125: Complete and Utter Insanity with Elise Jordan
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🗓️ 20 April 2022
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Elise Jordan a Political Analyst for MSNBC and NBC News to discuss the state of chaos that is the GOP, Rick Scott’s head-scratching new tax plan that he keeps doubling and tripling down on, and what to expect in the 2022 midterm elections especially with primary season just around the corner. Plus, what can be learned from the leadership of Dwight D. Eisenhower…and how could that wisdom be used today?
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| 0:28.5 | And now on with the show. |
| 0:38.5 | Welcome back to the LincolnProject. I'm your host, Reed Gaillan. |
| 0:42.5 | Today, I'm joined by Elise Jordan, political analyst for MSNBC and NBC News. |
| 0:47.5 | She's also written for a variety of outlets, including Time and Vanity Fair. |
| 0:52.5 | Prior to her time with NBC, Elise spent time at the Bush 43 White House, the State Department, |
| 0:57.5 | and the National Security Council. She's a graduate of Yale University and is coming to us today from New York City. |
| 1:03.5 | Elise, welcome to the show. |
| 1:05.5 | Thanks for having me. Actually, better than New York City, I must admit I'm in Sack Harbor right now. |
| 1:10.5 | Oh, wow. |
| 1:11.5 | So I've got to decamped out here since the pandemic. |
| 1:13.5 | We've still been doing that COVID thing, not paying New York City rent, so we'll see how long we can get away with it. |
| 1:20.5 | Glad to hear that you've escaped the clutches of the Big Apple. |
| 1:23.5 | But I want to talk today about a couple of things. I want to talk about Rick Scott and what I'm going to call an air quotes, |
| 1:29.5 | Elise, a Republican tax plan, as well as looking forward to November and 22 and 24. |
| 1:35.5 | But first, I want to talk about, you know, I don't know if you're still a Republican. I had a minute independent now, |
| 1:39.5 | but the party that we used to work for anyway. |
| 1:41.5 | I'm not a Republican anymore. |
| 1:43.5 | Okay, very enough. Well, I can't blame you. |
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