Cspan. Watch anytime on cspan. Org and listen free wherever you are using the free cspan radio app. Democratic president ial candidate and former maryland congressman john his life,lked about his career and why he is running. Or president congressman, youre the earliest to announce your candidacy. What is a surprise about the process and for you personally . Thank you for having me and it is great to be here with you. What a surprise me. What has surprised me is that the voters in the early states really do take this process very seriously. So that has been a very positive surprise in terms of the engagement of the voters in the early states. I think of other americans could see that, they would be much the comfortable with process we engage in. What surprised me on the negative is the fact that it seems like kind of a social media primary has been inserted ahead of the iowa caucus and the New Hampshire primary. In other words, this race got very nationalized very early. So there is no
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Through the National Anthem and remain standing through the invocation. Advance the colors. [National Anthem plays] the chaplain will now offer the invocation. Would you bow with me in prayer . Eternal god, we gather here on this sacred ground to pause, reflect, and remember the 129 crewmembers of the United States ship thresher. They served their country in the height of the cold war and were fully prepared to do whatever called upon to defend our nation, be it above or below the seas. The tragic loss felt on that april day of 1963 still stings our hearts, but we are also thankful that out of this tragedy much good has come. Through the establishment of the Subsafe Program, our nation has the safest submarine force in history. This assurance of safety has been secured by those who had given their lives while on board the thresher. We thank you for those who have gathered here today who worked tirelessly to ensure those that made the sacrifice to our nation are never forgotten. Continu
What has surprised you about the process . Thanks for having me. Its great to be here. What has surprised me about the process, and it shouldnt have been up surprise, but it was great to see the close, which was the voters in the early states take this process very seriously. That has been a positive surprise in terms of the engagement of the voters in the early states. If other americans could see that, they would be much more comfortable with the early state process we engage in. What surprised me on the negative was that it seems like a social media primary has been inserted head of the iowa caucus and New Hampshire caucus. It got very nationalized, very early. There is no invisible primary. That is right. To some extent the early states , really where the first indication, in terms of what voters are thinking, but things like what the dnc did with the debate rules, requiring testimony of truth requiring candidates to have a certain number of small donors and all that, that encourag
Process very seriously. And so thats been kind of a very positive surprise , and i think if other americans could see that, they would be much more comfortable with the early state process that we in. Ged what surprised me kind of on the negative is the fact that it of a socialind media primary has been inserted the iowa caucus and the primary. Hire in other words, this race got very nationalized very early. So there is no invisible primary . No. Thats right. I mean, you know, again to some extent, historically, the early states really were the first indication in terms of what thinking, but things like what the dnc did with the debate rules, in other words, requiring candidates to have a certain number of small donors, all that kind of stuff, that really encouraged the creation of this, you know, as i say social media primary. So would you say the process you andnc is unfair for others . I wouldnt say its unfair because they were very clear are. What their rules but what i do think it