Former Trump Fan Joe Walsh Thinks the President Should Be Impeached

The president is a racist, bully, and liar who is unfit for office, says the one-time congressman mounting a primary challenge against Trump.

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Former Trump Fan Joe Walsh Thinks the President Should Be Impeached

Editor at Large Matt Welch speaks with former Republican congressman and talk show host Joe Walsh, who is currently mounting a long-odds primary challenge against President Donald Trump. Walsh, who served one term in the House representing Illinois' 8th District, used to be a Trump supporter. Now he says the president is a liar, a bully, and a racist who is completely unfit for office. The one-time Tea Party favorite called for Trump's impeachment after the Mueller report came out earlier this year. 

Walsh confesses to his role as a hype man for Trump and to his own past racist comments about Barack Obama. He also talks about the decline of the Tea Party as a political force and the need for the GOP, which has gone astray on such issues as trade, debt, and spending, to embrace libertarian ideas.

Audio production by Ian Keyser and Regan Taylor.

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[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

Joe "guy who lamented not being able to constantly say nigger" Walsh? That guy?

[Eddy]

Interesting, I thought Walsh was a rock singer, not a rapper.

https://spectator.us/joe-walsh-2020-right-n-word/

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

"r"

[Sarah Palin's Buttplug]

Walsh is the Re-Form candidate.

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

No dumbfuck, you completely missed the entire point.

Rappers don't pronounce the "r"

Now go turn yourself in you stupid pedophile fuck.

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

AHAHAHAHAHA THE FUCKING IDIOT THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES HLAHAHJAJAJ HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO REFLEXIVELY STUPIDLY POLITICAL AHAHAHAHA GET A FUCKING LIFE BESIDES KIDDIE PORN AND PLAYING FUCKBOY TO LIBERALS YOU SAD FUCK AHAHAHAHJAJAAJ

[Sarah Palin's Buttplug]

No, like Homer Stokes (who was the Re-Form candidate) he also hid his use of the N-word while in campaign mode.

Now go fuck yourself, you gibbering idiot. And turn the caps lock off.

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

Haha you're stupid.

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

Lololololl he didn't get it because he's stupid and then made up a stupid story because he's stupid and now he's trying to act like he's not stupid because he thought he was correcting me but was instead stupid AHAHAHAAHHAHAHHHHHH@AH

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

AHAHAHAHAHA THE FUCKING IDIOT THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES HLAHAHJAJAJ HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO REFLEXIVELY STUPIDLY POLITICAL AHAHAHAHA GET A FUCKING LIFE BESIDES KIDDIE PORN AND PLAYING FUCKBOY TO LIBERALS YOU SAD FUCK AHAHAHAHJAJAAJ

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

AHAAHHHH@HAHAJAAHHAHAAH. HE MADE UP A STORY BECAUSE HE KNEW HE LOOKED STUPID AHAHAHAHA HE THOUGHT HE WAS CORRECTING ME THEN LIED ABOUT IT AHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THATS SO SHREEK AHAAHAHAHAAHAJ

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

AHAAHHHH@HAHAJAAHHAHAAH. HE MADE UP A STORY BECAUSE HE KNEW HE LOOKED STUPID AHAHAHAHA HE THOUGHT HE WAS CORRECTING ME THEN LIED ABOUT IT AHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH THATS SO SHREEK AHAAHAHAHAAHAJ

[loveconstitution1789]

Its gonna be great when Trump is re-elected.

I cant wait to see which reason staffers take pedo jeffey, Tony, and banned buttplugger to Canada.

[awildseaking]

Funny how its always irrelevant kooks getting caught up in needing so called "Libertarian" ideas or supporting the LP.

[Zo]

And I think sealions are actually dog mermaids. There are all kinds of neat things people can think.

[Idle Hands]

I thought all the prostitute/whore stories went to ENB?

[Ryan (formally HTT)]

The clown show rolls on

[Sarah Palin's Buttplug]

See? Joe Walsh proves that there is hope for all ye Trump-Tards yet!

Well, maybe not LovesTrumpsTinyDick1789 or Rufus - they are too stupid. And John is president of the GOP For Life.

But there is hope for the rest of you Trump-Tards!

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

Tulsi! Tulsi! Tulsi!

[Kevin]

Trump has been pretty bad, but being a bully isn't treason, a high crime, or a misdemeanor.

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

AHAHAHAHAHA THE FUCKING IDIOT THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES HLAHAHJAJAJ HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO REFLEXIVELY STUPIDLY POLITICAL AHAHAHAHA GET A FUCKING LIFE BESIDES KIDDIE PORN AND PLAYING FUCKBOY TO LIBERALS YOU SAD FUCK AHAHAHAHJAJAAJ

[NOYB2]

Walsh is an opportunistic attention whore. He has that in common with Reason, I suppose.

