rick wilson, thank you very much for joining us tonight, and crazed is in the eye of the beholder. k. >> thanks, lawrence. have a great night. >> rick wilson gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening on this day 1,202 of the trump administration. six months to our presidential election, now 182 days away. there's a developing story we wanted to give you a heads-up on tonight. justice ruth bader ginsburg hospitalized at johns hopkins for nonsurgical treatment of a benign gallbladder condition this afternoon. the justice, who is 87, is said to be resting comfortably. she's expected to take part in the court's teleconference arguments tomorrow. we'll have more on that story coming up. >>> tonight

flynn confessed because he knew they had him dead to rights. >> sean and new york, you arei on with rick wilson of the lincoln projects go ahead. are stgood morning gentlemen, ie both of you are staying healthy and safe for their families. i want to make a comment mr. ec. wilson. you said that everything thatid trumpen touches is bad. look at our economy. also former vice president biden said that he had that ban in place for people coming fromu china,t he called trump racist this in that. oured t medicalholive experts 'g that ban saved thousands of livesrat in the u.s.. why don't you call yourself astp democrat now because obviously that's what you are? >>firs you are mistaken in your last. point your first point was that everything that trump touches dies. . i think when i wrote that book it was a new york times number one bestseller which will never get old. it and was from the perspective that trump is a destructive force. you can hold on to the fantasytl that trump did something very magical to the economy, he didn't. hee c inherited the economy, the federal reserve kept doing the thing th

. >> harris: quite frankly, rick wilson was a little bit blue for a taste. didn't want to be that on the air. but you're right, there are others, particularly -- >> i can't even say i've seen it. to my point, they've all failed. they never dictated the way i did as campaign manager, and they never got their candidate were my candidate got. he's president of the united states, mostly because of what he did on the vice president. they are our two greatest assets. but let's be honest. the other thing is i think if i were the trump campaign i would worry most about the $65 million that american priorities has already booked in ads. that's been all over the news. i don't see you writing that, because i guess whoever is running american priorities 'his wife doesn't work at the white house and isn't on your show right now, so we can't play that game. but that is a $55 million -- >> harris: the president didn't tweet about them, though. again, kellyanne, with all due respect -- and you know i respect you -- this is about lifting up a group, though. do you chance los

rick wilson, the lincoln -- the lincoln initiative.oject. do the ads -- is there a temptation because justin amash is more ideologically aligned to shift to something like that? encouraging more republicans to vote for justin amash, is that a strategic choice you think is viable or just, nope, biden for the win? >> that would be a long way down the path, but this is -- the great trope of 2016 was the -- it was an exteistential choice between hillary clinton who would drive the country into great depression and led to thousands of death or donald trump, he might be bad but it might work out okay. this really has become the flight 93 election. this has become the existential choice. look, those of us in the lincoln project are working very hard to make sure we're communicating with voters that can be moved. it's a game of small numbers. we're playing in the electoral college states where it matters. we're going to target, identify, use the messages that work. we'll see what those turn out to be as we go down the track. we've envested a l

investigation and president trump's reelection strategy and at 9:20 a.m., a former republican strategist rick wilson from the lincoln project of why his group opposes president trump's reelection. ♪ host: this is the washington journal for may 14. an event on washington, a sad event. economic chair jay powell warned of an economic downturn because of the coronavirus pandemic. at that same event the chair says continued federal spending would be "costly but worth it" to avoid long-term damage and result in a stronger economy. this as the house picks up a bill on friday for an additional stimulus package to help the economy. we want to get your thoughts on the chair's statements on continued spending in light of the coronavirus pandemic and see if you agree or disagree. let us know. democrats, (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. if you want to talk about this idea of spending to help the economy and text us, it is (202) 748-8003. .ur twitter feed, @cspanwj you can post on our facebook page at facebook.com/c-span. the financial times picked up the story in which c

