{"id":2214573,"date":"2024-04-06T18:26:03","date_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:26:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-joe-walsh-calls-trump-an-evil-demagogue\/"},"modified":"2024-04-06T18:28:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-06T22:28:21","slug":"former-rep-joe-walsh-calls-trump-an-evil-demagogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-rep-joe-walsh-calls-trump-an-evil-demagogue\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Congressman Joe Walsh denounces Trump as an &#8216;evil demagogue."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fformer-rep-joe-walsh-calls-trump-an-evil-demagogue%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214573&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former \u2062Republican Rep. Joe Walsh critiqued\u2063 ex-President Donald\u200b Trump as an &#8220;evil <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crazy-fired-fbi-director-jim-comey-says-biden-should-pardon-president-trump-one-day-then-the-next-day-compares-trump-supporters-to-al-qaeda\/\" title=\"Crazy Fired FBI Director Jim Comey Says Biden Should Pardon President Trump One Day Then the Next Day Compares Trump Supporters to Al Qaeda\">demagogue<\/a>&#8221; on MSNBC&#8217;s The Weekend, \u200dcontinuing his\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-in-congress-speak-out-against-biden-defense-pick-colin-kahl\/\" title=\"Veterans in Congress Speak Out Against Biden Defense Pick Colin Kahl\">vocal opposition<\/a>. \u2063Walsh analyzed \u2063Trump&#8217;s recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/central-african-republic-votes-under-threat-of-violence\/\" title=\"Central African Republic votes under threat of violence\">campaign trail<\/a> remarks, highlighting the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-taking-regeneron-drug-remdesivir-therapy-for-coronavirus-diagnosis-ex-wh-doctor-explains\/\" title=\"Trump taking Regeneron drug, Remdesivir therapy for coronavirus diagnosis: ex-WH doctor explains\">president&#8217;<\/a>s prediction \u200cof potential\u2062 turmoil in the \u200dauto industry in \u2063Ohio last month. The \u2064summary provided sounds great and \u200ccaptures the key points of the original text concisely and effectively.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_78\">\n<p>Former Republican Rep. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-walsh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Walsh<\/a> continued his vocal opposition of former President <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> on Saturday, calling him an \u201cevil demagogue.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walsh appeared on MSNBC\u2019s <em>The Weekend<\/em> to comment on the recent comments Trump made while on the campaign trail. In Ohio last month, the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-he-wont-pull-tanden-nomination-as-key-dem-refuses-support-over-partisan-concerns\/\" title=\"Biden Says He Won\u2019t Pull Tanden Nomination As Key Dem Refuses Support Over \u2018Partisan\u2019 Concerns\">president suggested<\/a> the\u00a0automobile industry\u00a0will undergo a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/2924478\/social-media-captures-full-context-of-trumps-bloodbath-comment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bloodbath<\/a>\u201d if he is not elected to a second term. He also used the phrase \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2617323\/donald-trump-rehashes-statement-that-immigrants-are-poisoning-the-blood-of-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"poisoning\u00a0the\u00a0blood\">poisoning\u00a0the\u00a0blood<\/a> of our country\u201d during a December 2023 rally in Durham, New Hampshire, which critics pointed out resembles rhetoric used by Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI mean Trump appeals to the worst of us, and [President Joe Biden]\u2019s going to drive this home as best as he can,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cWe\u2019re living in a populist moment. \u2026 Trump is an evil demagogue who throws horrible stuff at us about this populist moment. The American people are angry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Walsh went on to offer advice to Biden\u2019s campaign. Walsh, formerly a Republican representative from Illinois, spoke from personal experience. He challenged Trump in the 2020 Republican primary, only to end his campaign in February of that election year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Biden and that team needs to recognize the moment and appeal to the best of us,\u201d Walsh said. \u201cThis is not who we are. I get we\u2019re angry, and the Democrats need to recognize the anger, but not demagogue it like Trump is.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In 2016, Walsh voted for Trump, only to become a public critic of the president when he was up for reelection.<\/p>\n<p>Walsh represented Illinois\u2019s 8th Congressional District from 2011 until 2013. He flipped the previously blue suburban Chicago district in 2010, only to lose the seat to now-Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) in 2012. Today, it is held by Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ex-GOP Rep. Joe Walsh persistently opposes ex-President Donald Trump, labeling him an &#8220;evil demagogue.&#8221; Speaking on MSNBC&#8217;s The Weekend, Walsh criticized Trump&#8217;s recent remarks on the campaign trail. Trump warned of a potential &#8220;bloodbath&#8221; in the automotive industry if not reelected, during a recent appearance in Ohio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2214574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP20038487235603-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2214573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP20038487235603-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2214573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2214573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2214574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2214573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2214573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2214573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}