“I think that we’ve begun a third American revolution,” Walsh told TheBlaze in an exclusive interview over the weekend. “I think people who recoil against both parties and believe in freedom are finally rising up. They’re angry — I mean, look at [Republican frontrunner Donald] Trump — and they want to do something about it. I think we’re at the beginning of this, and I think you’re going to see it play out in the Republican Party because there could be a split in the Republican Party.”
According to Walsh, the first step for “revolutionaries” — or, conservatives, Tea Partiers and grassroots activists — is to “clean out the Republican Party.” If that does not work, he said, a new political party or movement could be on the horizon."
It’s hard to say, ‘don’t’ be afraid of it,’ because we don’t know what’s going to happen,” Walsh, 53, said. “Remember, revolution is a scary term. It implies violence; it implies open rebellion. People shouldn’t be afraid because initially we’re going to use the political system in this revolt to try to fight back.”
“It’s not going to get violent at first, but look, the two prior revolutions we had got violent — the American Revolution and the Civil War,” the one-term congressman continued.
“Our founders believed that it may take violence to take back our country every now and then.”
You, God bless you, were brought into this world and brought into this country, I would argue, right now, at this point in time, right now at the dawn of the third American revolution to fight,” Walsh told the students who had traveled to West Palm Beach, Florida from all around the country.”
Am I the only one feeling that everything Joe Walsh is saying has been on their minds forever? Love this. #WinterInWPB #TPUSA
— Marissa Dorsett (@mardorlawyer21) December 19, 2015This man though. Let's hear about that Third American Revolution #TPUSA #WinterInWPB pic.twitter.com/wvsMlrYzWt
— Nathan Williamson (@njwillforever) December 19, 2015