rick wilson, a serious note again, you see the comedy central tape., comedy central is doing it, and i'm sure they get a lot of laughs. but the first campaign i ran, i had a guy saying to me -- and i'll never forget -- he said, "joe, campaigns are always about contrast. young versus old. >> always. >> energetic versus whatever. if you are a challenger, it needs to be a contrast. if you are an incumbent, it needs to be strong and steady versus untested and reckless. >> right. >> so i ask this seriously, as i have been a month or two, what upside is there in donald trump's campaign team saying that biden is too old and too adled, when they know it'll bring up all the questions, all the video clips of donald trump looking the same way? >> of course. >> this is what mika was saying in 2016 about hillary clinton attacking donald trump for sexual harassment. because, you know, mika was saying, all she was going to do was draw attention to bill clinton's history, which would, of course, hurt her, too. we have the trump campaign, in a sense, doing the same th

i'm going to punish michael steele for laughing, and i'm going to punish rick wilson.'re both on time-out. michael steele, what is happening? the democrats are the left coast party, the celebrity party. literally that was the accusation again barack obama. he's a celebrity, we're the serious grownups. now all they want is to be the celebrities. >> uh, yeah. the yeah. [ laughter ] but they're not. look. i think we just have to start with a harsh reality, and rick has talked about this and written about this. to be -- we all have. we all know what's up. this idea you're going to start this about the republican party used to be -- that's important to note, all right? there is that. look the orbit of trump is about celebrity, after all he was a celebrity tv star. it is about the money grab of the party. this is one of the reasons why little known and talked about when i became chairman and traveled around the country talking with committee members, the 168 members who make up the rnc, one of the key things they talked about was the grifting. they got tired of people making

dave schmidt, rick wilson, rick galen, jennifer barnes.adrid. >> they have designated me to lead off this evening, and lead off, i shall. standing here in this great hall at cooper union behind this particular podium, one cannot help but feel the weight in the insistent voice of history. it is the threat of history that ouro often sought by political leaders in this country and so rarely obtained. the mere ambition to be politically great almost never suffices. it almost never comes without a moment of crisis, a catalyst, a call. spokem lincoln, when he he taught uspodium a lesson by making and articulating what would become the foundation of the republican by talking about the unacceptability of the expansion of slavery. he understood that the south was never going to break on this question. he understood that the moral dimension would eventually lead to a crisis that could tear this country apart, and did. taught that night was that political choices are fundamentally moral choices and that is a lesson that has been too use -- too easily

also rick wilson, cofounder of the anti-trump group, the lincoln project, discusses why his group opposes president trump's reelection. "washington journal," joined the discussion. >> live thursday on the c-span networks, a house energy subcommittee, former director of the biomedical advanced research and development authority. he said he was removed from his position at the health and human services department after he tried to limit treatments touted by president trump. that is 10:00 a.m. on c-span. on c-span two, the senate returns to reauthorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act, a final vote expected on the legislation of 1:30 p.m. at 11:00 a.m., the house rules committee considers remote proxy voting in the house of representatives. >> president trump met with polis andgovernor oik governor burgum to discuss reopening plans. the president

also, former republican strategist rick wilson cofounder of the lincoln project discusses why his grouproposes president trump's reelection. live "washington journal" thursday morning. join the discussion. from thetestimony former high-ranking federal scientist whose focus was vaccine development and was recently removed from his post at the national institutes of health. the house energy and commerce committee's will hear from him on scientific integrity during the covid-19 response. watch the hearing live thursday at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span and online at c-span.org or listen live on the free c-span radio app. house willthe u.s. meet for the first time in more than three weeks to again address the coronavirus pandemic. a fifth relief package will be on the floor, this one providing more than $3 trillion. money would go to support state and local governments, coronavirus testing and treatment, and deliver new cash payments to americans. the house also plans to take up a temporary rules change to allow members to vote remotely. lawmakers plan to continue social distancing measures o

