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The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.78.4K Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2023

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by fellow Lincoln Project Co-Founder Rick Wilson and Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Trygve Olson to discuss their takeaways from President Biden’s State of the Union, why the “Endangered 18” are on the hot seat and what they have to do to get out of it, and why a third-party candidate in 2024 is such a bad idea. Plus, every contender in the 2024 Republican primaries not named Donald Trump is simply a vanity candidate. 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,

0:14.5

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 Gailin. Today, I'm joined in studio by

0:35.6

my fellow co-founder of the Lincoln Project, host of LPTV's The Breakdown, author of the New York

0:40.7

Times bestsellers running against the devil, and everything Trump touches dies. And because that's

0:45.2

not enough, host of the podcast Rick Wilson's The Enemy's List, it's the Rick Wilson. Rick,

0:51.0

thanks for joining me. Hey Reed, good to be in the studio. Also joining me in studio today is

0:55.8

Trigby Olson, Senior Advisor to the Lincoln Project, and President of Viking Strategies LLC,

1:01.0

a Washington DC-based public affairs and political consulting firm. Trigby, welcome back.

1:06.5

Reed, thanks for having me. All right guys, so before we get started, I just want to mention

1:10.6

everybody out there that we're streaming today's episode of the podcast live on YouTube, so if

1:14.6

you're watching live, welcome. And if you are listening to the podcast the way you normally would,

1:19.1

I ask you to go over it, look at the Lincoln Project's YouTube channel and have a look at the video.

1:23.9

All right, so gang, I want to talk about the group of Republican members of Congress who live in

1:29.2

districts that Biden won. We're calling the Endangered 18. We'll get to them. Also, how a third

1:34.1

party candidate might fit into 2024. And I think we should spend a little time on our buddy,

1:38.8

Ron DeSantis, while we're there. But before we get into that, we're all here in DC together,

1:43.2

and last night was the State of the Union. Joe Biden, I thought, gave a great speech.

1:48.2

Rick, you noted that in a snap survey overnight, 72% of respondents said it was a good speech.

1:53.7

So let's talk about that. Rick, what do you think was the strategy from the White House and the

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