The Social Contract with Joe Walsh

That two day thing down in Dallas, whatever the heck it was, was all about hate, bigotry, fear and lies. But before you dismiss what Republicans just did down in Dallas, remember, in 2024 they ran on the same hate, bigotry, fear, and lies, and they won. To defeat Republicans in 2026, we need something more powerful than fear.

I sat down with long time political strategist, and former Republican, Reed Galen, to discuss his new effort “Civic Forum,” reaching and connecting with regular Americans outside the beltway, and what Democrats need to do to win beyond 2026. Interesting conversation.

He lies about everything, he engages in stolen valor repeatedly, he lie about what he did on 9/11, and we all scream “what a horrible person he is.” True. But who put that horrible person in power? Twice? Americans did. Your fellow citizens did. This whole Trump thing is about the American people. Not Trump.”

Look, Trump’s always been a horrible person, he’s always been a sociopath. But now he’s losing his mind. Rapidly. This is really bad. For America and for the entire free world. And because of what’s happening with Trump, every American is less safe and less secure. And the economy is a mess. It matters.

The ballroom is a concrete manifestation of his fascism, of his lawlessness, of his “I can do whatever I want and get away with it” mentality. To allow it to stand is to allow a concrete monument to fascism to stand. It must come down. Same goes for his monstrous “triumphal arch.” It must come down as well.

Just like Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth isn’t a real man. A real man doesn’t punch down. A real man isn’t a bully. A real man doesn’t lie and doesn’t cheat. We have a coward as Secretary of Defense, and that’s a really bad, really dangerous thing because many of our best brains have left the Pentagon, we’re running out of munitions, and we’re not prepared for modern warfare. All because Hegseth is unfit for the job.

I sat down with long time political consultant and strategist Mike Madrid, one of the smartest political brains I know, to get a feel for what’s really likely to happen in November, how big of a blue tsunami could this really be. Really interesting conversation.