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THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

Best of Mea Culpa Rick Wilson

THE OFFICIAL MEA CULPA WITH MICHAEL COHEN ARCHIVE

Audio Up Media

Politics, News

4.88.8K Ratings

🗓️ 2 January 2023

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This is a special encore episode of Mea Culpa with Rick Wilson.

Rick Wilson is a longtime Republican political strategist, turned Lincoln Project co-founder and zealous, anti-Trump activist. His regular column with The Daily Beast is a hilarious and spot-on must-read in the political community. Rick’s been published in The Washington Post, Politico, The Hill, The London Spectator, Rolling Stone, The New York Daily News, USA Today, The Bulwark and beyond and he’s constantly called upon for sharp political insights on the national news networks, including CNN and MSNBC. He’s also a fan favorite on Real Time with Bill Maher. A 30-year veteran of politics. Rick got his start in the 1988 Presidential campaign of George Herbert Walker Bush, and since has produced groundbreaking advertising and provided strategic counsel to political campaigns worldwide. Rick is also a best-selling author, his latest book is “Running against the Devil” and his #1 New York Times, best-seller, “Everything Trump Touches Dies” that quintessentially defined the Trump era. So, let’s go now to that conversation.


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0:00.0

This is my miracle bell.

0:07.0

Oh baby, don't laugh at me.

0:11.0

If I tell you my star, I don't cry for me.

0:14.0

I didn't have time that's found by me.

0:17.0

This is my miracle bell.

0:20.0

Hey folks, Mayacop is currently on vacation.

0:26.0

So please enjoy this encore presentation of the best of Mayacopa featuring my friend, Rick Wilson.

0:33.0

Alright, so Rick, with the midterms rapidly approaching, let's start with a prediction.

0:38.0

Let's play the prediction game.

0:40.0

Will it be a red, do you think that there'll be a red wave on November 8th or will Democrats hold the line with abortion mobilizing turnout?

0:50.0

You know, what are the polls telling you?

0:52.0

I don't know one thing. I don't believe in the polls.

0:55.0

Hence, who? Right.

0:57.0

There are many different ways and we'll talk about it that I think they should be doing it.

1:01.0

But what are you hearing with your ear to the ground?

1:04.0

Here's my sense of the race as it stands today on Thursday, the 20th of October.

1:10.0

We are in a situation where all the political fundamentals six months ago were for a gigantic Republican sweep.

1:19.0

I mean, top to bottom, we were going to lose everything.

1:22.0

Inflation, gas prices, all that stuff.

1:25.0

Since then, dobs and abortion have reset the playing field somewhat.

1:30.0

There's an argument being made right now that the Democrats met if peaked a little early.

1:34.0

I'm not sure that's the case yet.

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