead heat. I spent time campaigning in Pennsylvania this week, rallying Republicans to Harris. This race is tied. So Democrats and Harris supporters, don't you dare think you're ahead right now because you're not. Kamala Harris should do whatever she can and get out there as much as she can to make sure that she beats him. And going on Fox News and kicking his butt will do it. 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Now get back to business with that podcast of yours. Third thought a shout out to every Republican out there in this country who has stood in the public square and said they are supporting Kamala Harris. It takes courage. It takes courage to say I'm a Republican, but I'm supporting her. That's courage. That should be commended. Nikki Haley's Nikki Haley, who doesn't have that courage, Nikki Haley's leadership team in the state of Michigan came out yesterday. Her top supporters, her leadership team from the state of Michigan came out yesterday, wrote a big article supporting Kamala Harris. Nikki Haley's Michigan leadership team has more courage than Nikki Haley. Nikki Haley's leadership team's done that in a few states Vermont, I think couple states, few states. By the way, there are a lot of Nikki Haley supporters, voters out there, who are publicly supporting Kamala Harris, even though Nikki Haley does not have. The political courage to do so. They all should be commended, all these Nikki Haley supporters. And I purposely, I purposely used the word courage because it is courage. Nikki Haley knows that Donald Trump is unfit and at danger to this country and yet she's endorsing him. She knows it's wrong to endorse him. Nikki Haley is afraid to do the right thing because doing the right thing will hurt her politically. When I did the right thing six years ago and publicly came out against Donald Trump and declared political war against Donald Trump, I knew I was taking a blow towards to my career. And I did, but it was the right thing to do. That took political courage. It takes political courage to do the right thing when you know when you know doing the right thing is going to kill you politically, hurt you politically. That takes political courage. Final thought. Caitlyn Clark. Caitlyn Clark. Tell my word, her season ended yesterday. Caitlyn Clark, thank you. Thank you for all you've done, Caitlyn Clark. It's your first year. You've become one of, if not the very best players in the WNBA and you've done that all as a 22 year old in your rookie season. And you've done that Caitlyn Clark despite all the hate and all the drama and all the resentment and all the jealousy and all the bigotry that's been thrown your way. Caitlyn Clark, thank you. You ignored all of the hate and you just hooped. You just hooped, you said all the right things, Caitlyn Clark, and you just hooped. And boy, did you hoop, Caitlyn Clark, rookie of the year. First team, all WNBA. League leader in assist, league leader in three points, three point shots. And you generated Caitlyn Clark, you generated more points for your team this season than any other player in league history has ever generated for their team. Caitlyn Clark, you exceeded expectations. In my mind, you're the best female basketball player on the planet. And you did it all up against the world. You carried a league on your shoulders. You put women's basketball on the map. You were the best damn, you are the best damn thing to ever happen, the WNBA and the WNBA never appreciated it, never embraced it. They did nothing but pound you and give you hate. And all you did, again, was say all the right things and hoop. Thank you, Caitlyn Clark. And America, she's 22 years old. What an example of what to be and how to do it. What an example of how to behave. We live in such a divided country. Caitlyn Clark's entry to the WNBA completely and utterly divided the WNBA. And every day, weekend months of this past season, the WNBA was at war with itself over Caitlyn Clark. What did Caitlyn Clark do in this deeply divided time in the WNBA? What did she do? You know what she did? She hooped. She ignored all the hate. She ignored all the division. She didn't engage in that. She said all the right and decent and respectful things, and she did her job. She played basketball. What an example Caitlyn Clark is for the rest of America. In these ugly, hateful, deeply divided times in which we live. We should all follow Caitlyn Clark's examples. Caitlyn Clark, thank you. You've played basketball for 13 months straight. Go rest. Go rest, young lady. You deserve it. Again, everyone else, I apologize. I'm on the road doing my Republicans for Harris thing. Happy to do it. Proud to do it. Country first. Country first. Damn it with a smile on my face. Head into Michigan to campaign for Harris. I hope you've had a great week. Thank you for listening. Have a wonderful weekend. You'll hear more from me. As always, be brave. Be brave. Thank you for listening. Remember to listen, share, and follow the social contract with Joe Walsh on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and everywhere great podcasts are found. And be sure to leave a five-star review. This has been the Social Contract with Joe Walsh. Imagine the softest sheets you've ever felt. Now imagine them getting even softer over time. 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