I’m An American. I Have A Right To Call Elon Musk A Dick

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Earlier this week, JD Vance criticized our European allies for getting weak on protecting free speech. Two days later, JD’s administration sent a threatening letter to a Congressman hinting at a DOJ investigation into his criticisms of Elon Musk & Trump. This is ugly government free speech intimidation. Hey JD, what about free speech in America?

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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.
0:31.6	Hey, I am an American. I have a right to call Elon Musk a dick.
0:40.3	I am an American citizen.
0:45.3	I have a constitutional right to call Elon Musk a dick.
0:52.3	I'm an American. I have a right to call Donald Trump a Russian asset.
1:00.0	I'm an American. I have a constitutional right to free speech. Now I'll bet that you probably have not tuned into any other podcast or any
1:16.4	other radio show or any other TV show this morning yet, where those words were uttered, right?
1:24.4	I'm an American. Elon Musk is a dick. I have a right to say that.
1:30.9	And the government can't stop me from saying that. You probably haven't heard it put that way by
1:39.6	anybody else. But you need to understand that there's something really chilling going on right now
1:49.7	with Trump and Trump's administration. Like all good dictators, like all good
1:56.2	authoritarian, Donald Trump is trying to impinge upon my free speech. Donald Trump is trying to impinge upon my free speech.
2:04.7	Donald Trump is trying to stifle free speech.
2:08.3	I know it's crazy to come on here every day and say,
2:13.9	there's something really dangerous going on.
2:17.0	You need to be aware of this because right see
2:20.4	every day hundreds and hundreds of things that trump has said and done that are chilling
2:27.3	that are dangerous that are un-american that are unconstitutional so when I come with you this morning and I say, you need to really
2:40.4	pay attention to this because you might not be aware of this, but this is really fucking chilling.
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