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380: "Not Your Father’s Democratic Party" – Rick Recaps the DNC

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Rick recaps the DNC! He talks about the sense of joy and determination that permeated the convention, and how it showed a different side of the Democratic Party.

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0:00.0

Your task will not be an easy one.

0:02.3

Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battlehardt.

0:06.1

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.

0:09.8

There is the United States of America.

0:14.5

Good night.

0:15.7

And good luck.

0:16.8

Hey, everybody, it's Rick.

0:17.8

I am live at the DNC.

0:19.5

I will tell you what the elephant in the room this week is in just one brief moment. But first, before we start, I would love for you to like, subscribe, follow, do all the things you do on the social media stuff, because it's really important to help us get this support democracy message out. Let's go.

0:39.5

Folks, the elephant in the room this week is not your father's Democratic Party.

0:44.2

What did you see this week in Chicago?

0:46.5

You saw joy.

0:47.3

You saw happiness. You saw aggressive, smart attack politics against Donald Trump and the

0:59.4

Maga movement. Do not give an inch to pretenders who wrap themselves in the flag, but spit in the

1:05.4

face of freedoms it represents. It has been amazing. It has been a really, really interesting sight to see.

1:11.6

I got to tell you, I think in some ways the Lincoln Project's work in the last five years

1:15.6

has helped sharpen up the pro-democracy message, the pro-democracy side.

1:19.6

What did you see here also?

1:20.6

You saw people who were proud of this country.

1:22.6

You saw people who are proud of the American flag.

1:24.6

Unlike Donald Trump, our patriotism is more than some

1:28.9

damn slogan on a hat. It's about actually giving a damn about the people who live in this country.

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