A Most Dangerous Game

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Joe Trippi to discuss the House Republicans continuing to flirt with debt default, why Kevin McCarthy is such a weak Speaker (and public servant in general), and how the GOP candidates for the 2024 primary are playing right into Trump’s hand. Plus, Joe gives his big predictions for 2023 and beyond. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey gang, it's Reed. Before we get started, I just want to say thank you again for listening,
0:03.9	and I hope that you will share the Lincoln Project podcast and our mission to protect American
0:09.2	democracy with your friends, your family, and your colleagues. To get more information,
0:14.4	please go to LincolnProject.us and sign up to be a supporter today. And now on with the show.
0:21.4	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaelin. Today, I'm joined by legendary
0:35.3	Democratic strategist, senior advisor to the Lincoln Project, and host of that trippy show
0:40.6	found where our fine podcasts are offered. Joe Trippie. Joe, welcome back. Thanks, Reed.
0:46.0	Could you be with you, man? So, Joe, it's been a while since we've had you on, so thanks for coming
0:50.0	back. There's a lot to get to. You know, I want to talk a little bit later about the fact that
0:54.8	Nikki Haley is the first non-Trump candidate in the 2024 GOP nominating contest, and I want to
1:01.7	get sort of your broader predictions for 2024. But before we get to that, let's talk about where we
1:07.4	are. So, you know, as we're talking about this, we're just a week past President Joe Biden's
1:13.1	State of the Union address. The Republican House, led by Kevin McCarthy, has started its sort of
1:19.1	cockamamey investigations, which so far have been really just, I think, opportunities to illustrate
1:25.9	how goofy and crazy they are. And, you know, we still have this looming debt ceiling. It's not a
1:32.8	crisis yet, but it could be in which, you know, the government will run out of the ability to borrow
1:38.0	money to pay debts. It's already incurred, and I think we always need to remind that this is not
1:42.3	for future spending. This is money we've already spent and we need to pay for. And so,
1:46.8	President Biden did a magnificent job not only in a speech as written, but also understanding where
1:53.6	Republicans were as far as Social Security and Medicare, which they have singularly created,
1:59.2	or recreated as the third rail in American politics. And he led them into this canyon they can't
2:04.4	get out of. So, they promised they won't cut Social Security and Medicare. They don't want to cut
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