civilization from the renaissance to the 18th century and the 18th century to the present. at uc berkeley, you will find a course in the roots of western civilization. down south at uc san diego where my brother went you may partake in a course titled foundations of western civilization. it took mr. santorum to write that letter claiming what i meant is the uc schools don t teach survey courses in western civ. it took us 15 to find all those courses on western civ. you can tell from the tape where rick santorum is saying the thing about uc is he is really tired and the campaign trail is exhausting. i have empathy for the exhaustion factor and the too much going on factor affecting what people say. also, getting things wrong can be embarrassing. i know. i get things wrong.
these are easy ones. a cursory search revealed that uc davis along debunks rick ç santorum. a further search showed that not just uc davis but all of the other campuses also teach american history. we did follow up with mr. santorum. today, just a few hours ago, he responded. he sent us a note. quote, rachel, on a recent show you dus skused a statement that american hift was not being taught at a number of california universities. you questioned the accuracy of my statement. based upon your broadcast i went back and reviewed the facts. it s clear my memory was faulty. what i should have said is that none of the uc campuses teach a survey course in western civilization. i appreciate your efforts pointing out my misstatement and giving me the opportunity to set
he was john braybender. republicans of any sustain potential in american politics never agree to come on this show. we ask and we ask and we beg. sometimes i ask on tv thinking it will increase the leverage but the answer is always i d love you to but i can t. pencil me in a quarter after never. we had a nice civil discussion with john braybender. i m glad he was here for agreeing to speak with me. he sderves credit for being here. he also deserves credit for saying that if rick santorum had been wrong about the no american history in the university of california thing then mr. santorum would surely admit fault. i would guess if that somebody he felt was credible gave him information that he thought was credible and he felt he misspoke, i think he would be the first person to say i was wroing and i m going to tell you. that s the type of person he is. i will follow up on you. these are easy ones.
the record straight. signed rick santorum. senator, if you want to talk about this in person, you re so welcome here any time you want. my chair is your chair. any time. the letter was polite and straightforward. i have to say he s still wrong. mr. santorum said from his note what i should have said is none of the uc campuses teach a survey course in western civilization. to the google. this spring at the university of california santa barbara you can take western civilization 1050, 217. at the university of los angeles you can take introduction to civilization. 1715 to the çpresent. at the university of california davis you can take three courses on the history of western
bills, what happens is my office spends time responding to people that are calling frightened to death about what they are seeing and hearing. that s very true. it s very honest. it s very interesting that they always want to minimize these social issues. we re talking about constitutional rights, voting, access to reproductive health care, very fundamental things to americans and they seem not to get that this is something serious and that people will take it serious, and they can t just turn it off and say i want to talk about jobs. we got to hold them accountable. virginia house delegate, chair of the legislature reproductive rights caucus. thanks for joining us. hope you come çback. thank you. this very day, not very long ago today, a few hours ago, we got a note from rick santorum. it s not a form letter. it s not a fund raising letter.