Rick Wilson
Never-Trump ex-Republican strategist· 3.2M followers · tracked by RisingPolitics
53.6Credibility Score (0–100) · ranked #50 of the creators we track
Rick Wilson ranks #50 by credibility versus #39 by raw follower count — their raw follower total sits ahead of where their audience quality places them.
Rick Wilson is a longtime Republican political strategist, ad-maker, and author who co-founded the anti-Trump Lincoln Project super PAC in December 2019. A leading figure in the "Never Trump" movement, he wrote the New York Times bestsellers Everything Trump Touches Dies and Running Against the Devil, and hosts the podcast The Enemies List while appearing regularly as a commentator on CNN and MSNBC.
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Is Rick Wilson left or right?
Wilson is a former Republican campaign strategist and ad-maker who became one of the founding figures of the Never Trump movement in 2015 and co-founded the Lincoln Project super PAC in December 2019 to campaign against Trump and his allies. Though his roots are in conservative Republican politics, his current work — the Lincoln Project Podcast, his 'Enemies List' podcast, a Substack, and the media ventures Resolute Square and Lincoln Square — is devoted to opposing what he calls the authoritarian turn of the GOP, placing him in practical coalition with Democrats. He remains a self-identified conservative in disposition rather than a progressive, and his commentary is defined more by opposition to Trumpism than by a left policy agenda. As of 2026 he continues as one of the most visible ex-GOP 'pro-democracy' operatives in independent media.
Positioning as of July 2026 · descriptive, not an endorsement. How we label lean
How credible is Rick Wilson's audience?
Rick Wilson scores 53.6 out of 100 on the RisingPolitics Credibility Score, ranking #50 among the political creators we track. The score starts with audience size, subtracts accounts that look fake, and weighs how strongly the audience actually engages.
How many followers does Rick Wilson have?
Rick Wilson has about 3.2M followers combined across YouTube and X.
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