343: The Binary Choice: Does Democracy Win or Lose?

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News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen discusses his approach to following the current Trump trial and Supreme Court hearing on Trump’s immunity, the importance of understanding where most voters are and not getting caught up in marginal issues that won't have a material effect on the election, and why Democrats need to start spending their resources now to ensure a victory in November. Plus, why this election will be a binary choice and why to approach it any differently is irresponsible to the defense of our nation’s democracy. For more from Reed Galen, be sure to subscribe to “The Home Front”. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to podcast@lincolnproject.us.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, it's Reed. Before we get started, you know, I get the chance to interview some
0:05.8	incredible people. And now I have an opportunity to expand on some of those ideas and some of
0:11.7	those conversations on my substack. It's called the home front. I hope you'll check it out.
0:16.9	I write two, three times a week. I offer other insights, philosophical, political, tactical,
0:23.4	what's going on. Again, that's the home front over at Substack. I hope you'll check it out,
0:27.9	and I hope you'll sign up. And now, on with the show.
0:40.8	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project.
0:43.1	I'm your host, Greed Galen.
0:45.2	Today, I'm coming to you all solo.
0:48.1	And guys, I just want a level set for a few minutes.
0:52.5	And so I have a few thoughts on a different couple of topics that I want to share with you.
0:55.6	First, you know, I have been loathe to talk about Trump and his trial. Not because I don't think he's a scumbag. I think he is.
1:03.2	The facts of the case really aren't in dispute. He did these things. His former attorney, Michael Cohen,
1:10.3	who's been on the show before I've been on his show, went to prison for these things. You know, he's stuck in a courtroom. He's unhappy about it. He doesn't look good. You know, he's not on the trail. He's not raising money. You know, you could make an argument one way or the other that some of these things matter. As far as his campaigners concerned and what his campaign does. But the truth is,
1:29.2	guys, is I do something I like to call the Kansas City Star test. I go, you know, maybe once a week,
1:35.8	twice a week to the Kansas City Star, the Arizona Republic, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
1:41.5	the Detroit Free Press. You know what, guys? In a lot of places where actual voters
1:46.4	live, Donald Trump's trial in Lower Manhattan isn't even on the front page. I mean, if it's not
1:52.5	on the front page of the newspaper, it's probably not making the local news either. And, okay, yeah,
1:57.5	so Fox News has three million viewers a night. That's a lot, but compare it to like a rerun of NCIS on CBS broadcast, right? It's minuscule. And so I think it's important to remind ourselves where voters are, where most Americans are, and it's not glued to CNN or MSNBC or even Fox. Maybe they get their news from social media, but the social media
2:20.5	is probably not Twitter. It's probably not something like threads. It's probably Facebook or,
2:26.2	you know, whatever other website they use. Every American nowadays probably has their own
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