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Amanda Carpenter

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The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

you are not going to have the ability to organize a campaign.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

you are not going to have the ability to organize a campaign.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

And so this can take a lot of different forms, but protecting the space to speak is, wherever that comes, is critical. And next step to do that is protecting individuals and organizations who are targeted because they challenge the administration.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

And so this can take a lot of different forms, but protecting the space to speak is, wherever that comes, is critical. And next step to do that is protecting individuals and organizations who are targeted because they challenge the administration.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

And so this can take a lot of different forms, but protecting the space to speak is, wherever that comes, is critical. And next step to do that is protecting individuals and organizations who are targeted because they challenge the administration.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

This is where the idea of you fight to protect Liz Cheney, not because she's Liz Cheney and you like her, but because if they realize they can take her down with these meritless prosecutions and such, they're going to go after other people. So you fight on the first ground. You fight to defend those first targets.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

This is where the idea of you fight to protect Liz Cheney, not because she's Liz Cheney and you like her, but because if they realize they can take her down with these meritless prosecutions and such, they're going to go after other people. So you fight on the first ground. You fight to defend those first targets.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

This is where the idea of you fight to protect Liz Cheney, not because she's Liz Cheney and you like her, but because if they realize they can take her down with these meritless prosecutions and such, they're going to go after other people. So you fight on the first ground. You fight to defend those first targets.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

And I think along the way, that can have a unifying effect that helps the organization, that helps the campaigns, that helps the candidates refine these pro-democracy messages in a way that are relatable to the public and not just speaking about it in abstract terms. And that is how you get along to the business of winning elections and along the way, making sure that you are protecting elections.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

And I think along the way, that can have a unifying effect that helps the organization, that helps the campaigns, that helps the candidates refine these pro-democracy messages in a way that are relatable to the public and not just speaking about it in abstract terms. And that is how you get along to the business of winning elections and along the way, making sure that you are protecting elections.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

And I think along the way, that can have a unifying effect that helps the organization, that helps the campaigns, that helps the candidates refine these pro-democracy messages in a way that are relatable to the public and not just speaking about it in abstract terms. And that is how you get along to the business of winning elections and along the way, making sure that you are protecting elections.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

the rights to free and fair elections, because electoral competition, this doesn't just mean, oh, we can go have a vote in November, 2028, because there's a lot of authoritarian regimes where people have the guise of elections. They're just meaningless because the public already lost the ability to muster any meaningful opposition in the buildup to them.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

the rights to free and fair elections, because electoral competition, this doesn't just mean, oh, we can go have a vote in November, 2028, because there's a lot of authoritarian regimes where people have the guise of elections. They're just meaningless because the public already lost the ability to muster any meaningful opposition in the buildup to them.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

the rights to free and fair elections, because electoral competition, this doesn't just mean, oh, we can go have a vote in November, 2028, because there's a lot of authoritarian regimes where people have the guise of elections. They're just meaningless because the public already lost the ability to muster any meaningful opposition in the buildup to them.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

Yeah, I mean, this gets into the question, which I think is important for everyone in this space. So knowing that, you know, if you agree with my thesis, if this thesis that is developing, that protecting electoral competition, all those things that go with it are the most important thing. How do you distinguish between what are just normal policy disputes that are politics as usual,

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

Yeah, I mean, this gets into the question, which I think is important for everyone in this space. So knowing that, you know, if you agree with my thesis, if this thesis that is developing, that protecting electoral competition, all those things that go with it are the most important thing. How do you distinguish between what are just normal policy disputes that are politics as usual,

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

Yeah, I mean, this gets into the question, which I think is important for everyone in this space. So knowing that, you know, if you agree with my thesis, if this thesis that is developing, that protecting electoral competition, all those things that go with it are the most important thing. How do you distinguish between what are just normal policy disputes that are politics as usual,

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

and things that actually fundamentally threaten the future of fair and free elections and electoral competition. So let's take Kash Patel, for example. It would be within the purview of a new FBI director to come in and say, the president campaigned on stepping up drug enforcement, and I have a plan to go after these drug cartels, and allocate a bunch more resources to do that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

and things that actually fundamentally threaten the future of fair and free elections and electoral competition. So let's take Kash Patel, for example. It would be within the purview of a new FBI director to come in and say, the president campaigned on stepping up drug enforcement, and I have a plan to go after these drug cartels, and allocate a bunch more resources to do that.

The Bulwark Podcast
Amanda Carpenter: We Are Team Karen (Pence)

and things that actually fundamentally threaten the future of fair and free elections and electoral competition. So let's take Kash Patel, for example. It would be within the purview of a new FBI director to come in and say, the president campaigned on stepping up drug enforcement, and I have a plan to go after these drug cartels, and allocate a bunch more resources to do that.