Lincoln Project Co-founder Rick Wilson talks to Joan Esposito, 9/18/24

WCPT 820 Weekend

Rick Wilson, co-founder of The Lincoln Project and host of "The Enemies List" and "The Breakdown with Rick Wilson," talks to Joan Esposito. In the interview Wilson talks about his history in politics, which began in 1988 when he worked for George H.W. Bush and subsequently got involved in a series of high-profile Republican campaigns. In 2015, "when Donald Trump came down that escalator," Wilson said, "whatever part of my soul had been inactive flipped over and I said, 'I can't do this anymore; I cannot be a part of what I can see is going to happen when this guy takes power." Wilson then authored the books "Everything Trump Touches Dies" and "Running Against The Devil," and, in 2019, founded The Lincoln Project. Wilson also talked about Donald Trump's "mastery" of projection, "assertively anti-intellectual populism," George W. Bush's silence in the 2024 presidential campaign, the value of political endorsements, and Senator J.D. Vance's role as Donald Trump's "meme candidate" running mate. Wilson said he knew Vance when Vance was anti-Trump and believes that the "gods of ambition are [now] so strong in [him] that he can't make himself be a truthful and honorable man." Catch "Joan Esposito: Live, Local and Progressive" weekdays from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central on WCPT (heartlandsignal.com/wcpt820).