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1936, it was hot, it was around 90 degrees and 100,000 people turned out to see him. he himself said from the stage from the podium at the front of the crowd that the crowd was about 80,000 but the police actually said it was bigger. the police said it was 100,000 people, and, again, this was in 1936 so if you want to adjust that for inflation like it was a dollar amount, if you want to adjust thatto account for how big the population was of the country, 100,000 people compared to the overall size of the country would translate to a crowd of like 250,000, 260,000 people which is a really big crowd, particularly since the person they were all there to see was just some guy with a radio show have you ever heard of a politician named william lemke he was a congressman, a candidate for president. a third party candidate in the 1936 presidential election and that huge, huge, huge rally on labor day weekend in chicago in 1936, that was os sentencely a rally in support of his presid
thanks for being with us tonight. it is very, very good to have you here so, it was labor day weekend, 1936, it was hot, it was around 90 degrees and 100,000 people turned out to see him. he himself said from the stage from the podium at the front of the crowd that the crowd was about 80,000 but the police actually said it was bigger. the police said it was 100,000 people, and, again, this was in 1936 so if you want to adjust that for inflation like it was a dollar amount, if you want to adjust that to account for how big the whole population of the country was at the time compared to now 100,000 people then compared to the overall size of the country that would translate today to a crowd of like 250,000, 260,000 people. which is a really big crowd, particularly since the person they were all there to see was just some guy with a radio show. have you ever heard of a politician named william lemke it s okay if you haven t he was a congressman, a candidate for president. a thir
there is no one quite like republican candidate for governor of pennsylvania mr. doug mastriano. he insists the 2020 election was stolen from donald trump, which, of course, it was not. he supports a draconian ban on abortion. peddles vaccine disinformation. we could go on and on and on. but right now, the contest between mastriano and democratic candidate josh shapiro is being defined by hate and anti-semitism in its final days and weeks. new york times is out with a piece of reporting that says this, quote, mr. mastriano, who promotes christian power and disdains the separation of church and state, has repeatedly lashed mr. shapiro for attending and sending his children to what mastriano calls a privileged, exclusive, elite school, suggesting to one audience that it e vinced mr. shapiro s distan for people like us. it is a jewish day school where students are given both secular and religious instruction, but mastriano s language in portraying it as an elitist reserve seem
that in just a moment. but first, let s talk about the sedition trial that s happening today after a break for the holiday weekend, the day, federal prosecutors in washington, d. c., resumed prosecuting a case against five members of the oath keepers on charges of seditious conspiracy, or trying to overthrow the government. last week zeroed in on the group s founder, stewart rhodes. but today s former afghanistan veteran. her name is jessica watkins. introduced evidence that watkins discussed cutting off pool cues to serve as antifa smasher is. she sought to recruit and train people to join the oath keepers. if it convicted of seditious conspiracy, watkins and her fellow defendants face up to 20 years behind bars. there s been a lot of wrangling on the radar. but today s trial is important because it s another example of individual accountability. and this, case accountability for a small group that s not tweens flicked significant damage. individual accountability do