As someone who considers himself a liberal, I’m proud to see my conservative brothers and sisters stand up for what’s right. We may disagree on policy, but we’re all Americans... And that’s all that matters.
@Nancy Martinelli agree with you and Richard. They brought the wacko, deplorable tea party ilk in their party out from the dark. Unfortunately, for Republicants, there is no going back to civility, honesty, morality, basically anything decent.
Go right ahead. Taxes cut - Onerous regulations reduced -Fastest economic growth -Lowest unemployment in 40 years -Wages rising -Out of Iran deal and phony Paris Climate Hoax -Embassy in Jerusalem -Hostages home from North Korea - Dumped NAFTA and got USMCA and CHINA deals -Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh -80+ judges confirmed. . Military build, braced NATO and now WHO, 2 very dead terrorists, renewed PRIDE in this magnificent experiment in governance.
I'm not registered with either party, but since Trump I have voted Dem every time. I will not vote Republican again until not only Trump is gone but the cancer he's spread within the party is eradicated. Btw, I donated, too.
The party is the one thing. The voters are the other thing. If 40 percent of people support 45, the country is broken, and it is a tough task to fix that...
let's start by getting rid of the electoral ( privileged) college...... let's have paper ballots coast to coast, no voting machines ( therefore curbing Russian cheating, Dem leadership cheating, Repubs cheating)... Another big plus to paper ballots is the u.s. post office would benefit , as well!😂
I am a Democratic, And I like what I am hearing here, this is the way we should be, Republicans and Democrats working together and not making a one way street for either parties. Thank you Lincoln Project 👍
I disagree. I am a Democrat and liked everything this young man said - except his final words. He calls to "rise to her defense". To rise to the defense of "advantage". Although he speaks of Lincoln and moral imperatives, his last line leaves open the door for bigots to rise to the defense of being white. It leaves open the door for corrupt bankers to rise to the defense of being able to create fake bank accounts and charge unconscionable interest rates. It leaves open the door for employers to pay unlivable wages, corporations to pollute waters, and parents to bribe college admission officers. For all those who have advantages are being told by this young man to use those advantages. Be wary of a wolf in sheep's skin. The wolf has the advantage and other wolves will rise to help him maintain his advantage.
@@silencedogood7297 But, you would agree with what he DID actually say, though. Right? What I heard, regarding the recognition of foreign interference in our Democracy (paraphrasing here), was that we should long for leadership that will rise to the defense of that Democracy. Surely, there will forever be those who will twist and interpret most anything anyone says, as they wish...the way you _appear_ to have just done. Jus' sayin'.
As a Democrat I miss the days when I had a choice to vote my interests even if it meant voting republican. Those days died with McCan. Now I have to vote in the best interest of my country. I appreciate the Lincoln Project for working to bring dignity back to the Republican Party. Lord knows you have a lot of work to do.
I'm a millennial from TX. I wasn’t political until 2016, when that cretin infested my life. My parent’s were west TX R's, that abandoned every lesson they insisted was important, just for Trump & “winning". I will never vote for a R that has enabled DJT. After this disease is eradicated, I will vote for a R platform that sounds like this. Thank you.
Millennial conservative from Texas here too, could take or leave Trump bc honestly I don't have positive expectations out of almost anyone in politics on either or no side. I stated having more of an issue with him ever since the Tomahawk missile let's risk more war move and while I have no personal feelings towards him like most- strongly - do, good or bad, I can't see voting for him when either he is under the radar doing things that make my blood boil or he's honestly simply not capable of getting the right people around him as advisers and getting the ego in check simply enough to not let it control his decision making (i don't care if he tweets). Oh and i recently had my first experience with the cultists hich was creepy beyond all belief. So I get here you're coming from in many ways which I guess is what made me comment this once. DON'T trust these people. When I first heard the name The Lincoln Project I thought it was going to be some kind of historical expose about the truth our schools didn't bother to teach us honestly. Lincoln was literally not just hypocritically against all these ideals this group is spouting he was for but he put the first real fissure in our constitutional republic. And I wish a hatred of slavery was at the very least a saving grace for him - it was not by a long shot. Now I thought these people appeared old enough and politically connected and experienced enough clearly to know these things. Therefore I was shocked at the lies they repeated in praise of him and then I looked into them...and it all made since. The name is perfect bc look into the self proclaimed histories of these people and you'll see they share all of Lincoln's characteristics - hypocritical, self-serving, power hungry, unprincipled liars through and though. Trump may not be the way but they are shockingly similar. Some even more so that the Republicans that now kiss Trumps ass. I hope you'll look into everything I said bc you a fellow American and fellow Texan and we're losing both. A new way does need to be forged but this group is not the answer.
I’m an old boomer, but I must say it is so good to hear intelligent young people realising that they must take the steps necessary to make their world their way. Gives me great hope for a better world. My generation rebuilt countries after WW11, but too many politicians of my generation are still clinging on to power, with outdated and too often corrupt agendas. I’m rooting for the Millennials and their offspring.
You need to study history from before and after the NEW DEAL, and you'll find that Republicans have ALWAYs been representing the interests of the Rockefellers of this world and NOT MAINSTREAM AMERICA. This crisis has laid bare to the whole world ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY, and all the citizens of the industrial world, who enjoy a much better quality of life than the average American does, are aghast at the conditions that exist in the US, as you can read all over the message boards on TH-cam.
I have one absolute truth for you: Empires fall. They fall because they are built by men and suffer the flaws of Man. Stop invoking "god": We're not any more deserving nor are we the chosen.
I am a Canadian liberal and i want to thank you so much for giving me faith in humanity. Trumpism is evil and wrong in so many ways but it has to be stopped from within and only people like you can do it for us to have any chance at a constructive dialogue. But I know how difficult it must be for you and the resistance you must be faced with. Please persevere. We need this type of voice more than ever. Another 4 years of that madman would be a total disaster. I hope to donate to your cause soon.
