public apology from the congressman. we spoke with the congressman earlier today, my colleague ellie kaufman and i and here s what he said about the book in the office. i did not know the book was in the office. it s not something they ever remember seeing there. i certainly am as offended by the remarks in the book as anybody would be. have you read that book? i ve read parts of the book and parts of that that i found completely against my idealology and my belief system. he wants a more public apology, brianna. so that s just something to keep watching for. the congressman said i think we ve apologized and i think we re probably good, but actually saying we want something more public. so he s read the book, lauren, but he s making the point that he s trying to distance himself from the book, but he admits he read it. i tried to press him on
robert e. lee opened to a page full of racist sentiments. drew is blaming his staff as the union s president is calling on him to publicly apologize. miller shocked at what he saw inside georgia republican congressman drew fergson s office. the first thought was to flip the bookcase over. right there encased in glass the book general robert edward lee, soldier, citizen and chr christian patriot. it highlights the racist idealology of the times. we found out that the book had some quotes from general robert e. lee that were very very anti african american.
the painful discipline they urngoing is necessary for their race and i hope will prepare and lead them to better things. it was disrespectful. because of a scheduling conflict miller and his fellow union members were unable to meet with ferguson. a representative later called to complain about what they saw. the next day the congressman s chief of staff called miller to privately apologize and tell him the bulk had been reviewed. he blame it is presence on his staffer and said it did not represent his own views. i did not realize the book was in office. ferguson knowledged he has read parts of it before. completely against my idealology and my belief system.
he will be making the argument for why he believes he is the right candidate. he is a lifelong democrat. he now is saying that the democratic party has left him and he believes that it is time for a third way. of course many difficult roads on that. there is another interesting event in el paso, texas. it was on the president s mind this morning back at the white house. he was talking about o rourke. they were making dualing arguments about the wall and building the wall. i asked him if he is going to jump in soon. he said he will decide by the end of the month. so many others are considering jumping in. we have joe biden, brown, bloomberg and many senators already in the race. this is shaping up to be certain lay large democratic field. it is already taking shape in terms of idealology and
case for anyone really. it is about the issues. i think we certainly have immigration and income and equality. we have gay rights or some of these issues that some of these are coming for. they need to show they have a great personal story. they have a political idealology and the power to connect. at the end of the day they have to take on donald trump and he will be a tough challenge. it is kind of lazy at this point to label anything that has to do with women hood or anything with black and brown people. the only bucket of identity politics that have been acceptable over the last four years are folks who are targeting white blue collar workers or white conservatives that support donald trump or, you know, the alt-right as it has been called. i think it is unfortunate for us to do that in that way. let me ask you a question. when she was a member of the