Jonny Gould's Jewish State

160: Joe Walsh, the lifelong Republican who wants Kamala to win and wishes "to retire and die in Israel"


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Here’s a voice from the American right, steeped in generations of support for Israel and so recognisable through the decades.

But times, they are a changing, even for this staunch supporter of the Jewish State. 

Joe Walsh remains so, amid the swirling winds of university protests for Hamas and rallies in major cities right across America. 

But even as a former Congressman, a lifelong Republican, he strenuously opposes Donald Trump so much, he’d prefer Kamala Harris to win the White House - whatever their differences, and take it from there. 

Elected as part of the Tea Party wave in 2010, Joe freely admits he was a "divisive political asshole from the right!", Joe served Illinois's 8th district, for two years until 2013. 

His rhetoric and demeanour has cooled since those days.

Now he says he’s politically homeless and says America is ready for more than a two party system. 

Joe ran for the presidency in 2020 challenging President Trump for the Republican nomination, positioning himself as a critic of Trump’s leadership, focusing on what he saw as his undermining of American democracy.

In a two party system, Joe knew he was a long-shot, his aim was more to critique Trump than to win the nomination.

Listen to how Trump’s MAGA message differs so fundamentally from the Tea Party movement he was part of and what he’d do in the Oval Office if he was in charge of dealing with Israel.

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