Donating from Canada (or anywhere outside the USA) is tricky. The donation page on the website needs a 5-digit zip code. I emailed LP about this and was told that a cheque can be mailed to their Washington address. It is: The Lincoln Project 201 Massachusetts Avenue, NE Suite C8 Washington, DC 20002
I am not nor have ever been a Republican. I am a retired 35 yrs. social studies/ U S Government teacher. This is not about being a Republican, it is about having a moral imperative deep within our bones. We must always fight to keep our democracy. This election is a test to prove how badly the citizens of this country want to keep our democracy! When asked by a woman as he was coming out of Independence Hall what he had voted on, Ben Franklin said, "A Democracy if you can keep it, Madam"! Well, can we keep it?!? We had better!!!✊✊✊
"A republic, mam, if you can keep it." A democratic republic for those Republican dolts who try to argue that we are not a democracy. But Franklin was proud to have created a republic, because a pure democracy is subject to dangerous emotional abuse of a minority by a majority...a republic is thought to possess the best elements of democracy but with the rough edges smoothed over by elected representatives who are more thoughtful, less subject to the type of pandering, emotional stirring that our current idiot-in-chief has mastered.
Dear Lincoln Project, I am 55 years old. It has only been the last 15 years that I became more aware of the USGovt. I am a Democrat. My mother taught me. In my lifetime I have never seen the pure vile evil that a person can create based on money. The gall of breaking the law in plain sight because chump is the all powerful seems insane to me. Thank you for gathering your coalition during these very scary times to protect the Americans that are told there is nothing we can do to stop this for another 6 months. The deaths and blood on this administration's hands needs to be stopped immediately. They lack the judgement to make decisions for a rock garden much less peoples' lives.
bman - gaslighting seen and witnessed...✨ .....completely ignoring the depth and point of the comment. You’ve left yourself as just an emotional distraction.
Thank you all for your courage and most importantly for having and demonstrating a high ethical and moral standard. I just made a donation to the Lincoln Project and while these days I don’t believe either party deserves much loyalty I have always been a democrat.
@Spok just a question. Are you familiar with the new testament? When christ preached did he preach that we are to love our neighbors as ourself? Love god with you heart and soul..now I am sure you have seen Trumps rallies and all the name calling, belittling..threatening and inciting violence...he claims to be christian. Does his speeches bring glory to christ and is his speeches align with what christ teaches? Just a yes or no answer will do..what do you say. Our words determine where our hearts are. Jesus also said, “What you say flows from what is in your heart” (Luke 6:45). If your heart is hard, then it will show by what you say
Ron steslow why are you not the president! Brilliantly said, I think you are an amazing person and great American . Your neighbour 🇱🇷🇨🇦 Vote 2020 please
Far Out Man I remember. At the time we thought he was delusional. Nixon imagined that everyone who wasn’t protesting against him was automatically for him. We saw how things worked out for Nixon.
@Human Being Trump clearly has studied Hitler's game plan from the 1930s. He began by saying we are number 1...Exceptional. Then added, "Exceptional, number 1, BUT FOR THOSE OTHERS." And he worked throughout the campaign to creat venom toward those "others"--blaming them for every inadequacy. Then he began complaining about how we can't easily identify those "others." How can we tell someone's religion? We need to put their religion on their travel documents...just like old Adolph demanded in 1934. Trump has said he wished we could tattoo Muslims. He's portrayed Hispanikcs as criminals, demonized them as wanting everything he says rightfully belong to Americans--straight from Nazi propaganda of the 1930s. He's even spoken of banning people from teaching positions, govt jobs, keeping children out of school--all in the Nazi Handbook. I hate the next part most of all...After assuming power, Hitler immediately began constructing the labor camps that became concentration and death camps. Trump began constructing tent camps in the deserts here, even separating families upon taking them into custody. All of it reeks of what Hitler did, just applied to the US, things he could talk enough Americans into allowing. He never even had his people create a tracking system to return children--babies--to their parents! What did he plan to do to or with these kids? We can track your $2.00 purchase from QVC or Amazon across the country, library books, anything you can imagine, but these Trumpers took screaming children from their mother's arms without even writing a name or number on their back with one of his sharpies! We have had hospital bracelets for 100 yrs, but never thought about a toddler who had no idea what mommy's name is or where they were born being reunited? Never thought about vaccinations? Allergies? Did they ever plan to reunite parents with children? There is no evidence that they ever planned to reunite them. NONE. (Trump projected everything he did on to Hillary thru his campaign--There were shows devoted to his projections. And since then, he's projected everything on to Dems, to Pelosi, to Obama...often bizarre. So what happened with PizzaGate? He engineered an insane conspiracy theory that had his supporters accusing a grandmother of being a pedophile and child trafficker. Never an arrest for anything in her life, despite 28 hearings and investigations launched into every part of her life. Why would this not be projection as well? 900 children are still missing acc to something I read a few days ago. It's just too shocking to contemplate a US President doing this--but he had no issues with slurring the leading Dem and former 1st Lady, Senator, Sec/State of these heinous crimes. I think it's 50/50 he was at least contemplating this himself...for cold hard cash while telling those around him it was to discourage parents from immigrating with their kids...Kelly's announced reason for the 1st part of separation back in 2017. Anyway, all of this is Hitler's game plan from back in the 1930s. Trump not only adopted everystep of Hitler's strategy, but he did them all in the exact same order. I followed a timeline of his behavior/policies/undertakings, and each new Trump policy through the campaign followed that timeline. Right to the adoption of violence at campaign events...he encouraged the attacks on lone protesters just as Adolph had done, encouraging attacks on young and elderly Jewish men German women who were romantically involved with Jewish men...it made Germans become toughened to the violence they would soon see as Jews, gypsies, etc were purged from Germany. Trump used violence at rallies to toughen his supporters so they stopped having empathy with or sympathy for the lone men he encouraged crowds to attack. Then he sent out ICE agents after assuming office, to pick-up dads dropping kids at school...but his supporters cheered on these beginning police state tactics, they were wanting more! Just as in Germany. It all followed a plan, tho that has been dispensed with now as far as I can see. Judges prevented him taking more children, tho his workers lied every time judges demanded accountings. Judges have stood up to him throughout--we will see if they go all the way, making him subject to the subpoenas for his taxes, as the S.Ct. rules, and whether the federal ct judge continues the case against Flynn in the face of DOJ dropping charges, will Trump's admin be above the law as Nazis were, or will our Constitution survive?
