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Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Republican Candidates Are Keeping Their Powder Dry

Rick Wilson's The Enemies List

Lincoln Square

News, Politics, News Commentary

4.93.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

With only three candidates officially declared for the Republican nomination, the field could get crowded. Politico Politics Bureau Chief and Senior Political Columnist, Jonathan Martin talks with Rick about the race and who may enter and under what circumstances. They also talk about Republican donors and who they may back. And, Rick references the recent banking crisis for this episode's entry onto The Enemies List. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/rick-wilsons-the-enemy-list/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

My guest today is someone I have known in politics and media for a very, very long time.

0:08.2

It's my friend Jonathan Martin. Jonathan is Politico's politics bureau chief and their senior

0:13.8

political columnist. He was previously at the New York Times where he went after a

0:19.3

prior incident at Politico. So he has come back to the home base. I am looking forward to

0:23.9

getting your take on where the political landscape of 2024 is and where this crazy train heads

0:29.2

from here. There was also maintained what was called an enemy's list. Democrats want

0:36.8

Republicans dead. I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody.

0:41.6

The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having

0:46.2

abortions. On January 6th of 2021 you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting.

0:53.6

You're the president of the United States. You can de-classify just by saying it's de-classified.

0:58.5

It's not a right-wing conspiracy theory. It's not queuing on. It's real.

1:04.4

I'm Rick Wilson and this is the enemy's list.

1:11.6

Jonathan is absolutely fantastic to have you on the show with us today. I want to hop right in.

1:16.0

You get a story that was basically pointing out that a lot of the non-Trump folks out there

1:23.2

in both the donor community and the political community, they've decided they're also going to

1:27.9

take some swipes that were on the Santa's. Yeah. Well, the other candidates who aren't named

1:32.9

Trump and the Santa's to be precise about it. They can't resist the temptation to start swinging

1:39.6

at the alternative instead of the main event. I guess part of me I can see the logic underneath

1:46.4

that, that idea that you've got this core of people around Trump who love him beyond all words

1:53.7

and reason. But how long do you think they can do that? Because a lot of them are not going to have

1:58.5

the juice to go the distance here are they? I mean a lot of these people are not going to go out and

2:03.1

it's not like it's not like 1516 where there was a case you could make for a jab or a tad or a

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