We, Not I with Victor Shi

The Lincoln Project

Society & Culture, Daily News, News, Politics

4.7 • 8.4K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2023

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Host Reed Galen is joined by Victor Shi…a writer, speaker, organizer, and the youngest elected delegate for Joe Biden in 2020. They discuss the state of Gen-Z, what issues are important to them, and what it will take to keep them active and engaged between now and the 2024 elections. Plus, why trusted messengers (and the message itself) are so key when it comes to reaching Gen-Z. If you’d like to connect with The Lincoln Project, send an email to [email protected].

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, before we get started, I just want to point to the wake up call that the Donald
0:04.8	Trump CNN town hall was for me and I think so many of us. It was a reminder of who and what
0:11.3	Donald Trump is, why he will never be better, he will always be worse, and why we must do everything
0:17.3	and our power to ensure that he never becomes president again. I'd love it if you go to join the
0:23.3	union.us and sign up to join our growing army of activists around the country. And now on with the show.
0:38.7	Welcome back to the Lincoln project. I'm your host, Reed Gailan. Today I'm joined by Victor Shee,
0:45.2	writer, speaker, organizer, and the youngest elected delegate for Joe Biden in 2020. He's host
0:51.3	of the podcast on the move, co-host of the Igen Politics podcast and a contributor for Resolute
0:57.7	Square. His written work has been published by outlets like USA Today, The Hill, and Daily Herald.
1:03.6	And his on-air commentary has been featured on networks like MSNBC, CNN, and the PBS NewsHour.
1:10.0	Today he's coming to us from the campus of UCLA where he's studying American literature and culture.
1:15.6	Victor, welcome. Thank you so much for having me. So it doesn't seem like you seem busy enough.
1:21.5	What year are you at UCLA? Currently a third year. And Google Calendar is my best friend for trying to
1:27.6	get everything done in a day. I guess so. Well, I mean, when I was your age, well, let's just put it
1:33.0	this way. When I was your age, we won't talk about the things I was doing when I was your age.
1:37.5	But I'm certainly appreciative that you are doing the things you're doing. So talk just a little
1:41.9	bit about how you got into this because you noted before we started recording you're from Chicago.
1:47.0	It seems like you must have started this before you could drive a car, certainly before you got
1:50.2	to college. How did you decide that at such a young age, you want to make politics such a core part
1:56.4	of your life? This really started when I was in eighth grade. I was sitting in a classroom in my
2:01.2	social studies class when I was in eighth grade. And my social studies teacher was lecturing about
2:05.8	the political spectrum because it was about two weeks before the 2016 Iowa caucuses. And I knew
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