Rich and exciting agenda this fall begin with todays discussion. Does for pulsing matter in the president ial year, or within the proximity whats going to happen in several hours to a debate . Should Foreign Policy matter . Will it matter . Are with this debate so unconventional, so we loaded with hot button issues from the Supreme Court to tax returns to pandemic that there will be little room for serious discussion either on Foreign Policy issues or domestication. That remains to be seen. Clearly back in the day Foreign Policy matters a lot more than it does now. The republican landslide in 1920 was a direct result of the uncertainties and challenges in the wake of the first world war. Fdr broke the twoterm president in 19401944, and gained legitimacy in response to impending war. In 1952 korea was the dominant issue. The stephenson i issue. Lbj was driven from the white house. As a consequence of it, although the humphreynixon election of vietnam did not play a singular role. And, o
On the House Judiciary Committee over the terms of attorney general William Barrs public testimony on the Mueller Report that was supposed to happen later this week. Justice Department Officials saying he will not appear based on how democrats want to conduct that hearing. Im going to speak to a top democrat on the committee about how they plan to respond. That is coming up in just a moment. We begin tonight however with the rise of White National violence and its inevitable collision with 2020 politics. Right now just moments ago joe biden just finished a speech in pittsburgh. He launched his candidacy last week with the words charlottesville, virginia. Wrapped up another speech as a 2020 candidate and you heard a reference to that as they are doubling down on White Nationalist rally in charlottesville, one calling those words darned near perfection. All of this coming in the wake of another tragic shooting over the weekend where a gunman killed one congregant and also shooting a rabb