John Avlon's Common Sense Campaign for New York

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🗓️ 18 June 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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In this episode, Host Rick Wilson and CNN Pundit and former Daily Beast editor John Avlon discuss John's campaign as a common sense Democrat in New York's first district, the frustrations around affordability, the need to rebuild the middle class, and the importance of reaching out to Republicans. John also emphasizes the stakes of the race and the need for a broad patriotic coalition to defend American democracy. Follow John Avlon at @JohnAvlon on X and support his campaign at johnavlon.com. Follow Rick Wilson at @TheRickWilson on X and subscribe to his Substack at therickwilson.substack.com. Join the fight with Lincoln Project at www.lincolnproject.us and follow us on X at @ProjectLincoln. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Your enemy is well trained, well equipped in battle heart.
0:06.0	There is not a liberal America and a conservative America,
0:10.0	there is the United States of America.
0:13.0	Good night and good luck.
0:17.0	Hey folks, it's Rick Wilson.
0:19.0	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project Podcast.
0:21.0	I am joined today by a friend of very long standing, a terrific American, a great
0:27.4	patriot, and now the Democratic candidate in the lead in the Democratic primary for the New York's first
0:34.5	congressional district a seat I am utterly confident he can pick up from the
0:38.5	Republicans in the in November. John Avalon he and I have known each other for a very long time since the 1990s, the before
0:47.4	times as we like to say.
0:49.5	And I want to welcome you John to the Lincoln Project Podcast, and thank you for coming on.
0:54.6	And tell us about how you made the journey from writing to CNN and the Daily Beast and then on to making this big commitment for yourself
1:06.9	and your family to take on a political race at this moment in time.
1:10.3	What was it that drove you to land where you landed in terms of taking on this
1:14.4	challenge?
1:15.4	Donald Trump's third nomination for the Republicans.
1:19.4	That is a big factor for a lot of people.
1:21.8	It's all about the complete capture by Trump of the
1:27.8	Republican Party and the threat it represents to our republic from my perspective.
1:32.1	You know I write history books on the side. I loved being a journalist and
1:38.1	author and historian most recently as CNN. But I just thought this was an election, that talking wasn't enough.
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