The Republican Party's Unwavering Tribe
Rick Wilson's The Enemies List
Lincoln Square
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🗓️ 7 August 2023
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:01.0 | Resolute Square |
| 0:07.0 | There was also maintain what was called an enemy's list, which is rather expensive and continually being updated |
| 0:15.0 | In the crowd, what room I'm like instead? |
| 0:20.0 | Where I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters, okay? |
| 0:26.0 | The women with the least likelihood of getting pregnant are the ones most worried about having a margin! |
| 0:35.0 | On January 6th of 2021, you had tens of thousands of people peacefully protesting. |
| 0:41.0 | So, it's not right we didn't spare spirits here, it's not killing us! It's real! |
| 0:46.0 | I'm Rick Wilson, and this is the enemy's list. |
| 0:50.0 | My guest today on the enemy's list is my old friend Al Cardenas. |
| 0:54.0 | Al is a guy who, like me, was a part of the Republican infrastructure. |
| 0:59.0 | He was around the party at so many different levels, including being the chairman of the party of the state of Florida, |
| 1:08.0 | and the days when it was really starting to take power. |
| 1:11.0 | One of our favorite subjects, how Republican politics in Florida in particular has changed so radically. |
| 1:18.0 | With that, Al, thank you so much for joining me. Welcome to the enemy's list today. |
| 1:23.0 | Tell us where you see things with the Republican Party in the country right now, and how you see this primary playing out. |
| 1:31.0 | Why? |
| 1:33.0 | Obviously, it's going to be a longer own way, but when this thing started, I thought the Governor DeSantis was going to be a real challenger to Trump's base. |
| 1:46.0 | I shouldn't have thought that if I was smart enough, but I, you know, that's what I thought given his, |
| 1:53.0 | and I was driven primarily by the indicators we used to in the old days go by, right? |
| 1:58.0 | Money and polling numbers and all that. |
| 2:01.0 | But I think to this analysis is quite a bit different, and the old indicators are not as indicative. |
| 2:09.0 | And so when he launched this effort, we all that money, and right after a pretty impressive win in Florida, I thought, |
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