We also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. Host good morning and welcome to washington journal. The New York Times is reporting that President Donald Trump paid 750 dollars in federal income taxes year he won the presidency and another 750 the first year of his presidency. The president is still refusing to make his taxes public, as is tradition for those running for the nations highest office. The president has called the story fake news. We want to know what you think about it. The question of the day is the New York Times story saying 750 int trump paid federal taxes in 2016 and 2017. Democrats 202 7488000. Republicans 202 7488001. 202 7488002. And you can always text us at 202 7488003. And we are always reading on social media on twitter at cspan wj and on facebook at facebook. Com cspan. The story of the day comes from the New York Times. The story saying that President Trump has paid only 750 dollars in federal i
The latest campaign 2020 initiative. And Oakland University Political Science professor will talk about michigan is a key battleground state in november. Good morning. Its friday, september 20 fifth. We begin with your reaction to President Trumps remarks this week about a peaceful transfer of power. Supporting the biden harris ticket dial in at 202 7488000. If youre supporting the president and Vice President pence, bite dial in at 202 7488001. If you are undecided or supporting another candidate, 202 7488002. ,lso text us with your comments first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or join the conversation on twitter and facebook. Call,we wait for your heres a question and answer from the president on a peaceful transfer of power from wednesday evening. Inits win, lose, or draw this election, will you commit today for a peaceful transferral of power after the election. There has been rioting in many cities across this country, and your socalled red and blue states. Will you commit
This red november to serve . Well, i became interested in the left ward drift of the Democratic Party because it seemed to me to be quite radical and bad not just for the Democratic Party but for the country. I had been a democrat in my College Years and shortly thereafter and i became more conservative before becoming a republican and joining breitbart and even then i retained an empathy for the kind of utopian thinking that the left does. Im not a utopian myself, but i do think that Many Democrats with whom i disagree on policy issues, ideological issues are coming from a very good place, they want to make the world better. And what struck me about the direction of the Democratic Party was that it is taking that party in such an extreme direction that it risks falling over the cliff and pulling the country with us. One of the most important things that changed my mind about politics was my experience for 7 years in south africa seeing that leftwing government mismanage the country af
We are back with rick wilson, the cofounder of the antitrump group the Lincoln Project. He is here to discuss with us why his Group Opposes preston trumps reelection. Pspresident trum reelection. How are you doing . Guest i am good. Host remind us of the purpose of the Lincoln Project and for the viewers who want to know, where do you get your funding . Guest are funding comes from the National Grassroots with over 500,000 donors. We have a few major donors trade almost all of our fundraising as come through small dollar donations and people who want a voice that is able to attack donald trump and able to go after his campaign in a way that many others cannot. We are a group of former republicans and folks who were driven out of the donald trump iteration of the Republican Party for a host of reasons. Primarily because he has conservative principles. He is governing as more of an authoritative statist. We look at this election as a threat to the future of this country great it was our
Democratic hardy but for the country. I had been a democrat and my College Years and surely thereafter and i became more conservative over time before becoming republican during breitbart and so forth but even then i had an empathy for a kind of utopian thinking that the left does but im not a utopian myself but i do think that Many Democrats might disagree on policy issues in an ideological issues are coming from a very good place. They want to make a world better and what struck me about the direction the Democratic Party is taking, that party in such an extreme direction better risks falling over the cliff and essentially pulling the rest of the country with it one of the most important things to change my mind about politics was my experience for seven years in south africa seeing that leftwing government mismanaged the country after apartheid and i came back to the United States with the lessons of that experience very prominent in my mind and it really guided my thinking about am