The American Experiment is in Limbo Until the Battle is Won
The Lincoln Project
The Lincoln Project
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🗓️ 26 July 2022
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Host Reed Galen is joined by Lincoln Project Senior Advisor Trygve Olson to discuss the revelations of the eighth hearing from the House Select Committee on January 6th, how the committee serves as an example to all aspiring members of the pro-democracy coalition when it comes to setting aside ideological differences for a common belief, and how Donald Trump must never be allowed to set foot inside the Oval Office ever again. Plus, why the stakes for the 2022 midterms have never been higher.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone, it's Reid. Before we get started, just want to make sure that you're following |
| 0:03.6 | along with the Lincoln project on all of our coverage regarding the January 6th Committee hearings. |
| 0:08.4 | Testimony has been explosive. The evidence has been damning against Donald Trump |
| 0:12.7 | and his attempt to steal the 2020 election. I hope you'll follow us and understand |
| 0:17.6 | just how close we were to losing it all. And now on with the show. |
| 0:30.4 | Welcome back to the Lincoln project. I'm your host, Reid Gaelin. Today, I'm joined by Trigviews, |
| 0:36.6 | Senior Advisor to the Lincoln Project and President of Viking Strategies, LLC, |
| 0:41.1 | Washington, DC based public affairs and political consulting firm. Trigview, welcome back. |
| 0:46.1 | It's great to be back, Reid. So, Trig, let's jump right in. This past Thursday night is |
| 0:50.7 | we're recording this. The 1-6th Committee reconvened in prime time for day 8 of their proceedings. |
| 0:56.3 | The session was led by representatives Elaine Luria, Democrat for Virginia and Adam Kinzinger of |
| 1:01.1 | Illinois. And I want to talk about that again in a second. But it focused on the roughly three |
| 1:05.5 | hours between Trump's January 6th speech at the ellipse where he encouraged riders to march down |
| 1:10.9 | to the Capitol to when he tweeted at 417 for those riders to go home. Live testimony was provided |
| 1:17.0 | by Matthew Pottenger, former Deputy National Security Advisor and Sarah Matthews, a former Deputy |
| 1:22.0 | Press Secretary at the White House. It's also worth noting that Chairman Benny Thompson tested |
| 1:26.4 | positive for COVID earlier in the week so he wasn't able to sit on the panel that night. |
| 1:30.8 | But Vice Chair Liz Cheney assumed the role of presiding over the hearing, |
| 1:34.4 | maintaining order in the room and swearing in witnesses. So, what were your main takeaways, |
| 1:40.2 | Trigvy? And it can't only be that Josh Hawley runs like a scared weasel when he thinks |
| 1:46.2 | somebody bad is coming for him. He runs like Insan, well, not using. I mean, it's stunning when |
| 1:52.5 | they take you through what we saw on January 6th in slow motion on so many levels. And I think |
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