244: We, Not I with Victor Shi
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 23 May 2023
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Victor Shi…a writer, speaker, organizer, and the youngest elected delegate for Joe Biden in 2020. They discuss the state of Gen-Z, what issues are important to them, and what it will take to keep them active and engaged between now and the 2024 elections. Plus, why trusted messengers (and the message itself) are so key when it comes to reaching Gen-Z. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. Before we get started, I just want to point to the wake-up call that the Donald Trump |
| 0:05.2 | CNN Town Hall was for me and I think so many of us. It was a reminder of who and what Donald |
| 0:11.7 | Trump is, why he will never be better, he will always be worse, and why we must do everything |
| 0:17.3 | and our power to ensure that he never becomes president again. I'd love it if you |
| 0:22.6 | go to join the union.us and sign up to join our growing army of activists around the country. |
| 0:29.3 | And now, on with the show. |
| 0:40.3 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reid Galen. |
| 0:43.3 | Today, I'm joined by Victor She, writer, speaker, organizer, and the youngest elected delegate for Joe Biden in 2020. |
| 0:50.3 | He's host of the podcast On the Move, co-host of the IGIN Politics podcast, and a contributor for Resolute Square. |
| 0:58.0 | His written work has been published by outlets like USA Today, The Hill, and Daily Herald, and his on-air commentary has been featured on networks like MSNBC, CNN, and the PBS News Hour. |
| 1:10.0 | Today, he's coming to us from the campus of UCLA, where |
| 1:13.3 | he's studying American literature and culture. Victor, welcome. Thank you so much for having me. |
| 1:18.3 | So it doesn't seem like you seem busy enough. What year are you at UCLA? Currently a third year, |
| 1:24.7 | and Google Calendar is my best friend for trying to get everything done in a day. |
| 1:29.5 | I guess so. Well, I mean, when I was your age, well, let's just put it this way. When I was |
| 1:33.7 | your age, we won't talk about the things I was doing when I was your age. But I'm certainly |
| 1:38.3 | appreciative that you are doing the things you're doing. So talk to us a little bit about how you got |
| 1:43.3 | into this because you noted before we started recording, you're from Chicago. talk to us a little bit about how you got into this, because you noted |
| 1:44.7 | before we started recording, you're from Chicago. It seems like you must have started this before |
| 1:48.7 | you could drive a car, certainly before you got to college. How did you decide that at such a young |
| 1:53.4 | age you wanted to make politics such a core part of your life? This really started when I was |
| 1:58.6 | in eighth grade. I was sitting in classroom in my social |
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