Your enemy is well trained, well equipped in battle heart.

There is not a liberal America and a conservative America,

there is the United States of America. Good night and good luck.

All right, I want to thank everybody for coming out today.

My name is Rick Wilson.

I'm a co-founder of the Lincoln Project I've written a couple books I piss off Donald Trump for a living

I am absolutely delighted to be the host of both the Lincoln Project podcast and the enemies list podcast because what white guy in his

60s doesn't have at least one podcast.

But I do want to thank everybody for coming out today.

I want to thank the Texas Triv Festival for inviting us here

to be a part of this remarkable event.

It is something that I've been proud to have attended in many past years.

And this year, the kinds of conversations that are had here

at the Texas Tripfest are more important than ever.

This year we literally have democracy standing on a thin, thin line.

We are at a moment in this country where we have to decide are we going to be a constitutional

republic and a representative democracy or are we going to slip down into autocracy and dictatorship and darkness. I know that sounds wild to

think that sometimes, but have you met Donald Trump? It is a moment that I

think everybody's having these conversations who's fighting this fight.

We appreciate the interaction and the input and the connection with folks like you every day.

And so today, Mitch Landrieu, who is a former lieutenant governor of the great state of Louisiana,

a former mayor of the beautiful city of New Orleans, one of my absolute favorite places in this whole

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