Balance between focusing on this problem and making absolutely sure that we dont disparage all of our military service. Were out of time. Shawn, thank you so much. I appreciate it. Well see you soon. Thanks, don. Thanks for watching, everyone. Our coverage continues. Good evening. Less than a week away from the president at the scene of his alleged crime of his democracy, members of his party are deciding right now who they are and where their loyalties actually lie. Theyre at it right now. The meeting, which has reportedly been tumultuous, is still under way. House republicans choosing whether they stand with the former president in the extremist Freshman Congresswoman he calls a rising star or with the staunchly Conservative Party leader and daughter of a former Vice President who voted to impeach him. The fact that this is happening just hours after leaders of that party paid tribute to one of the victims of the crime, Capitol Police officer Brian Sicknick. Really throws the moral s
Mr. Chairman, the great state of nevada wishes to place a nomination, the name of Ronald Reagan. For the presidency of the United States of america, gerald r. Ford. 20 votes for gerald r. Ford. And we may be fewer in numbers than weve ever been, but we carry the message theyre waiting for. Election, 1976, the Republican National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scanlan. Richard this is Richard Scanlan in washington. And with me today our professor Howard Penniman of georgetown university, mr. Stephen hess of the brookings institution. This morning we want to talk about the Republican Convention in kansas city, what it was, what it did, what it represents for the party and for the public in the United States and try to inquire a little into what the projection of that convention on the Campaign Season to come may mean for american politics in this bicentennial year and in the long range. Neither professor penniman or i were in kansas, but our colleague steve hess was.
What has motivated you to write this. Who is the intended audience and what purpose . I became interested in the leftward drift of the Democratic Party because it seems to me to be quite radical. Not just for the Democratic Party before the country. I had been a democrat in my College Years and shortly thereafter. I became more conservative over time before becoming a republican joining breitbart and so forth. Even then i have an empathy for the utopian thinking that left does. Im not a utopian myself but i do think that Many Democrats and they went to make the world better and what struck me about the direction of the Democratic Party is it is taking the party in such an extreme direction it risks falling over the cliff pulling the rest of the country with us. To see that leftwing government mismanaged the country and with the lessons of that experiment experience very prominent to guiding politics and i see the american left making some of the same mistakes whether identity politics
For the presidency of the United States of america, gerald r. Ford. 20 votes for gerald r. Ford. And we may be fewer in numbers than weve ever been, but we carry the message theyre waiting for. Election, 1976, the Republican National convention. Your host is political analyst Richard Scanlan. Richard this is Richard Scanlan in washington. And with me today our professor Howard Penniman of Georgetown University mr. Stein hess of the brooks institution. This morning we want to talk about the Republican Convention in kansas city what it was, what it did, what it represents for the party and for the public in the United States and try to inquire a little into what the projection of that convention on the Campaign Season to come may mean for american politics in this bicentennial year and in the long range. Neither professor penniman were in kansas, but our colleague steve hess was. Start us off, steven. Stephen they did what a serious American Political Party is supposed to do in conventio
The president noticed today, and he tweeted this, quote the Dow Jones Industrials just closed above 29,000. You are so lucky to have me as your president. With joe biden it would crash. President trump today also in the great state of North Carolina, designating wilmington to be the First World War ii heritage city. President trump took the occasion to point out the necessity of maintaining law and order in america. American warriors did not defeat fascism and oppression overseas only to watch our freedoms be trampled by violent mobs here at home. We stop those violent mobs very easily. All they have to do is say please come in, mr. President. Well have it done in one hour. [cheers and applause] for the sake of all americans, we must uphold the rule of law and defend the American Dream for every child in the our land. We must teach our children that america is a land of heros like you. Youre heroes. Lou the president energetic, optimistic on the campaign trail, and he should be. New po