a little bit but i tell people i m not interested in the facts of history as much as i am interpretation of those facts and how it guides us today and what we know about abraham lincoln is got us out of a really bad place that brought so many millions now millions of americans into society into the fold and that s worth celebrating emancipation probing la maiftion a war strategy move it wasn t intended on freeing slaves. it didn t free the slaves in the north. but the politics that came after the war preslave and brought them right. and president lincoln was a part of that. complicated thing baa you have to be willing and honest and honest to persist through all that. and we re going to be doing fourth of july special co-hosting with carley and they saw a k-9 package but we ll tell part of your story we have a teaser let s watch it. what does independence day mean to you? america.
freeing slaves. that s not okay in 2018. i let you talk through all of that nonsense. i need you to let me finish my point. my point is this. you re not going to be able to successfully name one black person who works in the west wing because you know what, omarosa didn t even work in the west wing. regardless of your points about slavery which are nonsense, i hope you rip those talking points tonight, they should never be resurrected. i am telling you it is a problem in this white house with the staff, the reason is it is slim pickings. you know why? because nobody wants to work for a racist. there s not a single senior black person in the white house, and don t you dare say ben carson because he doesn t work there, how dare his gifted hand who is a brain surgeon and who has never done anything on a construction project it is nonsense like your talking
sides together. i m reading sandberg s lincoln and it s remarkable seeing abraham lincoln at the beginning of the civil war because he knew the public wasn t there basically saying hey, this isn t about slavery. i just want to save the union. i just want to save the union. if freeing slaves saves the union, i ll save the union. if keeping slavery saves the union, i ll save the union. and when he got a chance as he moved forward he moved his position but it was always this pragmatic give and take until he realized select the emancipation proclamation. he understood. he said with public sentiment anything is possible. without it nothing is possible. so he knew as a leader that you had to move in step with people and then you could take a chance as he did with the emancipation proclamation he had to educate the country as to why he had the power to do that. he has the power because as commander-in-chief the slaves were being used to help the confederacy. so he had more necessity he ca
who steps up and says, i ll stand for the senate in opposition to douglas. lincoln is unable to unseat douglas, and the democrats maintain a strong pro-slavery presence in congress. convinced that slavery can only be eliminated by force, john brown takes the fight into the south. with these, we shall end the curse of slavery forever. brown has been planning some sort of guerilla action that involves freeing slaves, and he wants to provide all of the weapons necessary to supply his army. so what better place to ignite that spark than the federal armory at harpers ferry? then establishing armed outposts from which guerilla raids could take place on a constant basis. god is on our side. [ gun cocks ] so, he s gonna send out his men.liberate the
who steps up and says, i ll stand for the senate in opposition to douglas. lincoln is unable to unseat douglas, and the democrats maintain a strong pro-slavery presence in congress. convinced that slavery can only be eliminated by force, john brown takes the fight into the south. with these, we shall end the curse of slavery forever. brown has been planning some sort of guerilla action that involves freeing slaves, and he wants to provide all of the weapons necessary to supply his army. so what better place to ignite that spark than the federal armory at harpers ferry? then establishing armed outposts from which guerilla raids could take place on a constant basis. god is on our side. [ gun cocks ] so, he s gonna send out his men.liberate the slaves, give them guns.