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EPISODE · Aug 21, 2025 · 35 MIN

Tara Setmayer and Michelle Kinney on Trump, Newsom, the Republican Assault on Voting Rights and the Election Process, and More

from The Back Room with Andy Ostroy · host Radio Free Rhinecliff and Andy Ostroy

Tara Setmayer and Michelle Kinney are co-founders of the bipartisan superpac The Seneca Project, Tara’s a former GOP Communications Director on Capitol Hill and most recently served as a Senior Advisor for The Lincoln Project. She’s a political writer and commentator who’s appeared on MSNBC and other news outlets, The View, and Real Time with Bill Maher. Her writing has been featured on CNN.com, Bloomberg, Cosmopolitan, The Daily Beast, and NBC.com. In November 2020 she left the Republican Party after Donald Trump refused to concede the election to Joe Biden. Michelle Kinney previously she served as the Creative Director at The Lincoln Project. She's also a photojournalist, previously served as Vice President of WestSide Democrats in NYC, and was publicly elected to the New York County Democratic Committee. Michelle and Tara share their thoughts on Trump first 200 +days; the awesome Newsom trolling; Texas redistricting, mail-in voting, the attack on the 19th Amendment, and the overall assault on our voting process; the "liberal media's" role in shaping the narrative; and the need for Democrats to stay positive, engaged, strong and to fight fire with fire. Got somethin' to say?! Email us at [email protected] Leave us a message: 845-307-7446 Twitter: @AndyOstroy Produced by Andy Ostroy, Matty Rosenberg, and Jennifer Hammoud @ Radio Free Rhiniecliff Design by Cricket Lengyel

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