A Big Tent that Wins with Lauren Harper & Liam Kerr
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
4.7 • 8.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 November 2022
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by Lauren Harper & Liam Kerr, the Co-Founders of WelcomePAC, a Democratic-aligned PAC that applies insurgent tactics to support pro-democracy & center-left candidates in swing districts. They discuss the origin and work of WelcomePAC, why it's so important for the Democratic party to continue to widen their tent, and the arsenal of tactics Democrats need to use to win elections (even if it upsets a progressive or two). To learn more about the work of WelcomePAC, visit WelcomePAC.org. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, Yang, it's Reed. Before we get started, we're less than a week to |
| 0:03.6 | election day. If you've got that absentee ballot in your hand, read the |
| 0:07.5 | instructions, fill it out, drop it in your mailbox or take it to a drop |
| 0:11.7 | box. If you haven't voted yet, make a plan to vote, make a plan for you, your |
| 0:17.1 | family, your friends, get out there gang. Now is the time. We don't have |
| 0:22.4 | extra days. We don't have extra hours. Now is the time. Vote for the pro |
| 0:26.9 | democracy candidate in your state, in your county, in your district. Gang, we |
| 0:31.5 | can do this if we do it together. And now on with the show. |
| 0:44.0 | Welcome back to the Lincoln project. I'm your host, Reed Gala. |
| 0:48.3 | Today, I'm joined by Lauren Harper and Liam Kerr, the co-founders of Welcome |
| 0:52.9 | Pack. A democratic line pack that applies insurgent tactics to support pro |
| 0:57.5 | democracy and center left candidates in swing districts. Well, that |
| 1:00.4 | certainly sounds up our alley. Lauren and Liam, thanks for joining me. |
| 1:04.4 | Thanks for having us, Reed. |
| 1:05.8 | Crazy beer. So guys, I want to get into some of the work you're doing. |
| 1:09.4 | How you think Democrats can run more effective campaigns, which I could |
| 1:12.7 | do a week's worth of shows on. But first, I want to get into a little bit |
| 1:15.9 | of y'all's background, how you got into politics and how welcome pack came |
| 1:20.8 | to be. So Lauren, let's start with you. What was your entry into politics and |
| 1:26.2 | what steps brought you and Liam together? |
| 1:28.8 | I studied public relations at the University of South Carolina and got |
| 1:32.0 | connected to someone who used to work in the Columbia mayor's office, a former |
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