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The Lincoln Project

70: Dipping a Toe into the Pool of Crazy

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project

News, Government, Politics, News Commentary

4.69.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by fellow Lincoln Project Co-Founder Rick Wilson and Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Tara Setmayer to discuss the return of “The Breakdown” to the LPTV airwaves, the upcoming statewide election in Virginia, Steve Bannon’s “shock troops”, and Madison Cawthorn’s holy war. Plus, the troubling state of Facebook. LPTV’s "The Breakdown" streams live every Tuesday and Thursday at 8pm ET on the Lincoln Project's YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter.

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0:00.0

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

0:13.2

Senior Advisor to the Lincoln Project, co-host of LP TVs The Breakdown, and all around

0:18.5

incredible person, Tara Setmeyer. Tara, thanks for joining us.

0:21.8

Always a pleasure, Reed.

0:23.4

Also on board today is my fellow Lincoln Project co-founder, host of LP TVs The Breakdown,

0:28.4

an author of Everything Trump Touches Dies, Rick Wilson. Rick, welcome back.

0:33.0

Hey man, good to be with you guys.

0:35.3

So guys, today I want to talk about what's going on in Virginia, Steve Bannon, and Madison

0:40.1

Cawthorn, and their shock troops and holy wars, and the latest with Facebook. But first,

0:45.9

The Breakdown is back. After a hiatus, I know many of the Arabid fans were excited to

0:52.7

hear that Rick and Tara would be back on the airwaves Tuesday and Thursday evenings. So,

0:57.2

Tara, tell us a little bit about what we can expect this season.

0:59.9

Well, it's always fun when Rick and I are together, and we have an opportunity to interact

1:05.8

with our Lincoln Project, brethren, and our supporters, and there's really no shortage

1:11.8

of things to discuss. In our debut show back, I was joking with Rick that, oh, there's

1:17.2

just been a couple of things happening in the news since we've been gone, and we're

1:21.0

supposed to be in an off year, but it's not an off year. There's no such thing anymore.

1:26.3

Things are really ratcheting up, and it's, I think, one of the advantages that we have

1:30.5

as an organization is that we recognize that, and we have really kept going, and we are

1:36.0

continuing to put out solid content to keep people informed about what the hell is going

1:40.6

on. So, there's a lot going on. There's a lot going on in Trump world. There's a lot

1:44.7

going on with Republicans. There's a lot going on, even with the Democrats heading into

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