The Republican Approach to Beating Donald Trump (with Rick Wilson)

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

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🗓️ 5 July 2024

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Michael Steele speaks with Republican strategist and Lincoln Project co-founder, Rick Wilson. The pair discuss Donald Trump's revenge on Republican critics and the implications of the Supreme Court's immunity decision. Plus, what last week's presidential debate means for the election and what Joe Biden and Democrats need to do before November.

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0:00.0	Hey everybody, welcome to the Michael Steele podcast. Let me just say a couple of things right up front. I'm very excited to announce that this will be my first podcast on my new platform,
0:12.7	new home, the Bull Work.
0:15.4	And I'm so excited to be partner
0:18.2	with Sarah Longwell and the team over at the Bull Work.
0:21.6	You can find them at Bullwork online. And I'm really, really pleased that they've embraced the Michael Steele podcast and to sort of launch this very special beginning with the bulwark, I've
0:37.0	invited along someone you know, someone you love, some may love to hate my friend my man Rick Wilson he is an outspoken
0:47.6	Republican strategist a leading conservative critic and voice against Donald Trump,
0:54.4	co-founder of the Lincoln Project
0:56.1	and host of the enemies list podcast.
0:59.2	He joins me to digest what the hell happened at that debate, I guess that's what they call it.
1:07.8	And certainly what the hell is the Supreme Court up to in creating an Imperial presidency.
1:14.2	We get into that and a whole lot more
1:17.4	with Rick Wilson right here on the Michael Steele
1:21.7	podcast, now at the Bull War. Well, if you ever need a sobering moment here at the Michael Steele podcast, I think we had it yesterday with the Supreme Court
1:44.4	announcement. First off, welcome everybody to the podcast. It's always a treat
1:48.2	to have you, but just to tell you how serious I value this moment. It really took me back and I'm really happy that the timing and scheduling arose in such a way that my man Rick Wilson is here is part of this conversation because Rick first off welcome
2:10.0	We are we are at a moment right now, dude, that this country's never been at before.
2:16.4	We've never, we've never been confronted with the creation of an imperial presidency right in front of our damn eyes by a Supreme Court that in using its majority, its super majority, is also acting in an imperial fashion,
2:34.5	whether it is the Dobbs decision,
2:37.3	certainly other recent decisions that have come down
2:40.9	from the court, give me your first assessment of where things are
2:46.4	and how much the landscape for this presidential election has changed.
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