Welcome to the Commonwealth Club, im george hammond, chair of the forum which organized todays events. Im happy to welcome back a. J. Baime who was here a year and half or so ago and his last book in this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book the 1948 election so we are going back 72 years for another Election Year and youll be amazed at exactly how similar it sounds in some ways and in other ways very different and one of the difference is the politicians were younger then so that is one big difference but a. J. , take it away and tell us about the overview of the book, a very good read by the way. Thank you. I want to say a couple of things first. Thank you so much for having me and the Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be and here we are going through painandsuffering and i know for myself im just reminding why i fell in love with reading when i was six years old because books can transform or transport you to another time and plac
Public service and brought to you by your television provider. Welcome to the Commonwealth Club. Im george hammond, chair of the vanity form, i am happy to welcome back a. J. Baime. We had him here i urine to have a go for the accidental president , his last book and this time we have him here virtually from his home and we will talk about his new book about the 1948 election going back 72 years and you will be amazed how similar it sounds in some ways, in other ways very different. Politicians were all younger than they are today. Take it away, the overview of the book, a very good review. Guest thanks for having me. The Commonwealth Club is a wonderful place to be. A lot of people going to pain and suffering, i am reminded why i fell in love with reading, books can transport you to another time and place and it has been a blessing. Regarding my last time with you i started this book in 2017 to talk about the accidental president. This book came out in the 2020 election cycle. This is
Children are almost and i would almost say definitely, but almost immune from this disease. David now, both facebook and twitter claim that those remarks contain misinformation about the china virus and childrens health. President trump was asked about facebook and twitters cent orship on the south lawn earlier today. What evidence is have you seen about children [inaudible] all you have to do read the newspapers or read the medical reports. David so here are some facts. Cdc data shows around 7 of all 4. 8 million china virus cases in the u. S. Are from children under 18. And around 0. 1 of all 159,000 u. S. Deaths are from that that age group. Twitters decision to censor the Trump Campaign was made in part by a former press secretary for kamala harris, the senator. In march twitter claimed chinas misinformation about the virus did not violate its rules, and facebooks decision to deny the American People from hearing what the president has to say comes despite repeated assurances from
Children are almost and i would almost say definitely, but almost immune from this disease. David now, both facebook and twitter claim that those remarks contain misinformation about the china virus and childrens health. President trump was asked about facebook and twitters cent orship on the south lawn earlier today. What evidence is have you seen about children [inaudible] all you have to do read the newspapers or read the medical reports. David so here are some facts. Cdc data shows around 7 of all 4. 8 million china virus cases in the u. S. Are from children under 18. And around 0. 1 of all 159,000 u. S. Deaths are from that that age group. Twitters decision to censor the Trump Campaign was made in part by a former press secretary for kamala harris, the senator. In march twitter claimed chinas misinformation about the virus did not violate its rules, and facebooks decision to deny the American People from hearing what the president has to say comes despite repeated assurances from
Children are almost and i would almost say definitely, but almost immune from this disease. David now, both facebook and twitter claim that those remarks contain misinformation about the china virus and childrens health. President trump was asked about facebook and twitters cent orship on the south lawn earlier today. What evidence is have you seen about children [inaudible] all you have to do read the newspapers or read the medical reports. David so here are some facts. Cdc data shows around 7 of all 4. 8 million china virus cases in the u. S. Are from children under 18. And around 0. 1 of all 159,000 u. S. Deaths are from that that age group. Twitters decision to censor the Trump Campaign was made in part by a former press secretary for kamala harris, the senator. In march twitter claimed chinas misinformation about the virus did not violate its rules, and facebooks decision to deny the American People from hearing what the president has to say comes despite repeated assurances from