Boy, all these negative comments, seems like the so called GOP and their supporters had a nerve touched ever so gently lol's. I think the Lincoln project is on to something here....but I'll never vote GOP again, not after they're responsible for all the unnecessary deaths we're now suffering. I wish y'all luck though, keep after this POS of an administration....Hell, I'll even donate to your cause.
Is that Rick Wilson I see seating up there? Love that man❤. Well, I donated to The Lincoln Project, cuz I'm gonna see what the will bring. I hope it will bring about the end of The GOP that I have known all my life. BTW, many Black people were Republicans until there was a turn against Civil Rights Movement and Black people in general. You got a long wave to ride. But I support and join u in the defeat of #NotMyPresident.
@Rosetta Jenkins if you will dare to go to the Walk Away Campaign channel you will see that is not the truth and that many democrats,black and white, have left the democratic party because they learned the truth. If you want to know the real truth go to that channel and watch a few videos.
@Morenita De Oro What have conservative judges done to improve America, and or help you live your best life? Conservative judges gave us the Dred Scott decision, Allowed Japenese American internment, Blocked Woman's sufferage, Targeted Black men with the Maan act, Upheld Segregation, and Jim Crow laws, Child labor exploitation, and Continue to side with their Corporate overlords over working class Americans. A few Republicans recognize their party has been taken over by a white nationalist based fear of America's inevitable rejection of it's past injustices as it's demographics become more and more diverse, and they somehow become the enemy? Party's over Eva Braun. Join us real Americans in the 21st century or go hide in the bunker with your dear leader.
As an independent I admire and support the Lincoln Project. They seem to be promoting the urgent message that we must protect our Democracy and it’s Constitution....regardless of party lines....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
*Right Makes Right: "Power is not it's own justification," There are Rules beyond those which we bend or break to win, Human lives are Sacred, Children should be Protected, We should Treat each other with Dignity.*
We need to remember that the LP is made up of the same people that for years and years defended the Rep ideology and policy against the welfare of Americans. While we all are glad for what they are doing right now, fact is they helped to create George W. Bush and Comrade Trump.
Nice to see millennials realizing that they need to take democracy seriously. I am a boomer, voted as soon as I could and continued to vote for life. Young people as a group don’t turn out. Time to step up.
I am also a dem, contributing monthly to this group. I don't mind that we disagree on some things, I just want a republican party that believes in science and reason....which is sorely lacking now.
Hey Ron !the world needs to move forward we all have to learn new ways but not deprive and insult hard working peoples !adapt or die! Thanks for all your hard work!
Thank you so much. The Lincoln Project lifts me up with their truth and honor. It's also, profoundly, helped me understand and appreciate REAL Republicans.
Nothing has been more inspiring of hope for our country than The Lincoln Project. I’m an independent who longs for the balance of civil policy discourse, and the integrity the Republican Party once had in my youth. God speed.
democrat or Republican, when a elected official votes the way his constituents want they can truly be called Public Servants. when a elected official votes solely to support his party rather than his constituents he should be called a convict. We truly need to get back to a country By the people and for the people
Well said, well done, Mr. Steslow. You have my upmost respect. I am a registered Democrat, but I have always tried to vote for the right person not the party. With the exception of former President Nixon, I’ve voted for Presidents who happened to be Democrats. Voting has become choosing between the perceived lessor of two evils. This is wrong, plain and simple. It is my hope and prayer that The Lincoln Project is completely successful in its endeavor to work with all to re-establish a fair, impartial, working Democracy we can once again enjoy and depend upon without worry of what we are passing on to our future generations. 👏👏👏👏👏Thank you, Sir.
@Spok Don't worry Republicans even when pretending to be independents out of a momentary sense of shame...still come back home every time. For example you don't hear them call out or attack the most dangerous players in this whole drama...the "base"...dangerously dim witted so therefore easily manipulated and reliably receptive to hate mongering and demagoguery. you're good worry not....
@Spok I am trying to tell you that the Republican Party you are NOT DEFENDING is very much intact. Kids are still in cages, Earth is still warming, LOCK HER UP is still the rallying call for the Republican Base, and in exchange for distributing more and more wealth to the those that already have most of it...the Republican Party is still agreeing to go without healthcare, education, and clean air and water. All is well....nothing has changed....it is only that Trump is a little...unseemly.
S Black don’t waste your time. Spok is some kind of fascist religious lunatic based on his comments here. He’d be more at home in Gilead from The Handmaid’s Tale...
@@koosemar and I hope you see the truth and repent before it's too late. Eternity is FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER....... and spending it in hell will ......
Spok, utter fucking ignorant bullshit. Your delusional like your god donny. Probably just as stupid. Take your fucking hate for America, freedom, intellect, and humanity and go troll someone else. Plenty of channels out there were you can chubby with your own kind.
I am a 42 yr old black man I was raised Conservative. Raised also by a veteran. The Lincoln project is the first group of Republicans I feel want me to be a part of the Grand old party. This would be monumental if the project had a candidate
I am a life-long very, very liberal democrat. I remember Pres. Eisenhower with love. There was a time a liberal could talk to a Republican and not end up in a blood-bath. In principle, I support The Lincoln Project and their path back to dignity in politics. Thanks.
Go after the GOP and don't let up. I left the party because I just cannot stomach what it has become. The Lincoln Project is without a doubt one ray of hope in a world gone mad.
I’m a life long Democrat, I’ve never voted Republican, never supported a Republican, but I’m supporting these republicans, thanking the Lincoln Project.
I remember back when being a democrat or republican did not matter, and people would not be so divided. It feels like people today just can't talk in a civil and respectful way. Hopefully organisations like this one will help restore that "civilness" we so much lack.
