To protect our monuments arrest the rioters was prosecutors tend to use the word was to the fullest extent of the law was was the law was the owner i am pleased to report that yesterday federal agents arrested the suspected ringleader of the attack on the statue of the great Andrew Jackson in washington d. C. It was and in addition hundreds more have been arrested was under the executive order assigned last week pertaining to the Veterans Memorial preservation and recognition act. And other laws people who damage you had to face federal statues or monuments will get a minimum of 10 years in prison. The on an obviously that includes our beautiful mt rushmore the law where our people have a great memory. They will never forget the destruction of statues and monuments to George Washington Abraham Lincoln ulysses says scranton abolitionists and many others the violent mayhem we have seen in the streets and cities that are run by liberal democrats in every case is the predictable result of
[laughter] chris thank you for being here. The book is congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by greatest president . I mean most significant. At the end of the day, it was Abraham Lincoln to engage the south any civil war in order to preserve the union. It is Abraham Lincoln that result the slavery issue that had vexed the statesman back to the founding. And this story, why congressman lincoln . There are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln. If you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that number piled to the ceiling. Abouten i say books Abraham Lincoln, i do not mean about mary todd or the civil war , i mean about him. Books about his time in congress, one of three political jobs he ever had. The only other job he had in the federal government, besides president. There have only been three of them written and this is the third. The last one was written before i was bo
This is the meeting for, congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. Thank you so much to cspan for hosting authors like me and letting us talk about what we do. And thank you for changing hands. This is the second event we have done here in over a year. Chris having bookstores like this is such a treasure. Nobody can leave until every copy of the book is sold. [laughter] chris thank you for being here. The book is congressman lincoln the making of americas greatest president. What do i mean by greatest president . I mean most significant. At the end of the day, it was Abraham Lincoln to engage the south any civil war in order to preserve the union. It is Abraham Lincoln that result the slavery issue that had vexed the statesman back to the founding. And this story, why congressman lincoln . There are 16,000 books written about Abraham Lincoln. If you go to fords theatre in washington dc, which is the final scene of the extraordinary story, you will see half that num