364: "What in the Actual F*ck?!" – Rick's Take on the Bizarre RNC
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🗓️ 19 July 2024
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Rick Wilson dives head-first into the bizarre spectacle of the Republican National Convention. From Trump’s relentless self-adulation to the GOP’s cult-like devotion, the cracks in the MAGA movement, and the Trump family’s quest for dynastic rule.
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| 0:00.0 | It's 109 days to the election. |
| 0:02.3 | I was up late last night, listened to the speech from hell, and this is not my first, |
| 0:08.4 | second, or even third cup of coffee. |
| 0:10.9 | Let's get started. |
| 0:11.7 | Your task will not be an easy one. |
| 0:13.9 | Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle-hardt. |
| 0:17.8 | There is not a liberal America And a conservative America |
| 0:21.1 | There is the United States of America |
| 0:23.9 | Good night |
| 0:26.8 | And good luck |
| 0:27.8 | Folks |
| 0:28.6 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project |
| 0:30.8 | The Elephant in the Room |
| 0:31.9 | And the elephant in the room this week |
| 0:33.5 | Is that convention in Milwaukee |
| 0:36.4 | The week is that convention in Milwaukee. |
| 0:45.8 | Now look, I've been to a lot of Republican conventions more than the average human being could ever imagine. |
| 0:47.8 | All of them in my adult life, essentially, except for two. |
| 0:53.5 | The 2008, because it was semi-canceled because of a hurricane, and 2020. |
| 1:03.1 | This idea that this was a normal revolking convention could have been dismissed at the very first milliseconds of it. |
| 1:10.6 | This was the most bizarre, transitional moment in American politics, |
| 1:15.4 | and I don't think people have fully appreciated it yet. |
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