The world and all it’s people had so much respect for America for as long as I can remember. I’m 53yrs young. What has happened in the last 3 yrs is mind boggling. Stay safe, may your ideals prevail.. cheers mick Australia
I am neither Republican or Democrat. I am an outsider with family and friends living in the USA. As a child born shortly after WWII, I learned of my American cousins and their fight and greatness. I held this view at age 5. These Republicans give me hope that America will not have a dictator taking his cues from Putin. This great experiment, this great America must succeed, must wash away the fascism running rampant on planet earth. I wish my cousins luck. Thank you, Lincoln project.
Thank you, Lincoln Project. I was afraid there weren't any Republicans out there anymore. As a lifelong Democrat, I've seen Americans on both sides of the aisle work together for America! My hope is that you grow stronger and louder, and many will follow!
You organized, collectively, intelligent Republi-cans are seriously,...AWESOME. 🥳 The indifferent Name-Caller is going to have an immature, temper tantrum, hissy-fit, Twitter-Attack about this. 🤫
I couldn’t be more impressed by the Lincoln Project. I’m impressed that this guy actually knows and publicly admits the misguided strategies of the Republicans in the past and more impressed that we have a new republican party ready to move forward and correct those problems. A newly formed Republican Party will make a powerful adversary to democratic ideals..... and it is extremely welcome. Let’s move forward with respect and vigorous debate... in a way that we can both be proud and moral. Let’s make America great again.
I'm a progressive democrat and I applaud The Lincoln Project and that your group is trying to bring civility and sense back to the Republican party. Both parties may not always agree on ideas or policies, but neither is the enemy. Divisiveness is the enemy.
Democracy can't be taken for granted? Hell, TRUTH can't be taken for granted! At least by anyone listening to the Republican Party. This group know how much the GOP must change, if it is to ever be relevant again. I used to be a conservative, now I'm a liberal, but I do like what I see and hear here. Great speech.
Thank you Lincoln Project for so beautifully and eloquently expressing the virtues of our Democracy. We ought to defend it and vote out Donald Trump and the enabling and unruly GOP Senate.
I'm am a Democrat and have been all my voting life, since these very honorable Republicans have come out against trump and I been listening to many of the Lincoln Project people speak, I've see that I have more in common with them than I thought. I might become a Republican if the party ever gets rid of the cancer that has over taken it.
As someone who considers himself a liberal, I’m proud to see my conservative brothers and sisters stand up for what’s right. We may disagree on policy, but we’re all Americans...
And that’s all that matters.
Great, more Bushes in office to continue their dynasty
Agreed, too much division
Can someone forward this to trump...
My sentiments exactly.
Shootasaurus Rex he would just call them liberal scumbags.
I am a liberal and I also like what I am hearing here. I will be donating to the Lincoln Project.
TheRex Report be careful… Conservatives = con artists. Liberals = artists.
@Nancy Martinelli agree with you and Richard. They brought the wacko, deplorable tea party ilk in their party out from the dark. Unfortunately, for Republicants, there is no going back to civility, honesty, morality, basically anything decent.
I did donate recently, and I feel much better for having done so. The Lincoln Project's views are the same as mine.
I did when then established themselves, mostly because they are ruthless and that's what Trump is.
Go right ahead. Taxes cut - Onerous regulations reduced -Fastest economic growth -Lowest unemployment in 40 years -Wages rising -Out of Iran deal and phony Paris Climate Hoax -Embassy in Jerusalem -Hostages home from North Korea - Dumped NAFTA and got USMCA and CHINA deals -Justices Gorsuch and Kavanaugh -80+ judges confirmed. . Military build, braced NATO and now WHO, 2 very dead terrorists, renewed PRIDE in this magnificent experiment in governance.
I am a life long Democrat and I have been donating small dollar amount to the Project. I encourage others to do as well.
I will too
@@erickoeman1 I'm in!
Porque? Oh, yes, you fear strong men.
I'm not registered with either party, but since Trump I have voted Dem every time. I will not vote Republican again until not only Trump is gone but the cancer he's spread within the party is eradicated. Btw, I donated, too.
@Mr Bond please troll somewhere else, comrade.
I'm a Dem, and I applaud this group. Well done. There's hope for the U.S. if the Lincoln Project can bring sanity back to the GOP.
No it needs to be rebuilt. Those in it need to leave and be replaced with the lincoln party.
The party is the one thing. The voters are the other thing. If 40 percent of people support 45, the country is broken, and it is a tough task to fix that...
let's start by getting rid of the electoral ( privileged) college...... let's have paper ballots coast to coast, no voting machines ( therefore curbing Russian cheating, Dem leadership cheating, Repubs cheating)...
Another big plus to paper ballots is the u.s. post office would benefit , as well!😂
@@vibekecarstensen1331 I agree 100%. No more electoral college, no more election machines, paper ballots across the country.
@@vibekecarstensen1331
Paper ballots at the ballot box doesn't need post office support
I am a Democratic, And I like what I am hearing here, this is the way we should be, Republicans and Democrats working together and not making a one way street for either parties. Thank you Lincoln Project 👍
I disagree. I am a Democrat and liked everything this young man said - except his final words. He calls to "rise to her defense". To rise to the defense of "advantage". Although he speaks of Lincoln and moral imperatives, his last line leaves open the door for bigots to rise to the defense of being white. It leaves open the door for corrupt bankers to rise to the defense of being able to create fake bank accounts and charge unconscionable interest rates. It leaves open the door for employers to pay unlivable wages, corporations to pollute waters, and parents to bribe college admission officers. For all those who have advantages are being told by this young man to use those advantages. Be wary of a wolf in sheep's skin. The wolf has the advantage and other wolves will rise to help him maintain his advantage.
Silence DoGood
I agree
@@silencedogood7297 But, you would agree with what he DID actually say, though. Right? What I heard, regarding the recognition of foreign interference in our Democracy (paraphrasing here), was that we should long for leadership that will rise to the defense of that Democracy. Surely, there will forever be those who will twist and interpret most anything anyone says, as they wish...the way you _appear_ to have just done. Jus' sayin'.
