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Rick Wilson is the author of Everything Trump Touches Dies: A Republican Strategist Gets Real About the Worst President Ever. He is a national Republican political strategist and media consultant based in Florida who has produced television for governors, U.S. Senate candidates, super PACS, and corporations. He’s on Twitter at @therickwilson.Send him tips: tips@thedailybeast.com. You can also use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.

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opinion

Trumpists, Here Are Your Terms of Surrender. Also, F*ck You.

CATACLYSMIC DEFEAT

There’s no repairing the damage he’s done until you confess to the normalization and rationalizations that let him bring us to the edge of a conspiracy-driven insurrection.

Rick Wilson | Published Jan 19, 2021
opinion

The ‘Oh F*ck’ Moment Is Finally Here for Trump’s Enablers

AMERICA’S SADDAM

His mob wasn’t there to find evidence of fraud, or force legislators to listen to their grievances; they were there for the lulz. They were there because Trump had sent them.

Rick Wilson | Published Jan 07, 2021
opinion

Trump’s Axis of A**holes Just Completed Its GOP Takeover

MITCH & THE SEDITIOUS SEVENTEEN

He lost the election, but his true believers, denying that defeat to the bitter end and already preparing to sabotage everything the Biden administration does, are the party now.

Rick Wilson | Published Dec 14, 2020
opinion

We Won’t Forget or Forgive What Trumpists Did to America

OVERDUE PENALTIES

It’s not enough to merely enjoy their agony and humiliation. It’s not enough to hope they’ll be shamed and correct their behavior. Have you not met these people?

Rick Wilson | Published Nov 29, 2020
opinion

Trump’s Final Hissy Fit Is Petty, Illegal and Stupid

WHITE HOUSE OF PAIN

Joe Biden will be the 46th president of the United States. We’re done. It’s all over but the weeping and rending of MAGA garments.

Rick Wilson | Published Nov 10, 2020
opinion

Whatever Trump Says, Reply ‘F*ck You, and Keep Counting’

MOMENT OF TRUTH

Team Biden should learn a lesson that Republican veterans of the 2000 recount know well: Never, ever, ever, ever, ever concede defeat until the last dog in the fight dies.

Rick Wilson | Published Nov 02, 2020
opinion

Trump’s Campaign Has Collapsed, and That Town Hall Proved It

SAD!

Joe Biden was more presidential in 90 minutes than Donald Trump has been in four long years, let alone in his 60-minute flop-sweat attempt at counter-programming.

Rick Wilson | Published Oct 16, 2020
opinion

The ‘F*ck Your Feelings’ Crowd Wants a Pity Party for Trump

HARD PASS

President Superspreader and those closest to him are feeling the pain of his reckless, moronic decisions.

Rick Wilson | Published Oct 05, 2020
opinion

You Can Bet Trump’s Debate Prep Was a Total Sh*tshow

FEVER DREAM

You didn’t think this president was going to prepare like a grown-ass adult, did you? From the family to the Vichy staff, here are three more likely scenarios.

Rick Wilson | Published Sep 29, 2020
opinion

Trump Fed Himself This Sh*t Sandwich

KILLER CLOWN SHOW

This wasn’t a president trying to calmly lead the nation through crisis; this was Trump simply not giving a f--k.

Rick Wilson | Published Sep 10, 2020

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