[chemjeff radical individualist]

I don't know who is the more unbelievable Republican candidate - Bill Weld "I'm totally a Republican, no a Libertarian, no a Republican, absolutely" or Joe Walsh "I'm totally a Trumper, oh wait the Trump stuff went too far, oh shit, now I am totally against Trump, yeah, that's the ticket"

All we really need now is Newt Gingrich and Herman Cain to pop into the race. Then we can have some really serious discussions on the "9 9 9 PLAN" to build moon bases.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

You know who else turned on Trump?

[Chuck P. (The Artist formerly known as CTSP)]

Stormy Daniels?

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

After I typed that comment, I almost put that answer in myself, but I thought I'd leave it up to the commentariat to fill in the jokes.

[Idle Hands]

seriously don't know why this guy gets any airtime he's an obvious shyster and grifter. But I guess if those were the standards we'd have no politicians to interview. I'd be interested in a piece of whoever the green party is going to run over this fucking shock jock clown.

[damikesc]

He's a member of their much vaunted LIBERTARIAN MOMENT~! That's why Welch coos and squeals for him so.

[Sarah Palin's Buttplug]

I miss 'Spermin' Herman Cain.

He was hilarious.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8l_0JjPGJUQ

Cain singing 'Imagine There's no Pizza'. He could have been the negro Trump. All show - no substance.

[Idle Hands]

The Herman Cain presidential run was most meta campaign of all time. The commercials were fucking great. I'll give you props for that.

[Chuck P. (The Artist formerly known as CTSP)]

He could have been the negro Trump.

Jesus, the lefties always turn out to be the most racist motherfuckers in the bunch.

Go back to France, you biggot!

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

Yeah, it's how he outed himself with that sock the other day.

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

AHAHAHAHAHA THE FUCKING IDIOT THOUGHT WE WERE TALKING ABOUT POLITICAL PARTIES HLAHAHJAJAJ HOW CAN ANYONE BE SO REFLEXIVELY STUPIDLY POLITICAL AHAHAHAHA GET A FUCKING LIFE BESIDES KIDDIE PORN AND PLAYING FUCKBOY TO LIBERALS YOU SAD FUCK AHAHAHAHJAJAAJ

[Zeb]

I suspect Joe Walsh mostly thinks people should pay more attention to Joe Walsh.

[Esmeralda Overdrive]

Has life been good to him so far?

[A Whole AirBnb to Myself]

Hi Tones.

[TripK2]

I wouldn't have guessed that Jeffery Epstein was a former Trump fan.

[Nardz]

So this is audio of Gillespie and Welch discussing whether to use a match or a lighter to light Reason's remaining shred of credibility on fire?

[Trigger Warning]

Flamethrower.

[buybuydandavis]

I feel sorry for Bailey that he's still associated with Reason.

[MasterThief]

Gillespie just did the intro. Not sure why his name is on this. The whole thing is Welch and Walsh barking "orange man bad!"

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

It's hard to leave when you can't find the door...

[Fist of Etiquette]

It's odd that almost everyone who looks to be Trump's replacement feels he should be impeached.

[Zeb]

Yeah, that's a real puzzle, alright.

[Red Rocks White Privilege]

A lot easier to run for the office if the main guy isn't there anymore.

[Idle Hands]

Not Warren. Who I think is playing this incredibly smart and with far more tact than Hillary could ever muster.

[Idle Hands]

Jesus Clinton was the worst candidate ever.

[Art Stone]

"former" talk show host.

You would think a person in the radio business would know you can't run for political office and keep your radio show - as every other candidate could demand free equal time. Salem Radio had no choice but to immediately take him off the air.

[John]

So the "whistle blower" is a CIA officer. Our intelligence community no longer considers itself bound by elections or answerable to the public. But reason is okay with that because Orange Man Bad or something.

http://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/us/politics/who-is-whistleblower.html

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

I can't believe anyone in the FBI or other intelligence services would want Trump gone. It just doesn't make sense and is entirely without precedent.

[mtrueman]

Withholding pay for weeks on end is no way to make friends.

[buybuydandavis]

#LibertariansForTheDeepState

[John]

http://thinkprogress.org/rep-joe-walsh-defends-not-paying-117-000-in-child-support-this-is-where-real-america-is-b94723760d0d/

Last night the Chicago Sun-Times broke the story that Tea Party freshman Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), who has spent months lecturing President Obama and Democrats on fiscal responsibility, owes $117,437 in child support to his ex-wife and three children. Laura Walsh has asked a judge to suspend his driver’s license until he pays his child support. Despite loaning his own campaign $35,000 — and paying himself back at least $14,200 for the loans — Walsh claims he failed to make the payments because he “had no money.”

