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The Lincoln Project

135: This is Leadership

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Joe Trippi to discuss the latest in the investigation on January 6th and why strong leadership is key in keeping the insurrection top-of-mind as the November midterms continue to draw near. Plus, what could happen as a result of the too-close-to-call Pennsylvania Republican primary for U.S. Senate and why is it so crucial to keep a close election focused on the local...rather than getting baited into focusing on the national?

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, before we get started, I just want to make sure that everyone signs up for our road to the midterm special.

0:05.6

airing live tomorrow night, May 25th at 8 p.m. Eastern, featuring me,

0:10.6

Trig V. Olsen and moderator Maya,

0:13.4

discussing what the rest of 2022 looks like.

0:16.4

You can register at action dot Lincoln project dot us slash may town hall.

0:22.7

That's action dot Lincoln project dot us slash may town hall.

0:27.5

Tomorrow night, May 25th at 8 p.m. Eastern. I hope you'll join us and now on with the show.

0:41.8

Welcome back to the Lincoln project. I'm your host, Reed Gaily.

0:46.1

Today, I'm joined in studio by legendary democratic strategist senior advisor to the Lincoln project and host of that trippy show.

0:54.0

Joe trippy, Joe, always good to have you in. Good to be with you.

0:58.4

So Joe today, I want to talk about what's going on in the Pennsylvania primary elections, as well as continue along this theme that we've had on the show for the last few episode about what Democrats need to know and what they need to do, especially to win in November.

1:11.4

But first, I want to start with January 6th, where things are and what we can expect to happen.

1:16.4

So January 6th, we all remember what happened, storming the capital, people injured,

1:21.2

Mitt Romney escaping by the skin of his teeth.

1:24.6

Mike Pence refusing to get in the limousine with the secret service because they didn't know what they were going to do to him.

1:29.5

And now here we are. It's the middle of May, 2022.

1:33.8

Now, finally, the January 6th committee says they're about to start hearings.

1:38.0

You know, there's been dribs and drabs of these leaks, whether or not it's the Mike Lee text messages, you know, recordings.

1:46.4

You know, now there's some of these people were giving tours on January 5th.

1:49.7

You know, and what we hear, right, is that some of the members of the committee don't really want to do this.

1:56.0

They never want to do it.

1:57.5

Some want to talk policy.

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