The Lincoln Project responds to Trump sending a Cease & Decist letter over attack ad
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After the article was published, Rick Wilson personally responded to Donald Trump in a video.
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After the article was published, Rick Wilson personally responded to Donald Trump in a video.
Definition of “enemy of my enemy” because they’re still delusional about this concept of “the good republican” as they harken back to the more buttoned up Romney approach, but whatever. Clearly they are getting under his skin and that’s a good thing
There's Republicans that believe in democracy and align themselves with US interests. They've been pushed out of the party for not supporting fascism but I never had to question if Romney, McCain or Kasich were working for Russians or Saudis.
McCain will never be ok with me after “bomb bomb bomb Iran! 🎶”
That generation of republicans consisted of countless warmongers.
That's fine, but the above comment is true.
You think bain capital is free of Saudi blood money? Are you daft or just 12?
Still doesn't make it a wrong statement. McCain was a war hawk, and flawed in many ways, but to suggest they were not seeking American interests is simply untrue.
Save the childish name-calling, it does nothing here.
I dunno, maybe if they larp it hard enough they actually will become good people.
There used to be decent republicans in office; I’m old enough to remember some of them. Our former state treasurer was pretty awesome, for example. Sadly, even his daughter has been bit by the looney republican bug. So now we have a democrat in that position.
Honestly I want to agree with you. I think lemmy is making me a little too cynical.
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oh i don't know anything about them, is the Lincoln project republican?
I'm assuming not, but I'm just looking for some context for your comment.
why is the Lincoln project your enemy?
Like others have said, very much "enemy of my enemy" thing. Old school republicans, Rick Wilson for example worked on George H.W. Bush's campaign.
I love what they're doing getting under Trump's skin, but once he's no longer a threat they'll return to being the enemy. For the moment we can enjoy their work, though.
jesus, okay. thanks. HW, gross.
guess i have to listen to the "know your enemy" podcast instead.
The latest episode was a great interview about the hollowing-out of the parties.
I've had it in my feed for a while, but I'm still listening to so many others that I haven't started listening to "know your enemy" yet.
but i will, I listen to 5-4 a lot and whenever they guest on that it's very informative.
Yes it's led by four veteran Republicans.
okay, thank you
Yeah harkening back to the fact that Lincoln was a Republican. Their raison d’être is “we need to destroy Trump to make way for the good republicans,” they aren’t liberal/leftist by any stretch.
But they are, at least, a useful idiot in this case.
The useful idiots are the Dems who donate to this group. Sure, they're a thorn in Trump's side but they're also doing very nicely out of this hustle.
ohhh got it, thanks.
Okay, cut the cult of Trump out of the GOP, and what are you left with?
A party that wants to cut taxes on the rich, privatize public services (read: funnel tax money to the rich), privatize education (read: funnel tax money to the rich while removing education from the poor at the same time), ban women from getting abortions, infect what remains of the government with Christofascistism, shove the LGBTQ movement either in the closet or out a window, stuff the judiciary with unqualified partisans who issue rulings based on conservative ideology instead of sound jurisprudence, and roll back all progress made against the wealthy for the last hundred years. All of these policies predate Trump by decades, and he is more than happy to enforce these policies as long as he can enrich himself while doing so.
You know all the noise that's being made about Project 2025 and how borderline treasonous it is? Trump had nothing to do with it- the think tanks that wrote it basically just compiled a wish-list of conservative policies, and are just waiting for the next Republican president to enact it. It's much like the US/Soviet Union at the end of WWII- we're happy to have their help against the greater threat, but that doesn't make them not a threat themselves that need to be dealt with.
Yes, the Lincoln project exists to make people forget how bad regular republicans are because they're also against the fascist orange asshole.
Yes, the Lincoln project is old school Republican