Live coverage begins at 3 00 p. M. Eastern on cspan. [cheering] we want willkie we want willkie we want willkie i stand before you without a single pledge or promise or understanding of any kind except for the advancement of your cause and the preservation of american democracy. [applause] as your nominee, i will have an aggressive fighting campaign. [applause] we want willkie the republicans in we want wi llkie. Wendell willkie ran for president in 1940. These are some images of him on the campaign trail. We are here with david willkie, his grandson. I want you to introduce the audience to some of the fervor. As were seeing from these Iconic Images from the 1940s campaign that surrounded your grandfather as he ran for president and tried to defeat Franklin Delano roosevelt, who was seeking a third term. What an exciting time in the country. We are entering the end of the hoover administration, eight years of the Roosevelt Administration. President roosevelt was right at the height of
To the plot to change america. That is why the new book the plot to change america is so important and why we are hosting this conversation. We will have a lively discussion that has the most articulate observers of American Culture today. And host of the two most popular podcast in america. Finally a conversation we will have a q a session which i will moderate so that any point during the program you would like to ask please submit the question in the questions boss one box. Really answer as many questions in the time that we have. Want to introduce us special guests to kickoff the program that is Heritage Foundation president mrs. James the floor is yours. Good morning i am so excited to welcome you to the Heritage Foundation and our book launch with the plot to change america. Thank you all for joining us today we are so honored to have you with us, michael. We are so proud of Mike Gonzalez in the time and research he has put into this tremendous book. Hes not afraid to point out w
Book the accidental president , now we have him here virtually to talk about his new book about the 1948 elections going 78 years to another Election Year and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways and in others what is different is politicians were all younger than they are today. That is one big difference. Take it away and tell us about the overview of the book. I want to say a couple things. Thank you for having me lose the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. I know books, i fell in love with reading when i was 6 years old because books can transport you to another time or place and that has been a blessing. I started this book in 2017 talking about the accidental president and i planned this book to come out in the 2020 cycle. This was a book about the election and it will be relevant and give me an opportunity to talk about things that matter. Secondly, elements in our life conspired in such a way, everything i was writing about was no longer taking place
Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please take your seats. The event will begin momentarily. Announcer ladies and gentlemen, please give a warm welcome to the chairwoman of the Republican National committee. Hello this convention will come to order [cheers and applause] 2020ates, welcome to the Republican National convention. Offering todays invitation, invocation, please welcome from vermont, j sheppard. Thank you, ronna. My name is jay and i am a republican. I am also a catholic donald trump republican. By the grace of god, i am an american. So let us pray. Thank you, o lord, for all the gifts you provide us, not because we deserve them, but solely through your grace and mercy, let us acknowledge the many gifts that god has bestowed upon us, starting with a president and Vice President that reflect the values of our founding fathers. And are willing to fight for those values, starting with life, knowing that all life is precious, from conception to natural death. There is no choice to f
And all the work that you will continue to do on the days ahead. In the car on the way here after i landed in charlotte i was on the phone with more than 5000 volunteers all across america. Well be getting people together in your state and in every state and territory across this land. We already have the largest Grassroots Campaign in American History and were going to secure two million volunteers before election day. [applause] it israelly about reelecting this president for four more years but it also about an agenda. About an agenda that made america prosperous, more prosperous than ever before, before this great Global Pandemic struck our nation. More americans were working than ever before. We were setting records in this economy left and right. In the midst of this pandemic, when i speak about wenz night the leadership of this president and the compassion of the American People shown forth. [applause] well continue to work every day until we put this coronavirus in the past. Wh