Two former Republicans who co-founded The Lincoln Project — Steve Schmidt and Rick Wilson — talk to Ana Marie Cox about their efforts to defeat Donald Trump in November.
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Schmidt is a veteran political strategist and the co-founder of The Lincoln Project, a political action committee formed in late 2019 to campaign against the reelection of President Donald Trump. Schmidt served as a top strategist for former President George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign and served in his administration as his deputy assistant. He also worked on John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign.
Wilson is the co-founder of The Lincoln Project and a Republican political strategist. He is the editor-at-large of The Daily Beast and author of “Running Against the Devil: A Plot to Save America from Trump — and Democrats from Themselves,” published in 2020. Wilson served as field director for former President George H.W Bush’s campaign in 1988. His work has been featured in POLITICO, The New York Daily News and The Federalist.
