Once again, happy to represent the georgetownud state of amerin Law Student Association as copresident. A big thank you to the speakers today for coming out. Personally, i am and anna rolled member of the tribe from south dakota but originally from minnesota minnesota to the birthplace of thee American Indian movement and its my honor today to welcome you all. All, thank you for filling out the various requirements and policies and everything. But most importantly, to the three speakers today, we have sharon leonard, author of the book i will, which covers the early history of the American Indian movement and dorothy, the former tribal judge for the United Nations and also features prominently in the book and last but not least kevin sharp, former Federal District court judge and leonards attorney. Without further ado, thank you for coming out and i will pass it on to the panelists. [applause] i want to say thank you. Ana deeply grateful that you are here and youve given your time and
Too many lessons away from the special election just because of the special circumstances in montana. Montana is interesting when it comes to congressional elections. It was much closer than the election in 2016. Things have moved closer. Most democrats in d. C. Predicted the results about what we saw last night. A single digit loss, not a particularly close race. I think thats how republicans saw it, too. I do not think the incident earlier this week a big chunk of the votes came in before the incident. But people in both parties would caution against reading too much into a special election. Host House Speaker paul ryan said he thought there should be an apology, and there was an apology by Greg Gianforte take last night. Talk about the reaction to this. Ncident reactions i saw were largely in one of two cap spirit they were lawmakers saying that should not happen. Really hould never that you should never physically assault a reporter, obviously. Was a reaction of jokes about body sl
Arkin, as well as Jennifer Bendery, the political reporter or huff post. Thank you both for joining us today. Guest thanks for having us. Host the latest news was last night, the race in montana for the open congressional seat, opened up by ryan sinking what does it tell us, if anything, about the broader state of politics right now . Guest i think you cannot take too many lessons away from the special election just because of the special circumstances in montana. Montana is interesting when it comes to congressional elections. It was much closer than the election in 2016. Things have moved closer. Most democrats in d. C. Predicted the results about what we saw last night. A single digit loss, not a particularly close race. I think thats how republicans saw it, too. I do not think the incident earlier this week a big chunk of the votes came in before the incident. But people in both parties would caution against reading too much into a special election. Host House Speaker paul ryan sai
Arkin, as well as Jennifer Bendery, the political reporter or huff post. Thank you both for joining us today. Guest thanks for having us. Host the latest news was last night, the race in montana for the open congressional seat, opened up by ryan sinking what does it tell us, if anything, about the broader state of politics right now . Guest i think you cannot take too many lessons away from the special election just because of the special circumstances in montana. Montana is interesting when it comes to congressional elections. It was much closer than the election in 2016. Things have moved closer. Most democrats in d. C. Predicted the results about what we saw last night. A single digit loss, not a particularly close race. I think thats how republicans saw it, too. I do not think the incident earlier this week a big chunk of the votes came in before the incident. But people in both parties would caution against reading too much into a special election. Host House Speaker paul ryan sai
Too many lessons away from the special election just because of the special circumstances in montana. Montana is interesting when it comes to congressional elections. It was much closer than the election in 2016. Things have moved closer. Most democrats in d. C. Predicted the results about what we saw last night. A single digit loss, not a particularly close race. I think thats how republicans saw it, too. I do not think the incident earlier this week a big chunk of the votes came in before the incident. But people in both parties would caution against reading too much into a special election. Host House Speaker paul ryan said he thought there should be an apology, and there was an apology by Greg Gianforte take last night. Talk about the reaction to this. Ncident reactions i saw were largely in one of two cap spirit they were lawmakers saying that should not happen. Really hould never that you should never physically assault a reporter, obviously. Was a reaction of jokes about body sl