And retired vide admiral james stockdale, who is a Vice President ial nominee law for independent candidate ross perot. [applause] now the ground rules for tonights debate, each candidate will have two minutes for an opening statement. I will then present the issues to be discussed. For each topic, the candidates will have a minute and 15 seconds to respond. This will be followed by a five minute discussion period, in which they can ask questions of each other if they so choose. Now, leo theyre up, responses to be determined by a draw. And we will rotate with each topic. At the end of the debate, each candidate will have two minutes for a closing statement. Already our tv audience should know that the candidates were giving given equal allocations for his supporters. So i would like to ask the audience, here in the theater, to please refrain from applause or any parties and demonstration once the debate is underway, because it takes time away from the candidates. So with that plea from
Hello and welcome to cross town where all things are considered im peter lubell with election day looming its important to ask how donald trump has changed the g. O. P. If at all is there such a thing as trump is do the political and establishment elites understand why he was the elected in the 1st place and as populism on the right future. To discuss this and more im joined by my guest ted harvey in denver hes chairman of the committee to defend the president and a Founding Member of the former stop hillary and somewhere were joined by chris fance he is former chairman of the Washington State Republican Party after his departure from the g. O. P. He is now an active member of the never trump group any job i originally crossed up and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want now its appreciate it ok lets go to ted in denver as i asked in my introduction as we as the election is looming what impact has donald trump pat on the g. O. P. Because i will put my cards on the table i
Would definitely say that President Trump is a conservative probably the most prolife president and American History and Ronald Reagan obviously was the 1st leader of the Prolife Movement in america if you look at his efforts to try to secure our borders thats something that ive been fighting for for decades lowering taxes slashing regulations that is going to be the legacy of this president not to mention putting 3 Supreme Court justices that are constitutionalists on the Supreme Court and 300 constitution with john. Courts across the country i think he has the definition of a conservative president and he is a populist just like Ronald Reagan was a popular and he you ran is a populist i will give you that he ran as a populist ok but jim you know before i go to chris here but the chamber of commerce is into endorsee joe biden ok and shot no he said no but you do mention all the culture stuff ok thats not securing the border thats not your legal orders and stopping illegal immigration
From the g. O. P. He is now an active member of the never trump group any job i originally crossed up and i think that means you can jump in anytime you want now its appreciate it ok lets go to ted in denver as i asked in my introduction as we as the election is looming what impact has donald trump pat on the g. O. P. Because this i will put my cards on the table i think i see myself as a conservative i dont usually think of the president as being a conservative where does he go where does how does he fix it fill in the mix of the g. O. P. Own head. Well as a conservative that goes all the way back to working in the Reagan White House i would definitely say that President Trump is a conservative probably the most prolife president and American History and Ronald Reagan obviously was the 1st leader of the Prolife Movement in america if you look at his efforts to try to secure our borders thats something that ive been fighting for for decades lowering taxes slashing regulations that is g
Will look at the progressive era, a period of, you know, a lot of labor unrest, the Industrial Workers of the world, the Womens Suffrage Movement coming to the fore, municipal reform, many other things. But today our subject is the socialist party, the rise of socialism as a key element of american radicalism in the early 20th century. We told him we were in the Suffrage Movement and the various times of socialism at that time. From 1860 at least onward, there had been some kind of socialist presence in the United States, but largely confined to immigrants from europe, particularly germans, english. The emergence of a mass social movement with a real base in the american political system followed and defeat of the populist party in the 1890s. The inheritors of 19th century radicalism were forced to kind of think about new ways confronting the problems and the inequities of the rapidly changing Industrial Society of that time. Socialism was typically untheoretical. Unlike european or ot