The Method to the GOP’s Madness: Brian Tyler Cohen Explains

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🗓️ 15 August 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Rick dives deep with Brian Tyler Cohen about his explosive new book, ‘Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy.’ Together, they unpack the glaring hypocrisy between the GOP’s ‘patriotic’ talk and their counterintuitive actions, while also stressing the urgent need for Democrats to stay focused and secure the necessary votes to preserve democracy. Follow Brian Tyler Cohen on X @BrianTylerCohen, check out his YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/briantylercohen, and buy his book - ‘Shameless: Republicans’ Deliberate Dysfunction and the Battle to Preserve Democracy’ - at briantylercohen.com/book or at fine bookstores everywhere. 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 subscribe, 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, 82 days till the election, let's get to it.
0:03.2	Your task will not be an easy one.
0:05.2	Your enemy is well trained, well equipped in battlehearted.
0:09.2	There is not a liberal America and a conservative America.
0:13.0	There is the United States of America.
0:16.0	Good night.
0:19.0	And good luck.
0:20.0	Hey folks, welcome back to the Lincoln Project Podcast.
0:23.1	I am joined by my friend today, Brian Tyler Cohen.
0:25.4	You have met him.
0:26.6	You have seen him.
0:27.6	You have seen him on YouTube.
0:29.4	You've seen him on television.
0:31.3	You have read his work. And now you get a chance to read a tremendous
0:36.0	new book he's putting out called Shameless.
0:39.1	Republicans deliberate dysfunction in the Battle of Preserve Democracy. And shameless is a word that applies to today's MAGA GOP
0:46.0	better than almost any other.
0:48.0	So Brian, with that, I'm so glad to have you on the podcast.
0:51.0	Tell us about the... I always ask this question, what's the origin story are you writing this book? And tell us about it.
0:58.0	So I think the thing that was most important for me was we hear so much, whether it's through polling, whether it's
1:03.6	through Republicans themselves about all these virtues that they have. We still
1:07.2	hear that they're the party of family values that they're the that they're
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