Active and prolific Republican communications and PR strategist for most of his career. Schmidt worked on the George W Bush presidential campaign, the Schwarzenegger campaign for California Governor, and ran John McCain\u2019s presidential campaign in 2008. Schmidt was the Vice Chair at Edelman PR and a political analyst for MSNBC. A founding member of the Lincoln Project, a group founded to campaign against Donald Trump, Schmidt officially left the Republican party in 2018 saying,\xa0\u201cToday\u2019s GOP has become a danger to our democracy and our values. The Republican Party is an organized conspiracy for the purposes of maintaining power for self-interest, and the self-interest of its donor class. It's no longer dedicated to American democracy.\u201d And for that, I couldn\u2019t agree more. Please join PG:CC as we have a conversation about democracy, unity and the fundamental refusal to throw away the American experiment.\n\xa0\nGuest Information:\xa0\nTwitter: @SteveSchmidtSES\n\nPlease RATE and SUBSCRIBE so we can grow the show, open the dialogue and inspire better change moving forward!\n\nAll my links here!: https://linktr.ee/politicsgirl\n\nThank you to today\u2019s sponsors!\nhttp://www.MagicSpoon.com/politicsgirl\nhttp://www.SunBasket.com/politicsgirl\nhttp://www.MasterWorks.Art/politicsgirl\n\xa0\nThe PoliticsGirl Podcast is a Meidas Touch original podcast produced by Happy Warrior Entertainment.\n\nRemember to subscribe to ALL the Meidas Media Podcasts:\nMeidasTouch: https://pod.link/1510240831\nLegal AF: https://pod.link/1580828595\nThe PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://pod.link/1595408601\nThe Influence Continuum: https://pod.link/1603773245\nKremlin File: https://pod.link/1575837599\nMea Culpa: https://pod.link/1530639447\nZoomed In: https://pod.link/1580828633