Americans will reelect trump. Why the book . Guest i working on the super pac to get 20 of the black vote for the president in eight states. The reason i thought it would be interesting to take a look at how did black americans become democrats from overwhelmingly for 71 yearse gop or so. Host bruce everly as your coauthor. Back in 2016 the president as a candidate received approximately 8 of the africanamerican vote. How does that compare to previous president s and how do you get to 20 in 2020 . Guest it is midland, higher than goldwater, a couple other books. Is lower than several president s but its interesting to take a. The gop occupied the moral high ground for 71 years. Herbert hoover decided he wanted a Lily White Republican Party in the south. Stop meeting with black individuals resegregated the white house. Franklin cites him as the pivotal guy who started the exit us from the Republican Party for black americans. Was atsome help and that the same time my parents and 6 milli
Host jason riley author, columnist, contributor to the wall street journal and manhattan institute. Among your books please stop helping us. I want to begin where your book concludes because they see the following liberalism convinces blacks to see themselves first and foremosts as victims. Guest i believe that is a big part of a political strate strategy. Theyve been at it for some time and unfortunately they have had a lot of success painting and as victims and then the followup is we have a Government Program or solution to help you overcome your victim so i think it is a political strategy. Guest thereve been books on Lyndon Johnson. Is it a failure or a success . Guest if you look at the programs and the goal the object is overstated at the time you would have to say that its largely a failure to to the extent we are told another debate i think that we of course move beyond a separate but equal but in your book you talkta abot the black colleges and pasted it could case of ronald
Will be on the books. David she did go out of her way to say it is way better than what they tell us from the white house. What are the real differences . Josh the big one for me is the change of pharmaceutical rules. The deal would have guaranteed patent protection for 10 years from biological drugs. They are specialized types of drugs. It only impacted canada and mexico and it is now out of the deal. It is good news for canada and mexico from the government perspectives. The reason she wanted the other deal was it permitted the u. S. To go under the 10 year number themselves. She probably wants to do that. That would be bad news for pharmaceutical companies but would allow generic drugs to be purchased sooner and therefore drive down costs for consumers or users of those drugs. David it always comes back to drug prices. Thanks to Josh Wingrove reporting from washington. Now we go to bloombergs Anna Anderson. We also learned two articles of impeachment will move forward. Anna it was q
Host jason riley, author, columnist, contributed to the wall street journal, Fox News Contributor and among your books, please stop helping us how liberals make it harder for blacks to succeed. I want to begin where your book concludes, quote, liberalism has succeeded tragically in convincing blacks to see themselves first and foremost as victims. Guest i believe that is a big part of a political strategy actually and they have been at it for some time. Unfortunately they have had a lot of success painting blacks is primarily victims, defined by their victimization first and foremost and the followup that we have a Government Program or government solution to help you overcome your victimhood so it is a political strategy. Guest there have been a number of books about lending johnsons Great Society. Was a failure or success . Guest if you look at the track record of the program, the goals, the objective stated at the time you would have to say it was largely a failure particularly with
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