Campaign chair. We have live coverage on cspan. A little different then usual, but we are here, our whole team. We will be here all week. Our first guest is tom perez. The leader of the Democratic Party. He is also an architect for the convention. They will be here to watch the democrats officially nominate joe biden. Due to the coronavirus pandemic the convention is virtual, mostly and it will include Vice President bidens acceptance speech. You have lined up a lot of heavy hitters in the party to keep this going online. So lets talk about it. Thanks for being here. It is a pleasure to be here. It six an exciting week. Weve heard a lot about the campaign being a referendum on president trump. But this is about your message country. What is your focus in pitching Vice President biden to the nation . Mr. Perez our messages about uniting america. Not just the united uniting the Democratic Party. With had Great Success there. This is telling everyone across america you have a seat at the
A. Current affairs. Countersteering. Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question about americas elections what would lincoln do lets get to the bottom line. U. S. President donald trump set off alarm bells in america last week when he talked about delaying the upcoming election after the corona virus Pandemic Public Health officials recommended that people avoid long lines at polling stations and mail their ballots and instead the trumpeters juggernaut media machine have been relentless in discounting the credibility of mail than ballots climaxing in a tweet last week where he floated the idea of actually delaying elections day which is set for november 3rd that idea was quickly killed by the white house but the fears remain especially after he said that hell wait and see if he accepts the Election Results today were joined by someone whos been involved in american politics for decades Sidney Blumenthal is a veteran journalist whos worked with leading publications like the New York Time
The fears remain especially after he said that hell wait and see if he accepts the Election Results today were joined by someone whos been involved in american politics for decades Sidney Blumenthal is a veteran journalist whos worked with leading publications like the New York Times the new republic and the guardian and hes an author whos writing a landmark series of books on the life and times of americas 16th president president Abraham Lincoln said its great to be with you and i as you know have been reading your books but i want to start the show with a sound clip from president drop. Republicans are the party of liberty equality and justice for all we are the party of Abraham Lincoln and we are the party oh i am. So sidney President Trump often mentions president lincoln compares himself to president lincoln says that he is doing better in the polls than president lincoln and i just want to get your dashboard of the comparison between lincoln in his time and President Trumps d. P
Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question about americas elections what would lincoln do lets get to the bottom line. U. S. President donald trump set off alarm bells in america last week when he talked about delaying the upcoming election after the coronavirus Pandemic Public Health officials recommended that people avoid long lines at polling stations and mail their ballots and instead the trumpet has juggernaut media machine have been relentless in discounting the credibility of mail than ballots climaxing in a tweet last week where he floated the idea of actually delaying elections day which is set for november 3rd that idea was quickly killed by the white house but the fears remain especially after he said that hell wait and see if he accepts the Election Results today were joined by someone whos been involved in american politics for decades Sidney Blumenthal is a veteran journalist whos worked with leading publications like the New York Times the new republic and the guardian a
Hi im Steve Clements and i have a question about americas elections what would lincoln do lets get to the bottom line. U. S. President donald trump set off alarm bells in america last week when he talked about delaying the upcoming election after the corona virus Pandemic Public Health officials recommended that people avoid long lines at polling stations and mail their ballots and instead the trumpeters juggernaut media machine have been relentless in discounting the credibility of mail then ballots climaxing in a tweet last week where he floated the idea of actually delaying elections day which is set for november 3rd that idea was quickly killed by the white house but the fears remain especially after he said that hell wait and see if he accepts the Election Results today were joined by someone whos been involved in american politics for decades Sidney Blumenthal is a veteran journalist whos worked with leading publications like the New York Times the new republic and the guardian a