We gather for the sake of our nation, the state of the world, and for the sake of the country we will pass that too. We have to make sure donald trump is a one term president. It is more than that. It is soundly rejecting the behavior he is normalizing. Never in my life did i think i would utter you have a president that gives aid and comfort to our enemies abroad and insights those who fight against decency at home come the lies, statements dividing us by race, gender, geography. We expect more out of our preschoolers now than the president of the United States. It is more than just that. It is rejecting the crony capitalism he has created. Who ever tears down the stage tonight will pay more in taxes than amazon, chevron, and 60 fortune 500 companies. Folks expect more. It is about making washington, d. C. Work for them and get rid of the corrupting influence of money in our elections. When Lindsey Graham says we have to make her donors happy, 44 of americans dont have 400 in the pock
My great great grandparents settled here 55th 1950. We gather for the sake of our nation, the state of the world, and for the sake of the country we will pass that too. We have to make sure donald trump is a one term president. It is more than that. It is soundly rejecting the behavior he is normalizing. Our we expect more out of our preschoolers the we do the president of United States. It is more than just that. It is soundly rejecting the. Tonight will pay more in taxes than amazon, chevron, and 60 fortune 500 companies. Folks expect more. It is about making washington, d. C. Work for them and get rid of the corrupting influence of money in our elections. When Lindsey Graham says we have to make her donors happy, 44 of americans dont have 400 in the pockets in case of an emergency, we know something is wrong. A generation of workers replaced by contract we know things wrong. When will companies are making record profits and they cant acknowledge Climate Change is real, we have to ch
How are you . Whats your name . Lets turn around, lets get a picture taken. Is that mommy . [inaudible] thank you very much. Thank you. Good to see you. You like the fair . What you like best . [inaudible] the roller coaster. I thought that might be a. It. Good to see you. [inaudible] on the politics editor for the newspaper. We are going to go over our ground rules once again. What are we . Iowa nice. No heckling, be kind to your fellow humans. No signs held up because then people cant see and thats not very nice. Ado, former Vice President joe biden. [cheers and applause] thank you very much. Hello, iowa. Good to see you all. I am jill bidens husband. Im going to be very brief and im going to be very brief and quick with you. Im running for three reasons. We have to restore the soul of this country. What we sow out of charlottesville, the hate and venom we saw, and the president saying that the groups who met him as law as well as the young woman who was killed, what did he think abo
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You, emily. Thanks emily. And thank you all you for being here with us this evening at old south meeting house. So just a few days from now, on saturday, we will be marking 250 years since a very important meeting happened in this space. But we still use the space to convene people in dialog about history, about its legacies, about how it relates to the challenges that we face our country today in our democracy. And im so delighted to be here with you to share this program, this conversation with, you. So our program tonight is about dr. James fichter, his new book, tea consumption, politics and revolution. 1773 to 1776. And were just really delighted that he chose to be with us as part of a tour of different places that he has been on the last several weeks to talk about this new book and a beautiful book. It is as well. So this lovely book reveals a dimension to the Boston Tea Party by exploring a story largely overlooked for the last 250 years, the fate of two large shipments of eas