What did you mean by that . [laughter] mr. Wilder as you pointed out,eing the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to run to be the governor of a state, sit in the same seat that Patrick Henry occupied, Thomas Jefferson occupied. To the extent that those tribunals were overcome, it is a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through relative to refurbishing and making certain that the image did not continue. So i like to think does what i would like to say is that the new dominion, rather than the. Ld dominion ima product of that. I represent what the people of irginia have brought forth am a product of that. I represent what the people of virginia have brought forth. Host so have things changed . Mr. Wilder yes, things have changed. That internalis lage alliance villages villages is the place of freedom. You cannot address v the place of freedom. There are things you have to work at. What did take place in charlottesville was such as now we look back.
Plus give the cspan capitol tour continues. We are at our fifth up outside the statehouse in Richmond Virginia and joining us on the cspan bus is former Virginia Governor doug wilder who served from 19921994. Governor wilders the grandson of slaves the first africanamerican governor in the u. S. Since reconstruction. Governor wilder in your recent autobiography you write that you are product of the state, the good, the bad and the ugly. What did he mean by that . Well as you pointed out being the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to be the governor of the state to occupy the same seat as Patrick Henry and thomas jefferson. So to the extent that those travails overcome it was a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through in making sure that image didnt continue. I like to think and i would like to say we are the old union rather new union rather than the old union. Im a product of that and i represent what the people of virginia brought forth and c
Can begin our hearings. Obviously was delay with the arrival of the former president members. They continue to pray for his continued recovery and his families constantly in our mind. This is our Congressional Task force on Election Security. We are kind of looking forward rather than backward trying to figure out did we miss something, can we use this as an opportunity to fix things for the future. We have obviously the cochair and the Ranking Member on the house administrations have a comment for the record. In the interest of time im just going to submit it for the record. We are joined here by the former secretary of Homeland Security j. Johnson and former undersecretary for the National Protection and Program Director at for the department. Welcome, mr. Secretary. We will allow you to begin and we will now hear from you thank you for inviting us. I accepted this invitation first because it is an opportunity for me to reconnect with undersecretary spaulding. Im here because the res
Governor since reconstruction. You write that you are a product of that state, the good, the bad, and the ugly. What did you mean by that . [laughter] mr. Wilder as you pointed out,eing the grandson of slaves one would never expect that person to run to be the governor of a state, sit in the same seat that Patrick Henry occupied, Thomas Jefferson occupied. To the extent that those tribunals were overcome, it is a testament to show what the people of virginia had gone through relative to refurbishing and making certain that the image did not continue. So i like to think does what i would like to say is that the new dominion, rather than the. Ld dominion ima product of that. I represent what the people of irginia have brought forth am a product of that. I represent what the people of virginia have brought forth. Host so have things changed . Mr. Wilder yes, things have changed. That internalis lage alliance villages villages is the place of freedom. You cannot address v the place of free
Campaign trail for the lieutenant governor. As we go to it here, a welcome to the Current Governor Terry Mcauliffe. You are watching live coverage on cspan. Virginia. Ening, [cheering] t is into that great isn it great to have president barack obama in the commonwealth of virginia . [cheering] do we not love our president . And i get a kick out of this. On the other side, ed gillespie is treating the president of his party as a communicable disease. They wont even talk to each other. We dont do that here. We love barack obama in the commonwealth of virginia. [cheering] [applause] i was just talking to the president backstage. She said, i feel like im an honorary virginian. I said, moving anytime you want. Move in any time you want. It was four years ago this time that President Obama Campaign for me as governor. I stood on stage with Ralph Northam. We made ar years ago, lot of commitments to you. You worked your heart and soul out to get us to elected, and i want to say thank you for w