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The Lincoln Project

Donald Trump Handpicks Another Loser with Joe Walsh

The Lincoln Project

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.78.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2023

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Joe Walsh, Former Congressman and Director of Mission: Democracy, an organization whose mission is to educate Americans about the dangers posed by MAGA fascism and to encourage them to use democracy to help diminish MAGA influence. They discuss the latest with Jim Jordan’s bid for the speakership, the resultant dysfunction in the GOP, and the continual dangers of MAGA and Donald Trump as 2024 approaches. Plus, thoughts on Israel and President Joe Biden’s leadership on the global stage. To hear more from Joe Walsh, be sure to check out White Flag with Joe Walsh, available wherever fine podcasts are found. For more from Reed, be sure to subscribe to his brand new Substack, The Home Front. If you’d like to ask a question or share a comment with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected]. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey everyone, it's Reid. Before we get started, I think we need to understand a lot of times in life

0:05.2

there's nuance. But sometimes in a fight like this guys, there isn't. There is a good side and

0:11.2

there is a bad side. This is a black and white decision. Re-electing Joe Biden in 2024 means the

0:18.8

continuation of American democracy. And the re-election of Donald Trump means the end of it.

0:24.8

It is that simple everybody. And I know we don't like binary choices, but here we are. And I need

0:31.4

you to do everything you can to keep that in mind and to let your friends and your family and

0:36.5

your colleagues and everybody in America know what the stakes are. It's not just you and me,

0:42.4

it's our kids, it's our grandkids, it's the future of what we want America to be. I'll tell you

0:48.4

this guys, I don't know what happens when Joe Biden gets re-elected, but it gives us opportunities,

0:55.5

it gives us choices to decide how America continues. If Donald Trump gets re-elected,

1:01.0

that's taken away from all of us. And we will enter a period none of us even want to imagine.

1:06.2

And so I want to say thank you to you not only for all you've done and all you're doing,

1:11.6

but all we will do together in the next 12 months. And now on with the show.

1:25.5

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

1:31.6

former congressman and director of Mission Democracy. Mission Democracy is an organization whose

1:37.5

mission is to educate Americans about the dangers posed by MAGA fascism and to encourage them to

1:43.0

use democracy to help diminish MAGA's influence. Joe is also a former 2020 Republican presidential

1:49.2

candidate, former member of the GOP, and current host of White Flag with Joe Walsh, a great podcast

1:55.2

you can find wherever your favorite shows are found. Joe, good to have you back. Hey Reed, it's always,

2:00.8

I mean this, it's always an honor to be with you buddy. All right, so Joe, I have to start with

2:05.5

your former colleagues in the United States House of Representatives. It looks as we're recording

2:10.6

this now on Wednesday afternoon, late afternoon, Eastern time that Jim Jordan has failed a second time

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