going big on a new conspiracy theory ahead of the election, something he calls obamagate which rick wilson branded a slogan in search of a scandal. susan glasser writes in the new yorker if you don't get it, you're not supposed to. it's a slogan, a rallying cry. details are all but irrelevant. trump has accused the former president of a crime but hasn't explained what the crime is. today on social media, he demanded lindsey graham launch a senate investigation and call obama to testify. wasn't exactly well received. graham told politico, quote, i don't think now's the time for me to do that. i don't know if that's even possible. i understand president trump's frustration, but be careful what you wish for. so, to this end we welcome to the broadcast tim miller, contributor to the bull work, former director for jeb bush and top adviser to the antitrump pac, our principles. in lay terms, what is this? what is the president talking about? >> hey brian. thanks for having me. i hope your viewers have a nice scotch with them because this is kind of complicated to understand. obviously, the presid

. >> rick wilson gets tonight's last word. "the 11th hour" with brian williams starts now. >>> well, good evening on this day 1,202 of the trump administration. six months to our presidential election, now 182 days away. there's a developing story we wanted to give you a heads-up on tonight. justice ruth bader ginsburg hospitalized at johns hopkins for nonsurgical treatment of a benign gallbladder condition this afternoon. the justice, who is 87, is said to be resting comfortably. she's expected to take part in the court's teleconference arguments tomorrow. we'll have more on that story coming up. >>> tonight in phoenix in an interview with abc news, the president admitted lives will be lost during the reopening of our country currently under way. he said workers wishing to return to work, quote, should have no problem getting tested. we should point out that's certainly not the truth that citizens and workers are finding across this country. he compared the death toll as it stands right now with filling up yankee stadium with

former republican strategist rick wilson, cofounder of the anti-trump group the lincoln project discusseshy his group opposes president trump's election. watch live at 7:00 eastern this morning. join the discussion. >> live thursday on the c-span networks, a house energy subcommittee here's from the former director of the biomedical advanced research and development authority. removed from his position at the health and human services department after he tried to limit covid-19 treatments touted by president trump. that is 10:00 a.m. on c-span. on c-span2, the senate returns to work on a bill to reauthorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act. a final vote expected on the legislation at 1:30 p.m. house rulesthe committee meets to consider a resolution that would allow remote proxy voting in the house of representatives. >> federal reserve chair jerome powell spoke about monetary and fiscal policy amid the coronavirus pandemic. he warned of the negative impacts, but expressed confidence in a few years the u.s. could return to economic prosperity once the virus is under control. his r

also former republican strategist rick wilson, cofounder of the anti-trump group the lincoln project,iscusses why his group opposes president trump's reelection. live "washington journal," thursday morning. join the discussion. watch testimony from the former high-ranking scientist whose focus was vaccine development and most recently removed from his post at the national institutes of health. the house energy and commerce committee's will hear from him on scientific integrity during the covid-19 response. watch the hearing live thursday at 10 a.m. eastern on c-span, online at c-span.org, or listen live on the free c-span radio app. friday the u.s. house and the house will again meet to address the coronavirus pandemic. money would go to support state and local government, coronavirus testing and treatment, and deliver new cash payments to americans. the house also plans to take up a temporary rules change to allow members to vote remotely. and lawmakers plan to continue social distancing measures on the house floor, so a lengthy day as expected. live house coverage friday at 9 a.m. e

our friend rick wilson when the lincoln project was getting off the ground, we would talk about how theywould deploy messages. he said what we'll say to naurm of these republican senators in tough spot s if you have to hook your sail to donald trump, you can do that but we're going to make it very painful for you. this ad makes it painful for down ballot republican senators. >> the reason this is political is because donald trump insisted that it be. donald trump demanded that the pandemic response become political by saying that the governors aren't appreciative enough. by putting himself in the lead male role of the coronavirus task force daily performances and holding court for two, sometimes two and a half hours. what do you make of what he bit off when he decided to make this a political undertaking for himself? >> well, i think there was going to be -- this was going to be a political undertaking to some extent no matter what. we understand that presidents take credit for a positive economy. they take credit for anything that's positive whether they had anything to do with it or no

