Too Many Americans See A ‘Deep State’ Everywhere

The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

The Bravery Project

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

4.6 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Way too many Americans have lost faith in way too many of our institutions. And when that happens, it’s fertile ground for demagogues to come along and spread lies & conspiracies, dangerously furthering that distrust. Awhile back, I went to central PA and found out most folks I spoke with there believe it is possible to steal an election in America today.

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0:30.1	America, we got to get back to doing what's expected of us as free citizens in this democracy.
0:36.7	That means being tolerant, being respectful,
0:39.9	staying informed, and being engaged.
0:42.8	I'm former Congressman Joe Walsh.
0:45.0	Follow me here and join the millions of Americans
0:49.3	who are renewing their social contract with each other.
0:53.1	The social contract, it's on us
1:01.6	hey I think one of our biggest problems is that too many of us too many Americans
1:09.6	believe bullshit believe lies way too many Americans are way too easily swayed by
1:21.4	disinformation by conspiracies way way way too many of us believe bullshit. Believe lies. It's not just Trump.
1:37.3	I've said that I think Trump's greatest legacy is the destruction of truth.
1:47.4	Trump's not the only bullshitter out there.
1:49.5	He's not the only liar out there.
1:53.3	And actually, Trump's, Trump's not the problem.
1:57.1	The problem is us.
2:05.8	The problem is that for the past eight to 10 years, this has been really fertile ground for demagogues and liars to feast like Trump. Been really fertile ground because so many Americans want to believe the lies, want to
2:23.3	believe the bullshit, want to believe the conspiracies, all the disinformation.
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