@@onetrueslave i agree with you, i think what he said at the end could easily get twisted and just did!!
As a matter of fact, the only "reaching across the aisle" I endorse is one in which we throttle the Left - good and hard.
As a Democrat I miss the days when I had a choice to vote my interests even if it meant voting republican. Those days died with McCan. Now I have to vote in the best interest of my country. I appreciate the Lincoln Project for working to bring dignity back to the Republican Party. Lord knows you have a lot of work to do.
I'm a millennial from TX. I wasn’t political until 2016, when that cretin infested my life. My parent’s were west TX R's, that abandoned every lesson they insisted was important, just for Trump & “winning". I will never vote for a R that has enabled DJT. After this disease is eradicated, I will vote for a R platform that sounds like this. Thank you.
Millennial conservative from Texas here too, could take or leave Trump bc honestly I don't have positive expectations out of almost anyone in politics on either or no side. I stated having more of an issue with him ever since the Tomahawk missile let's risk more war move and while I have no personal feelings towards him like most- strongly - do, good or bad, I can't see voting for him when either he is under the radar doing things that make my blood boil or he's honestly simply not capable of getting the right people around him as advisers and getting the ego in check simply enough to not let it control his decision making (i don't care if he tweets). Oh and i recently had my first experience with the cultists hich was creepy beyond all belief. So I get here you're coming from in many ways which I guess is what made me comment this once. DON'T trust these people. When I first heard the name The Lincoln Project I thought it was going to be some kind of historical expose about the truth our schools didn't bother to teach us honestly. Lincoln was literally not just hypocritically against all these ideals this group is spouting he was for but he put the first real fissure in our constitutional republic. And I wish a hatred of slavery was at the very least a saving grace for him - it was not by a long shot. Now I thought these people appeared old enough and politically connected and experienced enough clearly to know these things. Therefore I was shocked at the lies they repeated in praise of him and then I looked into them...and it all made since. The name is perfect bc look into the self proclaimed histories of these people and you'll see they share all of Lincoln's characteristics - hypocritical, self-serving, power hungry, unprincipled liars through and though. Trump may not be the way but they are shockingly similar. Some even more so that the Republicans that now kiss Trumps ass. I hope you'll look into everything I said bc you a fellow American and fellow Texan and we're losing both. A new way does need to be forged but this group is not the answer.
@bman Troll🇷🇺👈😂
I’m an old boomer, but I must say it is so good to hear intelligent young people realising that they must take the steps necessary to make their world their way. Gives me great hope for a better world. My generation rebuilt countries after WW11, but too many politicians of my generation are still clinging on to power, with outdated and too often corrupt agendas. I’m rooting for the Millennials and their offspring.
bman -gaslighting and venom seen and witnessed...✨
You need to study history from before and after the NEW DEAL, and you'll find that Republicans have ALWAYs been representing the interests of the Rockefellers of this world and NOT MAINSTREAM AMERICA. This crisis has laid bare to the whole world ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THIS COUNTRY, and all the citizens of the industrial world, who enjoy a much better quality of life than the average American does, are aghast at the conditions that exist in the US, as you can read all over the message boards on TH-cam.
Wonderful. Thank you for having the courage to care more about "We The People" than greed and power.
Well said Ron Steslow kudos to you a real American 😍💪
God bless the Patriots of the Lincoln Project and may God bless this country and that Love it.🙏🇺🇸
John S - there is no god. It is up to you and me; US.
I have one absolute truth for you: Empires fall. They fall because they are built by men and suffer the flaws of Man. Stop invoking "god": We're not any more deserving nor are we the chosen.
This was so well said! Ron is a shining example of what it means to stand up for what is right.
I am a Canadian liberal and i want to thank you so much for giving me faith in humanity. Trumpism is evil and wrong in so many ways but it has to be stopped from within and only people like you can do it for us to have any chance at a constructive dialogue. But I know how difficult it must be for you and the resistance you must be faced with. Please persevere. We need this type of voice more than ever. Another 4 years of that madman would be a total disaster. I hope to donate to your cause soon.
Donating from Canada (or anywhere outside the USA) is tricky. The donation page on the website needs a 5-digit zip code. I emailed LP about this and was told that a cheque can be mailed to their Washington address. It is:
The Lincoln Project
201 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Suite C8
Washington, DC 20002
I'd rather have an adversary I can respect and shake hands with at the end of the day than one I loathe to even encounter.
@Brian Dumas nevermind the broad meaning of the word or the context it was used, now is your chance to sound like a tough guy.
I am not nor have ever been a Republican. I am a retired 35 yrs. social studies/ U S Government teacher. This is not about being a Republican, it is about having a moral imperative deep within our bones. We must always fight to keep our democracy. This election is a test to prove how badly the citizens of this country want to keep our democracy! When asked by a woman as he was coming out of Independence Hall what he had voted on, Ben Franklin said, "A Democracy if you can keep it, Madam"! Well, can we keep it?!? We had better!!!✊✊✊
"A republic, mam, if you can keep it." A democratic republic for those Republican dolts who try to argue that we are not a democracy. But Franklin was proud to have created a republic, because a pure democracy is subject to dangerous emotional abuse of a minority by a majority...a republic is thought to possess the best elements of democracy but with the rough edges smoothed over by elected representatives who are more thoughtful, less subject to the type of pandering, emotional stirring that our current idiot-in-chief has mastered.
Dear Lincoln Project, I am 55 years old. It has only been the last 15 years that I became more aware of the USGovt. I am a Democrat. My mother taught me. In my lifetime I have never seen the pure vile evil that a person can create based on money. The gall of breaking the law in plain sight because chump is the all powerful seems insane to me. Thank you for gathering your coalition during these very scary times to protect the Americans that are told there is nothing we can do to stop this for another 6 months. The deaths and blood on this administration's hands needs to be stopped immediately. They lack the judgement to make decisions for a rock garden much less peoples' lives.
