No Labels, No Answers, No Democracy

The Lincoln Project

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🗓️ 28 July 2023

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Host Reed Galen is joined by the Lincoln Project’s Deputy Political Director, Philip Germain, to discuss the latest in the No Labels third-party-effort. They break down why the electoral math doesn’t work, how their recently published policy positions lack substance, and why a No Labels “Unity” ticket helps Donald Trump and hurts Joe Biden. Plus, are the true intentions of No Labels more nefarious than its bipartisan veneer suggests? 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 me before we get started. Let's just remember that it was 44,000 votes in
0:05.7	three states that ensure that Joe Biden was elected president in 2020. We must make sure that
0:11.3	that margin is bigger and in more places come 2024. That's why I need you to join the union.
0:18.8	Go to join the union dot us and sign up for our field army that is going to ensure the future
0:25.0	of American democracy. And now on with the show.
0:36.8	Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gailan. Today, I'm joined by Philip
0:42.5	Germain, deputy political director for us here at the Lincoln Project. Prior to joining the Lincoln
0:47.7	Project and who could believe he had life before us, he worked with multiple political campaigns and
0:52.0	was a legislative fellow for the House of Representatives. He's a graduate of UCLA with a degree
0:57.1	in international relations and affairs and is coming to us today in studio from Washington DC.
1:02.5	Philip, welcome. Hey, thanks for having me. All right, so we're going to spend some time
1:08.4	Philip talking about no labels. And for our viewers and ultimately our listeners out there,
1:15.5	no labels was started, I don't know, maybe 10 or so years ago as this idea that you could bring
1:21.5	together moderate Republicans and moderate Democrats to pass bipartisan legislation. They have a
1:29.1	group in Congress. They call the problem solvers who are a caucus of their own that push to sort of
1:35.2	restore comedy such as it was ever in the US House. But this year, they've taken on a much
1:42.0	bigger hurdle than trying to get 40 or so members of Congress to agree on infrastructure or whatever
1:47.9	the case might be. They have decided that as an insurance policy, their words not ours,
1:53.2	that they will attempt to run a third party candidate for the presidency, saying that the American
1:59.7	voters are unhappy with their choices in the idea that it might be a rematch between President
2:04.9	Joe Biden and soon to be yet again indicted seditionist coup attemptor Donald Trump in 2024.
2:13.3	All of that to say that they have spent the last, I'd say, year or so really starting to figure out
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