Mayor John Giles – A Never-Trump Republican Speaks Out

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 August 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Rick talks to Mesa, Arizona Mayor John Giles – a never-Trump Republican – at the DNC. They discuss the importance of country over party, the need for our political leaders to have character and a commitment to the Constitution, as well as the ongoing legacy of John McCain. Follow Mayor Giles on X @MayorGiles and watch his speech from the DNC here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIp8fT4hMNQ 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. And please subscribe, rate and review this podcast, thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Your enemy is well trained, well equipped in battle hearts.
0:06.0	There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.
0:10.0	There is the United States of America. Good man.
0:15.0	And good luck.
0:16.0	Hey everybody, welcome back to the Lincoln Project Podcast.
0:18.0	I'm your host Rick Wilson, as always.
0:21.0	We are in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention. I am with Mesa Mayor
0:25.6	John Giles and he is standing out in the field for being a Republican who is endorsing
0:33.0	President Harris in this race.
0:34.9	First off, as one of the guys in the Denver Trump movement,
0:39.3	I can say this, I know how hard it is.
0:41.5	I know what you've probably been through in the last week or 10 to share you
0:44.4	there yes but I will say I think you I think your points about it were absolutely
0:50.0	on target and I think you I think you entered into this with that with that
0:57.0	country of a party framework I think is so important and that was really something
1:01.0	that Arizona had for a long time with with guys like John
1:04.6	McCain. Yeah well I mean I give him credit for coining the phrase country over
1:08.7	party and that really was a theme I think throughout his service.
1:15.0	And as you know, nationally but particularly in Arizona,
1:19.0	Republican Party, there's been a concerted effort to tread on John McCain's
1:27.7	reputation. I mean, he carried, Terry Lake literally, you know, after she won her
1:32.1	primary election two years ago,
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Lincoln Project, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of The Lincoln Project and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.