Stuart stevens, welcome to firing line. Great to be here. Thank you. Listen, you have worked in republican politics for more than four decades. You were part of five republican president ial campaigns, including that of mitt romney, george w. Bush, and bob dole. And now you are working to defeat the current republican president through a group called the Lincoln Project. And were going to get to all that, but first, you have just published a book. It is titled it was all a lie how the Republican Party became donald trump. So lets start with what was the lie, stuart . You know, margaret, if you go back to the dark ages, say four years ago, i think that 90 percent of republicans would have agreed that there was a handful of values that united republicans. What were those . Character counts, personal responsibility is critical, strong on russia, free trade, pro legal immigration. You know, Ronald Reagan announcing from the statue of liberty, signed a bill that made everybody in the countr
Today theres just a lack of respect. Ito assume the other sidenot just the political opponent, bu themy. And what this produces is two americas that are separate not only in their partisan affiliation, but in pretty much everything. Narrator tonight on frontline part one of americas great divide. Frontline is made possible by contributions to your s station from viewers like you. Thank you. Ra and by the coron for public broadsting. Major support is provided by the john d. And catherine t. Macahur foundation, committe to building a more just, verdant and peaceful world. And by the Ford Foundation working with visionaries on the frontlines of cial change worldwide. Adtional support is provided by the Abrams Foundation committed to excellence in journalism. The park foundation, dedicated to heightening Public Awareness of critical issues. The john and Helen Glessner family trust. Supporting trustworthy journalism that informs and spires. Si the heisinns foundation unlocking knowledge, op
Mitchell kaplan has been a staunch supporter from the beginning and i can honestly say literally if not for him i would not be here. He owns the place after all. [laughter] it has been a great ride iou books and books so much its wonderful to have cspan here taping the show tonight this is big time. Before i get any further along lifetime new yorker declares himself florida resident he must have read the book. [laughter] because weve known about this development for quite a while. [laughter] hes not here yet . Save him a seat in the back. [laughter] the fact is i had a make it very clear to my editor and publisher that i was not intending to write about donald trump and i went up there to talk to them next year there is a big tellall book with the white house is coming out with what georgeanne morgan wanted was a tell nothing book and i told them mine was a story of a place and he would have to be in there but dont worry we were all the same page and off we went and the result is palm
Later, David Mcintosh joins us to discuss his organizations strategy for campaign 2020. Trump during the impeachment inquiry. Host what was last year an anonymous New York Times oped by a purported white house senior staffer is now a fullfledged book just published, the author citing further concern, alarm, and consternation about President Trumps term in office saying he deserves to be fired. We start with excerpts from the Washington Post article and what they are publishing today. Democrats, use 2027488000. Epublicans, it is 2027488001 and independents, 2027488002. You can send us a text, make sure you put your name and where you are texting from. That is 2027488003. On twitter, we are cspanwj. On facebook, facebook. Com cspan. The article in the Washington Post, washingtonpost. Com where you can read it for yourself. The headline book by anonymous, describes trump as cruel, inapt, and a danger to the nation. Trump Administration Officials masseered resigning en last year, but rejec
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