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The Lincoln Project

372: Molly Jong-Fast on Kamala's Launch and Trump's Crash

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The Lincoln Project

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 August 2024

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Rick Wilson and Molly Jong-Fast talk Kamala's big launch, the Trump campaign in panic, and how music and pop culture are a not-so-secret weapon for the Harris campaign.


Follow Molly Jong-Fast on X @MollyJongFast, listen to her podcast - ‘Fast Politics’ - on your favorite podcasting platform, and read her articles on Vanity Fair here: https://www.vanityfair.com/contributor/molly-jong-fast.


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0:00.0

Hey, folks, thanks for coming back and joining us again on the Lincoln Project podcast.

0:03.4

I'm your host, Rick Wilson.

0:04.6

When you hear this episode, it will be 91 days until the election.

0:08.9

Holy mackle, it's going fast.

0:10.8

So with that, I want to welcome my good friend Molly Jong Fast to the podcast, and here we go.

0:16.5

Your task will not be an easy one.

0:18.9

Your enemy is well-trained equipped, and battle-hardt.

0:22.6

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.

0:26.3

There is the United States of America.

0:31.2

Good night and good luck.

0:33.1

Hey, folks.

0:33.7

Welcome back to the Lincoln Project podcast.

0:35.8

I am your host today, Rick Wilson.

0:37.3

I am delighted to be

0:38.8

joined by my bestie my dear friend molly jong fast we are here to talk today about the amazing

0:45.5

harris campaign kickoff the vp sweepstakes and some surprising news that she and i will be sharing

0:51.7

with you a little later on in the show so let's start start, Molly, and thank you for coming on. As always, I know with your busy schedule

0:59.1

of being on TV from something like four in the morning until two in the morning, it's sometimes

1:05.8

a lift because I know you are the hardest working woman in show business. So what I wanted to

1:10.8

ask you about first off, I think you and I both share the sort of big,

1:16.9

optimistic view that Kamala Harris has had a pretty good launch.

1:21.0

So what I think is interesting is some political person was like when she had announced

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