‘We are learning in an era of fake news, the preciousness of truth and the labor required to gather it”
@bman Doh!!!
bman - gaslighting seen and witnessed...✨ .....completely ignoring the depth and point of the comment. You’ve left yourself as just an emotional distraction.
@bman And your post means you are the dumbest fucker in the world.
@bman FAIL
Excellent quote. I stopped the video to write that down!
Thank you Lincoln Project!
The Man and the Cause Absolutely Rocks! Well done to you, Ron Steslow and all your co-founders and believers.
It's about time that the Republicans have the courage to Stand-up against Trump.
and make money off it ... true GOP
Not many but I applaud those that do.
Kelly, this was more than standing up to Trump, this was making the case for immutable principles over relativism.
He made the case eloquently.
Lincoln Project thank you for speaking truth to trump's malignant administration.
This gives my heart hope
Thank you all for your courage and most importantly for having and demonstrating a high ethical and moral standard. I just made a donation to the Lincoln Project and while these days I don’t believe either party deserves much loyalty I have always been a democrat.
More of this, rouse the troops! I'm with you!
@Spok 👈 do not engage with this demon.
Independent here. I love this guy!!!
Evil prevails when good people sit back and do nothing...good to see decent human being are now standing up...May god be with you.
@Spok just a question. Are you familiar with the new testament? When christ preached did he preach that we are to love our neighbors as ourself? Love god with you heart and soul..now I am sure you have seen Trumps rallies and all the name calling, belittling..threatening and inciting violence...he claims to be christian. Does his speeches bring glory to christ and is his speeches align with what christ teaches? Just a yes or no answer will do..what do you say. Our words determine where our hearts are. Jesus also said, “What you say flows from what is in your heart” (Luke 6:45). If your heart is hard, then it will show by what you say
Thank you
Hello from Holland and God bless the Lincoln Project. I bet people all over the world are sending them money.
I hope so.
Seriously, Lincoln Project, shut up and take my money!
Truth is precious, and should be honored, and kept within all of us. Thank you Lincoln Project. I am a Democrat - but I respect your group.
Just what need now, Just what this country needs now. Thanks Lincoln Project. 🌐
Ron steslow why are you not the president! Brilliantly said, I think you are an amazing person and great American . Your neighbour 🇱🇷🇨🇦
Vote 2020 please
Much respect for the Patriots of the Lincoln Project 💯 these are the true Republicans..there is still hope 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
The Lincoln project,is spot on
I hope there are a lot in the GOP that can see what he is saying.
There are not a lot left in the GOP that see what he is saying. Reasonable Republicans have been identifying as independent.
Far Out Man I remember. At the time we thought he was delusional. Nixon imagined that everyone who wasn’t protesting against him was automatically for him. We saw how things worked out for Nixon.
Spok - gaslighting (distracting from the topic at hand coupled with “hidden” toxic emotional insults) are seen, witnessed. Again...✨
@Human Being Trump clearly has studied Hitler's game plan from the 1930s. He began by saying we are number 1...Exceptional. Then added, "Exceptional, number 1, BUT FOR THOSE OTHERS." And he worked throughout the campaign to creat venom toward those "others"--blaming them for every inadequacy.
Then he began complaining about how we can't easily identify those "others." How can we tell someone's religion? We need to put their religion on their travel documents...just like old Adolph demanded in 1934. Trump has said he wished we could tattoo Muslims. He's portrayed Hispanikcs as criminals, demonized them as wanting everything he says rightfully belong to Americans--straight from Nazi propaganda of the 1930s. He's even spoken of banning people from teaching positions, govt jobs, keeping children out of school--all in the Nazi Handbook.
I hate the next part most of all...After assuming power, Hitler immediately began constructing the labor camps that became concentration and death camps. Trump began constructing tent camps in the deserts here, even separating families upon taking them into custody. All of it reeks of what Hitler did, just applied to the US, things he could talk enough Americans into allowing. He never even had his people create a tracking system to return children--babies--to their parents! What did he plan to do to or with these kids? We can track your $2.00 purchase from QVC or Amazon across the country, library books, anything you can imagine, but these Trumpers took screaming children from their mother's arms without even writing a name or number on their back with one of his sharpies! We have had hospital bracelets for 100 yrs, but never thought about a toddler who had no idea what mommy's name is or where they were born being reunited? Never thought about vaccinations? Allergies? Did they ever plan to reunite parents with children?
There is no evidence that they ever planned to reunite them. NONE. (Trump projected everything he did on to Hillary thru his campaign--There were shows devoted to his projections. And since then, he's projected everything on to Dems, to Pelosi, to Obama...often bizarre. So what happened with PizzaGate? He engineered an insane conspiracy theory that had his supporters accusing a grandmother of being a pedophile and child trafficker. Never an arrest for anything in her life, despite 28 hearings and investigations launched into every part of her life. Why would this not be projection as well? 900 children are still missing acc to something I read a few days ago. It's just too shocking to contemplate a US President doing this--but he had no issues with slurring the leading Dem and former 1st Lady, Senator, Sec/State of these heinous crimes. I think it's 50/50 he was at least contemplating this himself...for cold hard cash while telling those around him it was to discourage parents from immigrating with their kids...Kelly's announced reason for the 1st part of separation back in 2017.
Anyway, all of this is Hitler's game plan from back in the 1930s. Trump not only adopted everystep of Hitler's strategy, but he did them all in the exact same order. I followed a timeline of his behavior/policies/undertakings, and each new Trump policy through the campaign followed that timeline. Right to the adoption of violence at campaign events...he encouraged the attacks on lone protesters just as Adolph had done, encouraging attacks on young and elderly Jewish men German women who were romantically involved with Jewish men...it made Germans become toughened to the violence they would soon see as Jews, gypsies, etc were purged from Germany. Trump used violence at rallies to toughen his supporters so they stopped having empathy with or sympathy for the lone men he encouraged crowds to attack. Then he sent out ICE agents after assuming office, to pick-up dads dropping kids at school...but his supporters cheered on these beginning police state tactics, they were wanting more! Just as in Germany. It all followed a plan, tho that has been dispensed with now as far as I can see. Judges prevented him taking more children, tho his workers lied every time judges demanded accountings. Judges have stood up to him throughout--we will see if they go all the way, making him subject to the subpoenas for his taxes, as the S.Ct. rules, and whether the federal ct judge continues the case against Flynn in the face of DOJ dropping charges, will Trump's admin be above the law as Nazis were, or will our Constitution survive?
