Rick and Michael Steele On The Kamala Election

The Lincoln Project

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🗓️ 25 July 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Rick talks to Michael Steele about the candidacy of Kamala Harris and the excitement and energy she brings to the campaign. They also touch on the lack of a “plan B” from the Trump campaign, and the need to prepare for potential election challenges from the right. Follow Michael Steele on X at @MichaelSteele, listen to his podcast - The Michael Steele Podcast - on your favorite podcasting platform, and watch him on The Weekend on MSNBC. 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 like, rate and review this podcast, thank you! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey folks we're recording this on Monday the 22nd it will air on Thursday at that
0:04.2	point we will be 103 days from election day I am thrilled today to be joined on the
0:08.5	Lincoln Project podcast by my good friend Michael Steele let's get to it
0:11.8	your task will not be an easy one.
0:14.0	Your enemy is well trained, well equipped, and battle heart.
0:18.0	There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.
0:22.0	There is the United States of America.
0:26.6	Good night and good luck.
0:28.6	Hey folks, welcome back to the Lincoln Project Podcast, as you can imagine.
0:33.4	Since we are recording this, only 24 hours after President Biden
0:38.4	turned over the reigns of the 2024 campaign
0:41.2	to Vice President Kamil Harris. Things have changed a little bit. I am
0:45.8	joined today by my close friend, one of the wisest political observers you could hope to
0:50.0	meet, and a guy who knows a stupid campaign move when he sees one and the
0:54.4	campaign move this time I want to start out with this.
0:58.0	Trump's team didn't have a plan B Michael. They didn't have a plan B. They built up campaign with a billion
1:05.5	worth of earned media around saying, Joe Biden is very old. Now what?
1:11.5	Now what? So hey, first off, Rick, it's always good to be in your house, my friend.
1:15.7	I appreciate you, brother, you know that.
1:18.6	As I like to say, you are, you are both the knife and the stiletto just all kind of coming in and stepping and cutting and crutching.
1:29.6	Love your work, love being with you. Yeah, they did not have a plan B. And I think that that's very telling.
1:38.2	While on the one hand a lot of folks were marveling at the sophistication compared to 2016, and certainly 20, 20 of this campaign.
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