Future, solving the great problem offered our time, and at the spread of the coronavirus to the highs and loafs the economy, and teen election, 2020 will continue to be a process of change. He is here with us today to discuss his book and his thoughts on america. We now invites you to enjoy our Virtual Program from our air force one Leadership Academy with Newt Gingrich and Reagan Foundation and Institute Executive director. Speaker gingrich, terrific to have you with us at the Reagan Library. Also you know we originally had planned to have you live and in person as we have so many times. Want you to know when this pandemic is behind us and youre able to travel and things can be safer again, we still would love to have you out Reagan Library again with your new book or the next one you write. So, thanks so much for joining us today. I want to say first of all im a huge fan of the Reagan Library and particularly the educational work you do and the way you create learning experiences for
Of course, im here in los angeles, where this weekend ill be participating in that classic summertime activity mitigating risk. Its a confusing time here in hollywood. Tv and films are slowly ramping up as productions try to answer the ageold question, is it possible to entertain americans without giving a communicable respiratory disease to ken jeong . But im very excited to be hosting these next few nights. We have some truly incredible guests coming on and one that i cannot stand. But ive always wanted to host a latenight talk show so someday i hope to. Because this is not a late night talk show. This is like hosting the worlds saddest makeup tutorial. And now lets put a comedic spin on some devastating news. As you may know, wearing face masks that help prevent covid19 has weirdly become some kind of political issue. Angry americans have been sending Death Threats to Health Officials whove been advocating for mask requirements. Which i think is such a waste of time. Youre already n
But ive always wanted to host a latenight talk show so someday i hope to. Because this is not a late night talk show. This is like hosting the worlds saddest makeup tutorial. And now lets put a comedic spin on some devastating news. As you may know, wearing face masks that help prevent covid19 has weirdly become some kind of political issue. Angry americans have been sending Death Threats to Health Officials whove been advocating for mask requirements. Which i think is such a waste of time. Youre already not wearing a mask in the middle of a pandemic, we know you want to kill us we knew that back when you kept wearing guns to chipotle. America, what are we doing . Americans werent even able to take the virus seriously as a Public Health threat for as long as they took james franco seriously as a short story writer. Look, i get it. I do. Youre over it. Quarantine is hard. I live alone and im a little sick of people telling me not to socialize. I mean, easy for you to say, you have a hus
With the lack of Economic Justice for black people and other minorities, not to mention native americans. So yes, there is a lot of work to be done. But considering where we were, in 1965, homosexuality was outlawed in every state, you didnt have any no lgbt people were represented and positively in the media anywhere. If there was a gay person in a movie, they had to be killed off or kill themselves. Considering where we were 55 years ago, where weve come today is really phenomenal. Again, i think thats because we can use the arguments and the examples, the great achievements of the africanamerican movement for civil rights, thats why so much has been done. But as it said, the price of freedom is eternal vigilence. One could also say the price of equality is eternal vigilance, too. And certainly there is yes, it is very sad that the gay youth still have to sometimes choose between their families and integrity, being true to themselves, and pay a price for it. Thank you. I think that t
Sexual orientation. We call this wall once rejected now embraced because now you see how attitudes have changed toward lgbtq americans. They are influencers, politicians, activists, actors, journalists. These are people who are much ad hired for who they are and what they do. Here it is our mission to promote understanding of the importance of the free press and the First Amendment. We hope more people come and visit this exhibit because stonewall, the events of stonewall and rise up the lbgtq Rights Movement tells the story of how every day americans use their First Amendment freedoms, freedom of press, freedom of religion, freedom of petition, freedom of speech to rise up, act up, push back, and advocate for change. That is what were all about at the newseum to explain the story of the First Amendment. This movement the story of the lbgtq Rights Movement really embodies everything about the First Amendment. We hope people come here to experience it as well as movies and interactives