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From the TEA Party to the Democratic Party
socialcontractwithjoewalsh.substack.com ^ | June 3, 2025 | Joe Walsh

Posted on 06/03/2025 1:13:39 PM PDT by lowbridge

Three words I never thought I’d ever utter: I’m a Democrat. This former Republican Congressman, former Republican candidate for President, this former TEA Party champion is formally joining the Democratic Party. The stakes are simply too high to NOT become a Democrat. Let me explain why.

Let’s start with the obvious—a tyrant sits in the White House. The very thing our Founders feared most is here. Throw in the fact that one of our two major political parties is a real and direct threat to democracy and the rule of law. These are unprecedented, dangerous times in America. I know it. You know it. There are even Republicans who know it.

Anyone who cares about the Constitution cannot sit by and watch as fundamental American values—the rule of law, democracy, pluralism—are attacked. Daily. To defeat my former party and defend democracy, we must do something different. We must assemble a broad coalition of moderates, progressives, and, yes, even conservatives.

We’ve never been here before. Of course we’ve always fought about and debated policy—how best to pay for healthcare, whether taxes should be raised or cut, and how best to deal with immigration. But we’ve never before fought about actually remaining a democracy or abiding by the Constitution and the rule of law. Now we are.

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Without freedom, democracy, and the rule of law, America ceases to be. And currently, only the Democratic Party is on the side of all three of these core American values. There isn’t a third party coming to the rescue any time soon. Right now, the Democratic Party is democracy’s lone defender and best hope.

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To: xp38

Obviously.


21 posted on 06/03/2025 1:24:33 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: marktwain
I gained a greater understanding of and appreciation for LGBTQ issues

This effing nutter pretended to be a Republican for years.


22 posted on 06/03/2025 1:24:53 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: LoveMyFreedom

Most likely.


23 posted on 06/03/2025 1:25:12 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lowbridge

then this about tea partyer Joe Walsh? not surprised. he went bad a long time ago, the backstabber. still he was better than the rat he replaced, but i wish i had all my money back.


24 posted on 06/03/2025 1:25:20 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: lowbridge
“Everybody is different, I haven’t changed”

Insight from the real Joe Walsh.

25 posted on 06/03/2025 1:26:18 PM PDT by FatherofFive (we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor)
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To: lowbridge

The only political Joe Walsh I know, jumped across the aisle several years ago. I would expect he’s good pals with people like Tony Scaramucci and George (Kellyanne)Conway.


26 posted on 06/03/2025 1:26:34 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Skwor

I’d say it’s the later.


27 posted on 06/03/2025 1:27:06 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: lowbridge

What’s the worst thing about becoming a Democrat?

Telling your dad that you are gay.


28 posted on 06/03/2025 1:27:51 PM PDT by TheThirdRuffian (Orange is the new brown)
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To: scrabblehack
He lost his seat and he’s trying to figure out how to get back in.

He took it in the seat from AutoPen Joe and the Democrats, but that still didn't work.

29 posted on 06/03/2025 1:29:18 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: lowbridge

30 posted on 06/03/2025 1:30:36 PM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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To: atomic_dog

If you go to his substack and look at his past articles the whole thing is TDS. He even insists Trump is a Russian asset.


31 posted on 06/03/2025 1:32:35 PM PDT by packagingguy
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To: lowbridge
Three words I never thought I’d ever utter: I’m a Democrat.

Joe Walsh: "Five words I never thought I’d ever utter: I’m a loser POS."

fixed it.

Has his wife decided that they should both see other men?

32 posted on 06/03/2025 1:37:14 PM PDT by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: lowbridge

Life’s been good to him so far....


33 posted on 06/03/2025 1:39:19 PM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world or something )
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To: kiryandil

Referred to as “deadbeat Dad Joe” as there is significant evidence of him being a deadbeat dad while in Congress- only paid up during election run when he was smoked.

Also ask a number of people about how he pays bills and loans- hence “deadbeat dad Joe”


34 posted on 06/03/2025 1:39:29 PM PDT by slapshot ( GOPE republipussies are more dangerous than deranged progressives.)
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To: lowbridge

The biggest threats the the Republican, IMHO, are:
1. Government involvement is limiting or intimidating free press via three letter acronyms.
2. National Deficit. We desperately need a balanced budget amendment
3. Government (not private) Unions.
4. NGO spending, with almost zero accountability, whom support efforts that endanger and undermine the Republic and its citizens.
5. Democrats, because they absolutely are against stopping the 4 biggest threats.

Donald Trump is not even in the top 5, but the people that are attacking him are definitely in the top 5.


35 posted on 06/03/2025 1:40:22 PM PDT by Pete Dovgan
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To: lowbridge
Either a dead boy or girl.

The only question is pre or post pubescent.

I would bet for pre.

36 posted on 06/03/2025 1:42:00 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: packagingguy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEBQoJa8nmE

Just all hyperbole - even when he at least pretended he supported Trump.


37 posted on 06/03/2025 1:45:56 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: lowbridge

I never heard of him.

Obviously he was always a grifter.


38 posted on 06/03/2025 1:56:17 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: lowbridge
The lunatic is on the grass

The lunatic is on the grass

Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs

Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall

The lunatics are in my hall

The paper holds their folded faces to the floor

And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon

And if there is no room upon the hill

And if your head explodes with dark forebodings too

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

39 posted on 06/03/2025 1:57:44 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: lowbridge

Mentally insane


40 posted on 06/03/2025 1:58:31 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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