Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Galen. Today I'm joined by Maya

May. Comedian, a host of LPTVs we're speaking, which will make its return this fall. Maya, thanks

for coming today. Thanks for having me back Reed. So, gang, today we're going to do things

a little differently. I wanted to do an episode where we take questions from y'all. The listeners

viewers, supporters, and overall members of the Lincoln Project team. We've taken these questions

from social media, emails, town halls, and anytime you ask a question, you could see it on a show

like this. It's probably not going to be the last time we do this sort of thing. So, Maya, let's go

ahead and get into our first question. It comes from Tony Pratola on Facebook, and he asks,

has the Lincoln Project ever considered adding a field component to their strategy? Well,

Maya, I can tell you this, that we did a lot of stuff last year, and we're putting these things

in place now to really build partnerships with folks who are good at those things. And, you know,

we in and of ourselves, a bunch of middle-aged former Republican guys, I should say, were never field

people, right? There's a very special talent that comes with being able to be dropped into a town

you're not from and organizing people you don't know, and that's never really been one of our

talents. But the good news is that there are so many groups out there, and I've been on the phone

with probably two dozen of them in the last week, maybe two weeks, who do these things really well.

And so, you know, if we're not experts at it, let's go find those folks that are. Yeah, I think

community building is a big part of what we are expecting over the next year or so, because

that level of engagement is what we're going to need to get through this, and that's not just from

a political perspective, but almost as a, you know, humanity perspective. People are very confused

and lost about how we're going to get out of this, because it's like the whole feels so very deep.

And I think engaging face to face is the thing that special sauce that gives people hope.

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