Rick Wilson

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.

CATACLYSMIC DEFEAT

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

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

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AMERICA’S SADDAM

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

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

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MITCH & THE SEDITIOUS SEVENTEEN

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

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

OVERDUE PENALTIES

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

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