The 2022 Midterm Elections: Democracy Is On the Ballot - Part 1
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🗓️ 14 September 2022
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Host Reed Galen is joined by fellow Lincoln Project Co-Founder Rick Wilson and Lincoln Project Senior Advisors Stuart Stevens and Joe Trippi for a two-part conversation of how the political landscape is unfolding less than 2 months out from election day. In “Part 1”, the panel discusses why the GOP/MAGA “crazies” have been the Democrats best weapon of late, how the GOP cannot be allowed to backtrack on their bad bet against President Joe Biden, and why Democrats need to continue to hit the ground and do the work (no matter how tempting it may be to pick out curtains for the office). Stay tuned for “Part 2”. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, it's read before we get started, I just want to ask you to go to join the union.us |
| 0:06.2 | heed our words heed the words of President Biden get involved in saving American democracy |
| 0:12.2 | this fall by getting involved in your states and your communities to ensure that pro-democracy |
| 0:17.2 | candidates win go to join the union dot us and join the fight and now on with the show. |
| 0:31.9 | Welcome back to the Lincoln Project. I'm your host, Reed Gaillan. Today I've got an all-star |
| 0:37.9 | cast game. I'm joined by a co-founder of the Lincoln Project host of LP TVs to break down |
| 0:43.6 | and author of New York Times bestsellers running against the devil and everything Trump touches |
| 0:47.9 | dies. Rick Wilson. Hey there Reed. I'm also joined by legendary democratic strategist senior advisor |
| 0:54.3 | of the Lincoln Project and host of that trippy show available wherever your favorite podcaster |
| 0:59.1 | found Joe trippy. Joe welcome back. Thanks Reed, good to be with you. And last but certainly not |
| 1:05.1 | least rounding out the panelist senior advisor of the Lincoln Project and author of It Was All A Lie |
| 1:10.3 | Stuart Stevens. Stuart welcome. Thanks Reed. Great to be here. All right so gang here we are what |
| 1:17.0 | seven eight weeks from election day 60 some days if we're even that far out anymore. And I want to |
| 1:22.8 | bring the brain trust together to get a sense of where we are. You know we have seen this election |
| 1:29.0 | I think as we normally do slightly differently than the rest of the world which is in Washington |
| 1:34.7 | DC you have committees both Republican and Democrat somewhere about the House somewhere about the Senate |
| 1:40.6 | somewhere about governors on down the line we took a different tack going back to probably even |
| 1:45.6 | this time last year which is we have to make this campaign about democracy what are those states |
| 1:51.8 | in which democracy if a you know an authoritarian candidate such as a Doug Masteryano and Pennsylvania |
| 1:59.1 | Kerry Lake in Arizona were to win that would put American democracy in peril and so now here we are |
| 2:05.6 | as we wake up and read this you know can you really trust the polls some Democrats look like |
| 2:10.1 | they're in good shape some Republicans are looking strong so Rick from your perch in the great |
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