Tarabuster Tuesdays — Choosing Democracy Over Demagoguery — Featuring Joe Walsh
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February 12, 2026
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February 12, 2026
Tarabuster Tuesdays — Choosing Democracy Over Demagoguery — Featuring Joe Walsh
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Tarabuster Tuesdays with Tara Devlin. Featuring Joe Walsh
Republican former congressman Joe Walsh joins Tarabuster with Tara Devlin to talk about how he went from Tea Party firebrand to outspoken critic of Donald Trump and the MAGA movement. We dig into his time in Congress, his 2020 primary challenge against Trump, and why he ultimately walked away from the GOP to warn about rising authoritarianism and the future of American democracy. If you care about saving democracy from the inside out, this is a candid conversation you don’t want to miss.
In this episode:
Joe Walsh on his Tea Party roots and what he got wrong
Why he challenged Donald Trump in the 2020 Republican primaries
How MAGA took over the GOP and what comes next
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