Yaaasssss! I am progressive Queer Republican that believes in Abraham Lincoln. This Project can bring back the liberal side of the GOP. 💟
Thanks for all you do for America's freedom
The Lincoln Project is a blessing. I love them.☺🇺🇸
Boy, all these negative comments, seems like the so called GOP and their supporters had a nerve touched ever so gently lol's. I think the Lincoln project is on to something here....but I'll never vote GOP again, not after they're responsible for all the unnecessary deaths we're now suffering. I wish y'all luck though, keep after this POS of an administration....Hell, I'll even donate to your cause.
Bravo! Abraham Lincoln would be proud of this stand by courageous Republicans who still exhibit a conscience!
Is that Rick Wilson I see seating up there? Love that man❤. Well, I donated to The Lincoln Project, cuz I'm gonna see what the will bring. I hope it will bring about the end of The GOP that I have known all my life. BTW, many Black people were Republicans until there was a turn against Civil Rights Movement and Black people in general. You got a long wave to ride. But I support and join u in the defeat of #NotMyPresident.
What a bunch of stone cold losers.
@Rosetta Jenkins if you will dare to go to the Walk Away Campaign channel you will see that is not the truth and that many democrats,black and white, have left the democratic party because they learned the truth. If you want to know the real truth go to that channel and watch a few videos.
@@hankchinaski4651 goodbye, Sheila
@Morenita De Oro hows the weather is Moscow this morning?
@Morenita De Oro
What have conservative judges done to improve America, and or help you live your best life?
Conservative judges gave us the Dred Scott decision, Allowed Japenese American internment, Blocked Woman's sufferage, Targeted Black men with the Maan act, Upheld Segregation, and Jim Crow laws, Child labor exploitation, and Continue to side with their Corporate overlords over working class Americans.
A few Republicans recognize their party has been taken over by a white nationalist based fear of America's inevitable rejection of it's past injustices as it's demographics become more and more diverse, and they somehow become the enemy?
Party's over Eva Braun.
Join us real Americans in the 21st century or go hide in the bunker with your dear leader.
Watching Steve Schmidt's seriousness I'm entranced with hope that I haven't felt for a long time.
Thank you brave man and woman for defending democracy 👏👏👏
As an independent I admire and support the Lincoln Project. They seem to be promoting the urgent message that we must protect our Democracy and it’s Constitution....regardless of party lines....🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
*Right Makes Right: "Power is not it's own justification," There are Rules beyond those which we bend or break to win, Human lives are Sacred, Children should be Protected, We should Treat each other with Dignity.*
Thank heavens for this site. It’s helping to save my soul for the GOP party.
Get that orange cheeto out of office.
The Lincoln Project is the only reason why i have not left the Republican Party.
We need to remember that the LP is made up of the same people that for years and years defended the Rep ideology and policy against the welfare of Americans. While we all are glad for what they are doing right now, fact is they helped to create George W. Bush and Comrade Trump.
In the name of saving democracy
Keep up the great work
I’m proud of your patriotism
God bless America 🙏🏻🌈
I am an independent voter, it doesn’t matter what party you’re belong as long as you have the righteousness in your heart and that’s matter most.
As a moderate Democrat, I give the Lincoln Project two thumbs up.
This is awesome.
Thank you Lincoln Project... thank you
Nice to see millennials realizing that they need to take democracy seriously. I am a boomer, voted as soon as I could and continued to vote for life. Young people as a group don’t turn out. Time to step up.
peachion2 i hear ya i voted as soon as i was able to i also did my research of the candidates still do.
Not an ordinary speach.
A honest patriot.
As a Democrat I say we all need a strong DESCENT Republican party
And decent, too.
I am also a dem, contributing monthly to this group. I don't mind that we disagree on some things, I just want a republican party that believes in science and reason....which is sorely lacking now.
Hey Ron !the world needs to move forward we all have to learn new ways but not deprive and insult hard working peoples !adapt or die! Thanks for all your hard work!
I love it 😻 this is the Real Republican Party talking I’m really proud
Please come back reset our country
What fun, I graduated from Cooper Union in that very room, the Great Hall. Thank you Lincoln Project for taking on the task of righting wrongs.
Another lifetime Democrat who for the first time in ages feels hope for the future. I will give to this glorious new source of integrity and truth.
Thank you so much. The Lincoln Project lifts me up with their truth and honor. It's also, profoundly, helped me understand and appreciate REAL Republicans.
Nothing has been more inspiring of hope for our country than The Lincoln Project. I’m an independent who longs for the balance of civil policy discourse, and the integrity the Republican Party once had in my youth. God speed.
Awesome. A pleasure to hear Lincoln’s words articulated so beautifully.
democrat or Republican, when a elected official votes the way his constituents want they can truly be called Public Servants. when a elected official votes solely to support his party rather than his constituents he should be called a convict. We truly need to get back to a country By the people and for the people
WELL SAID!!!
Modern day heros, of the nation for the nation.
Thank you, please fighting the good fight by choosing COUNTRY over politics.
Mr. Conway. Keep the chronological facts rolling.....🚗 ⛵ 🔥 🔥 🔥
Well said, well done, Mr. Steslow.
You have my upmost respect.
I am a registered Democrat, but I have always tried to vote for the right person not the party.
With the exception of former President Nixon, I’ve voted for Presidents who happened to be Democrats.
Voting has become choosing between the perceived lessor of two evils.
This is wrong, plain and simple.
It is my hope and prayer that The Lincoln Project is completely successful in its endeavor to work with all to re-establish a fair, impartial, working Democracy we can once again enjoy and depend upon without worry of what we are passing on to our future generations.