. >> joining us from tallahassee,t florida, is rick wilson, a formerer republican strategistd" and cofounder of the lincolnr strategy. alsojo the author of the novel o running against some strategy. >> linco a little bit about the lincoln project for those who us don't know what it is? >> the former campaign strategist and advisor foror campaignsof ranging from presidential elections, a lot of experience in this. field a lot of has haveon rejected trump and trumpism. we feel that trump

. >> joining me now is rick wilson, a republican media strategist and author of "running against the devil." a political analyst for msnbc and steve schmidt, a former republican strategist. both rick and steve are advisors to the lincoln project. and steve i'm going to go to you first. i personally every day am staggered again by the death toll. i personally can't fathom it. it's hard for me to process the number of americans dead all in one go in a couple of short months. and i find it shocking whenever i watch donald trump talk because he seems so blase about it. can you tell me what it means to have a president who seems so indifferent to that staggering loss but who flips out when somebody puts that loss into an ad? >> good morning, joy. he is so overmatched for this moment of crisis. he's overmatched at an intellectual level, at a mental level and a moral level. he has an utter incapacity for leadership and we saw it this week. we saw it with the settings he visited. so the two great crisis in the country before this and i would argue this is the third greatest crisis in american

former republican strategist rick wilson, cofounder of the anti-trump group, the lincoln project, discusses why he opposes president trump's reelection. watch "washington journal," live thursday morning. join the discussion. >> live thursday on the c-span networks, the subcommittee hears from rick bright, former director of the biomedical development authority. from his position at the health and human services department after he tried to limit covid-19 treatments touted by president trump. c-span2, the senate returns to work on a bill to reauthorize the foreign intelligence surveillance act, a final note is expected at 1:30 p.m. on c-span3, the house rules committee meets to consider a resolution that will allow remote proxy voting in the house of representatives. the u.s. death toll has surprised -- surpassed 84,000. wednesday, may 13th, we welcome you to this primetime edition of the washington journal. just ahead, a leading infectious disease expert taking your phone calls. also, those literally am the front lines will take a look at america's nurses. we talked to jerry connolly as the

the lincoln project, of course, the former republican strategist, steve schmidt, george conway, rick wilson, and others. it's just a stunningly good ad, to take off the ronald reagan "mourning in america" ad. it uses images and simplicity and goes for high impact. it's successful. i mean, for one thing, obviously, drove the president crazy. he was up until 1:00 a.m. tweeting at the people behind the ad. but i think it's stunningly effective with voters, too. i've written this before, i wish democrats would learn to use th that. would learn that using emotion in this way is a good thing, and it's successful. it helps to win elections, and they need to win this election. >> claire, in many ways, president trump is inflicting the damage on himself as he looks to re-election. you look at that polling out of monmouth yesterday that shows a 20-point spread among women, between him and joe biden, and statistically tied among men in the poll, a group he won by 12 points over hillary clinton. if you were working on a campaign, the biden campaign, against donald trump, how would you be running agains

joining us and tell us of florida is rick, forward-looking charges and the cofounder of the lincoln project also the author of book running against the devil and mr. wilson thanks for joining us. >> guest: thank you for having me. come with a bit about the lincoln project if you don't my for those who don't know whether this. >> guest: the lincoln project is a group of former republican consultants, campaign sturges, media advisers to republican campaigns ranging from congressional races all the way up to the president who got a commencement of experience in this field, all of us have rejected trump and trumpism and we found the scrivener to help defeat donald trump and the 2020 election comes with yellow he is a threat to our republic. we feel his leadership has been demonstrably dangerous for this country and although we may not ideological agree with joe biden on everything, it's our objective to move donald trump from office and to activate using the skills with built up over a long time, enough of those disaffected voters out there to swing back. the folks who booked voted from obama to trump, swing those votes back and build a national coalition th