This is not the first time Walsh has faced scrutiny for the disconnect between his rhetoric and the way he conducts his personal life. In 2009, Walsh lost a condo to foreclosure because he owed more than $300,000 on the property. In April 2010, an investigation revealed that Walsh failed to file his personal financial disclosure form as required by federal election law. When questions about his personal finances dogged his congressional campaign, Walsh once again claimed he wasn’t a rich man, despite managing to pay $3,300 per month for a house in upscale Winnetka.

Funny how so many of these people who go on about "Trump's character" turn out to be complete dirtbags. Walsh is a scumbag and a thief.

[Diane Reynolds (Paul.)]

But you have to admit that Rocky Mountain way is better than the way we had...

[John]

He had to pay for that Maserati somehow.

[Chuck P. (The Artist formerly known as CTSP)]

And now we know how he lost his license...

[Uncle Jay]

"The president is a racist, bully, and liar who is unfit for office, says the one-time congressman mounting a primary challenge against Trump."

Trump also caused cancer, tidal waves, World War I, the assassination of Julius Caesar, the disappearance of unicorns, the Childrens' Crusade, toenail fungus, the Hundred Years War, the Great Potato Famine, the sinking of the Titanic, and the worst of all, the creation of telemarketers.
Trump should not only be impeached, but thrown into prison for the rest of his life for his crimes against humanity.

[geo1113]

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste

[Chuck P. (The Artist formerly known as CTSP)]

Toenail Fungus?!? Throw that fucker into a volcano!

[Trigger Warning]

He also crucified that Jewish fellow.

[MattXIV]

The NeverTrump contingent has an amazing ability to find the few people obnoxious enough that I'd rather vote for Trump than them. Challenging a candidate who says sort of racist shit and speculates about locking up his political opponents with a candidate who says blatantly racist shit and a candidate thats speculates about executing his political opponents is an impressive display of principles and political acumen.

[buybuydandavis]

While the NeverTrumpers never cease to preen themselves over their saintly "muh principles".

[Jerry B.]

Can we please get either rocker Joe Walsh, or former Republican Congressperson Joe Walsh, to change one of their names? I'd be happy if the former congressman used his real name, William Joseph Walsh, or even Bill Walsh. At least the rocker's first name is actually Joseph.

[mad.casual]

There's Joe Walsh and Joe 'No, the other one.' Walsh.

[buybuydandavis]

"Former Trump Fan Joe Walsh Thinks the President Should Be Impeached"

Why does Reason insist on being such lying vermin, especially in their headlines?
Is the relevant part of Walsh's opinion about Trump that he "used to be a fan", or that he is currently running against him as this cycle's meat puppet for the NeverTrumpers?

The president is a racist, bully, and liar who is unfit for office, says the one-time congressman mounting a primary challenge against Trump."

[loveconstitution1789]

It will be so much fun collecting tears from Lefties again after Trump is re-elected.

[MasterThief]

I thought that at some point he would substantiate his tea party conservative bona fides, but he never does. It was just a bunch of dull "orange man bad" bs with typical Welch liberaltarian talking points. If he is attacking Trump from the right then why doesn't he focus on policy and instead repeat the NYT's talking points including many that simply aren't supported by the evidence?
I'm open to a primary challenger who is better on policy and is actually worth supporting from a conservative/libertarian perspective. His challengers aren't that. They just attack his character and really sound like democrats in their criticisms

[Inigo Montoya]

What is it with aging rock stars and radio shows? Didn’t David Lee Roth start his own radio talk show, too? Walsh had a couple of good songs and he should have quit while he was ahead. I can’t believe the naïveté of an adult who says he stopped liking Trump when he realizes the man lies all the time.

I can’t stand Trump myself (or any the candidates on the other side), but lies are what EVERY mainstream politician does. All of them! I’d excuse an innocent young kid saying this, but not a grown ass man who’s been on tour all over the world. Man, no wonder The Dude couldn’t abide The Eagles.

[Fats of Fury]

Walsh is the one term congressman that had his ass kicked by a GIRL! A girl with no legs!

[ValVerde1867]

Yippee...Trump gone and then comes Romtard, a true RINO. Or better yet, some Commie dude like Moscow Bernie.

[elyrics]

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[Kawliga]

Reason! Why waste the space and time interviewing this jackass?

[chemjeff radical individualist]

I'll put you down as another one of far too many Reason commenters who grace us with violent fantasies.

[Nardz]

It's not a fantasy, it's advice.
Good advice for you.
And deep down, where you try to keep it hidden, your conscience knows it

[damikesc]

If David Duke spoke highly of open borders, Reason would have constant tentpoles in their pants discussing him.