👏👏👏👏👏Thank you, Sir.
Great Job Lincoln project we are with u we support you from our hearts. God bless u 😎😎😎😎😎
We recognize the truth of what we've seen of The Lincoln Project and will donate as long as you stay on course.
Thank you LP for all you are doing.
Good to see real Republicans for a change. Not sure I'd ever say that
I will agree that they are real Republicans.
@Spok Don't worry Republicans even when pretending to be independents out of a momentary sense of shame...still come back home every time. For example you don't hear them call out or attack the most dangerous players in this whole drama...the "base"...dangerously dim witted so therefore easily manipulated and reliably receptive to hate mongering and demagoguery. you're good worry not....
@Spok I am trying to tell you that the Republican Party you are NOT DEFENDING is very much intact. Kids are still in cages, Earth is still warming, LOCK HER UP is still the rallying call for the Republican Base, and in exchange for distributing more and more wealth to the those that already have most of it...the Republican Party is still agreeing to go without healthcare, education, and clean air and water. All is well....nothing has changed....it is only that Trump is a little...unseemly.
S Black don’t waste your time. Spok is some kind of fascist religious lunatic based on his comments here. He’d be more at home in Gilead from The Handmaid’s Tale...
@Spok Spok the Troll!! 🇷🇺👈😂
Bravo! Gods bless America!
Spok Your Jesus was a money grubbing capitalist was he? 😂 You have lost the plot...
@@koosemar and I hope you see the truth and repent before it's too late. Eternity is FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER....... and spending it in hell will ......
Kathy, do you believe Jesus is/ was a Republican? Just answer yes or no please. Regards.
This is something to be built upon. If we can do that we can save America, the idea.
Spok, utter fucking ignorant bullshit. Your delusional like your god donny. Probably just as stupid. Take your fucking hate for America, freedom, intellect, and humanity and go troll someone else. Plenty of channels out there were you can chubby with your own kind.
This gives such hope for tomorrow. What an intelligent man! We need this kind of truth now, desperately
I am a 42 yr old black man I was raised Conservative. Raised also by a veteran. The Lincoln project is the first group of Republicans I feel want me to be a part of the Grand old party. This would be monumental if the project had a candidate
I am a life-long very, very liberal democrat. I remember Pres. Eisenhower with love. There was a time a liberal could talk to a Republican and not end up in a blood-bath. In principle, I support The Lincoln Project and their path back to dignity in politics. Thanks.
Thank you all for being Americans first🇺🇸
Go after the GOP and don't let up. I left the party because I just cannot stomach what it has become. The Lincoln Project is without a doubt one ray of hope in a world gone mad.
I’m a life long Democrat, I’ve never voted Republican, never supported a Republican, but I’m supporting these republicans, thanking the Lincoln Project.
I remember back when being a democrat or republican did not matter, and people would not be so divided. It feels like people today just can't talk in a civil and respectful way. Hopefully organisations like this one will help restore that "civilness" we so much lack.
The world and all it’s people had so much respect for America for as long as I can remember. I’m 53yrs young. What has happened in the last 3 yrs is mind boggling. Stay safe, may your ideals prevail.. cheers mick Australia
I am neither Republican or Democrat. I am an outsider with family and friends living in the USA.
As a child born shortly after WWII, I learned of my American cousins and their fight and greatness. I held this view at age 5.
These Republicans give me hope that America will not have a dictator taking his cues from Putin.
This great experiment, this great America must succeed, must wash away the fascism running rampant on planet earth.
I wish my cousins luck.
Thank you, Lincoln project.
Bonechilling breathtaking, Ill gladly pass on our world to the next generation for men like this one.
Thank you, Lincoln Project. I was afraid there weren't any Republicans out there anymore. As a lifelong Democrat, I've seen Americans on both sides of the aisle work together for America! My hope is that you grow stronger and louder, and many will follow!
Abraham Lincoln would applaud this speech.
You organized, collectively, intelligent Republi-cans are seriously,...AWESOME. 🥳
The indifferent Name-Caller is going to have an immature, temper tantrum, hissy-fit, Twitter-Attack about this. 🤫
I couldn’t be more impressed by the Lincoln Project. I’m impressed that this guy actually knows and publicly admits the misguided strategies of the Republicans in the past and more impressed that we have a new republican party ready to move forward and correct those problems.
A newly formed Republican Party will make a powerful adversary to democratic ideals..... and it is extremely welcome.
Let’s move forward with respect and vigorous debate... in a way that we can both be proud and moral.
Let’s make America great again.
I'm a progressive democrat and I applaud The Lincoln Project and that your group is trying to bring civility and sense back to the Republican party. Both parties may not always agree on ideas or policies, but neither is the enemy. Divisiveness is the enemy.
You have my vote!! The true Republican Party!!
Power to the Lincoln Project! ✊✊✊✊✊
Hear this over and over
You are the only reason we are going to beat trump keep up the good work Lincoln Project
Thank you for restoring my faith in fellow Americans that strategies are second to principles.
Democracy can't be taken for granted? Hell, TRUTH can't be taken for granted! At least by anyone listening to the Republican Party. This group know how much the GOP must change, if it is to ever be relevant again. I used to be a conservative, now I'm a liberal, but I do like what I see and hear here. Great speech.
Thank you Lincoln Project for so beautifully and eloquently expressing the virtues of our Democracy. We ought to defend it and vote out Donald Trump and the enabling and unruly GOP Senate.
Enjoyed it very much
I'm am a Democrat and have been all my voting life, since these very honorable Republicans have come out against trump and I been listening to many of the Lincoln Project people speak, I've see that I have more in common with them than I thought. I might become a Republican if the party ever gets rid of the cancer that has over taken it.
The Lincoln Project is what will save the GOP to raise to former glory in the future
I was Republican. I am a conservative Democrat. I think I could die fighting with Ron. That's all that's worth saying.
More minds like this, may heal the world. Learning to care and help strangers different than you, is the first step.
1.gotta hear more from this kid.
2.glad to hear such succinct, and intelligent comments about the republican party on line.