Vote, starts right now. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Tonight, the candidatehielf, joe biden, making a surprising appearance, rounding out a night of virtual fanfare from those both sides of the aisle. We go straight to ra an. How do you do a political anvention like big zoom meeting. Marianne williamson said it was like Binge Watching a marriott commercial. I found it delightful and charming and fl reality, much o the kind of hollering, slightlydrunken polls that you get in the conventions, just screaming out the vote totals of the state. That was a highlight. I bet the republicans will copy that. More substantively, however, i think this was a nht where it was the past of the Democratic Party, the past that joe blt biden. We heard from bill clinton and jimmy carter, john kerry, from colin powell. And then to hear from jill biden, who story in a way no one else can. Michelle obamaar act to follow, but being there in the classroom was an effective touch. For alexandria ocasiocor
Talks about changes to the pandemic and foreign interference. This was hosted by the federalist society. Thank you for joining us today. Election 2020, securing the vote in the age of cybersecurity, misinformation, and pandemics. We are glad to be joined by our speaker as well as 13 circuit judge, the moderator. Before i turn it over to the judge, a couple housekeeping items. We are looking forward to returning to in person soon as possible but we are still doing these virtual events. Our first event will be october 1, cohosting with the sarasota and polk county chapters, featuring a judge from the sixth Circuit Court of appeals to discuss a new book, the essential scalia. Book, the essential scalia. That is october 1 and will be via zoom at 12 00 as well. Just a quick housekeeping item on our event today. If you have any questions at the end, there is a q and a function at the bottom of your screen. We will go to your question and pass along to our speaker. So now i will introduce our
Republic, which is a radical experiment for its time. There were very few republics in the world. So, this is a risky venture, because it expects a lot of people. In a monarchy, the duty of the people is essentially to obey. But in a republic, the citizens must anticipate. They need to vote. They should follow issues. They should be involved in campaigns. And so, a republic asks much more of people. And this is the foundational generation for this american republic. Yet, this is also the peak period for Alcohol Consumption in america. So, there is a paradox in which the political thinking, the political ideology said we need a republic with a virtue. An electorate where the people are committed to the wellbeing, the common good of the country and should be willing to set aside their self interest to advance the common good. That is virtue. Yet, this is a time when people are drinking as never before, and you can see the statistics here that historians have come up with. In 1790, the pe
Would neither. The i mean Bernie Sanders did tell his followers or joe biden would be the most liberal president in modern times in fact he said and i quote that many of the ideas he fought for that just a few years ago were considered radical are now mainstream in the Democratic Party at the root of their agenda is the belief that america is driven by envy not aspiration that millions of americans harbor ill will toward our neighbors instead of loving our neighbors as ourselves the radical left believes that the federal government must be involved in every aspect of our lives to correct those american wrongs they believe the federal government needs to dictate how americans live how we should work how we should raise our children and in the process deprive our people of freedom prosperity and security their agenda is based on government control. Our agenda is based on freedom. Thank you eon where President Trump cut taxes joe biden wants to raise taxes by nearly 4 trillion dollars whe
Next, on q a, author elaine weiss talks about her book, the womens hour. Later the contenders features window wilkie Wendell Wilkie who ran against president was built in 1940. Also programming on kamala harris. Elaine weiss discusses her book, the womans hour, about the. Leadup to the ratification of the 19th amendment to the u. S. Constitution on august 18, 1920, that granted women the right to vote. Host elaine weiss, i want to start our conversation on the centennial of womens suffrage with coverage of some you talk about in your book, the womans hour. My mother was a college student, student of International Affairs who took a an interest in public issues. She could not vote yet that tenant farmers on our farm, some of whom were illiterate could vote. Host who was harry byrne and why does he play a central role in your story . Guest Harry Thomas Byrne was the youngest legislator in the tennessee General Assembly in 1920. He was a freshman delegate. He was up for reelection in the