103: Join the Union
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 1 February 2022
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Host Reed Galen is joined by Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Joe Trippi to upack his latest memo, The Five Reasons for Optimism in 2022. They discuss the impact of redistricting, the loons that are the Republicans’ class of nominees, the externalities that provide opportunities for Democrats, and the continued urgency to secure a pro-democracy coalition. For more information on how you can join the fight to help save our democracy, visit: JoinTheUnion.us. In the words of Jason Isbell, “there can’t be more of them than us”.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. As we get deeper into 2022, it is time for all of us to do our part, to save |
| 0:06.3 | democracy and to show that America can and will stay on that arc of bending history towards justice. |
| 0:13.3 | I want you to go to join the union dot us and sign up to help our grassroots efforts. |
| 0:19.6 | You can decide how you want to help. You can decide where you want to help. |
| 0:23.2 | Fill out the survey. Tell us where it is you want to help. We'll put you in touch with the people |
| 0:27.7 | who can put you to work. Join the union dot us. Do your part. And now on with the show. |
| 0:42.5 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, |
| 0:45.6 | Reed Gale. Today, I'm joined by legendary Democratic strategist, |
| 0:50.0 | senior advisor to the Lincoln Project. In host of that trippy show, Joe Trippie. |
| 0:55.2 | Joe, welcome back. Great to be with you, Reed. So, Joe, this week we're putting out a memo |
| 1:01.3 | that you helped us put together, which outlined five reasons why maybe things aren't as bad |
| 1:06.4 | politically for Democrats and let's say democracy. Going into November is maybe we think there. |
| 1:12.3 | So today, I wanted to go through these with you one by one because it sounds like there are |
| 1:16.5 | indeed some things to be hopeful about. So before I get into the five things, just, Joe, give us a |
| 1:22.0 | sense of history, which is, you know, it's midterms are always difficult for first term presidents. |
| 1:28.9 | But looking at the world through the prison is a lifelong Democrat and, you know, long time |
| 1:33.2 | Democratic strategist. What's your sense of the world as Democrats see it right now? |
| 1:38.8 | Look, there's a lot of doom and gloom out there. Too much of it. I think a lot of the press |
| 1:43.6 | is pushing that right now. And I think Democrats always tend to see things worse than the owner. |
| 1:49.1 | I don't know exactly why, but we do. I actually think that's not bad because it usually |
| 1:54.6 | energizes Democrats to get activated and to start working harder, which is one of the things |
| 2:00.2 | I am counting on. And I think we're starting to see happen out there. |
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