Firing line with Margaret Hoover is made possible in part by. And by. Corporate funding is provided by. Representative val demings, welcome to firing line. Its great to be with you. Listen, in your statement, following the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg, you said, quote. You were the first female chief of the Orlando Police department. What does her legacy mean to you . Well, i thank you so much for that question. Justice ginsburg was a reallife superhero that i envision wearing a pink cape. She wasnt afraid to use her brainpower, even during a time when women were not really expected to or accepted in that way. And when i think about my career at the Orlando Police department and the awesome opportunity of serving as the first woman chief of police, i believe that my ability to make it so far in a nontraditional role for women is a direct result of the work that Justice Ginsburg and other women like her did. So, what a loss, but what a legacy she has. And shes left
Corporate funding is provided by. Representative val demings,e welc firing line. Its great to be with you. Is n, in your statement, following the death of Supreme Court justice ruth bad ginsburg, you said, quote. You were the first female chief of the orlandoen police depar what does her legacy mean to you . Well, i thank you so much for that question. Justice ginsburg was a reallife superhero that i envision wearing a pink cape. She wasnt afraid to use her brainpower, even during a time when women were not really expected to or accepted in that way. And when i think about my career at the Orlando Police ment and the awesome opportuny of serving as the first woman chief of police, i believe that my ability to make it so far in a nontraditional role for women is a direct result of the work that justice ginsburgot anr women like her did. So, what a loss, but what a legacy she has. And shes left a roadmap for all of us to follow. She sure has. Like so many things in washington, not a beat
Purchase it. Of course youre going to want to purchase it for yourself, your relatives, your neighbors and friends because theres a lot riding on what he says. So please go ahead and purchase pauls book and help support this discourse that hes, hes lending to all of us in the next few months and beyond. I just want to say that any night of the week wed be thrilled to have either one of our guests for a p and p event, but getting them together is kind of like a hallelujah moment for us at p and p. I dont know how many of you are counting or have that thing that shows the days, minutes and seconds until the election, but if youre not counting, there are 88 days remaining. Personally, i kind of wish the election was today, but were to wait 88 days. And given whats riding on the outcome, its such an to introduce my old friend and former colleague paul begala. He is going to tell us how democrats could win in america. That would, of course, rid america at least one of the two plagues curren
But most importantly please find a link to pauls book, you can click on the link and purchase please go ahead and purchase pauls book and help support the discourse that hes hes lending to all of us in the next few months and beyond. I just want to say that any night of the week we would be thrilled to have one of our guests but together is a hallelujah movement. I dont know if youre counting or shows the days, minutes and seconds until the election but if youre not counting there are 88 days remaining. Personally i wish that the election was today but we have to wait 88 days and as i said given whats riding on the outcome, trust honor and pleasure to introduce my old colleague and friend paul begala for tonights events. He will tell us how democrats can win in november, that would, of course, if we are successful, leave one of the two plagues ravaging our nation. [laughter] paul will be explaining new book. When you read it, you will encounter some of Electoral College and trump tramp
President trump said, quote, i guess everybody makes mistakes. Yeah, but there are mistakes, and then there are mistakes. When i overwater one of my plants the economy stays open and americans can still travel to canada. During an interview yesterday, President Trump refused to say whether he would accept the results of novembers election if he loses to former Vice President joe biden, which is completely terrifying and antidemocratic, but also dont you wish democrats would have that kind of fighting spirit al gore lost by like nine votes and just said, well, the people have spoken. During the interview, President Trump also said hes not a good loser. Oh, stop it. You are the biggest loser i know enough of that talk. According to a new poll, former Vice President joe biden has a 15point lead over President Trump nationally though, dont get too excited, thanks to some creative gerrymandering, no matter who you are, this is your closest polling place. According to a new poll, 55 of voter