colorado congresswoman lauren boebert introduced a resolution earlier this week citing an alleged abuse of power over biden s handling of the u.s./mexico border. she originally wanted to bring the resolution to a floor vote, but speaker kevin mccarthy urged her to refer it to the homeland security committees where biden is already being investigated. an immediate floor vote would have likely failed. in a statement when the resolution was first announced, a white house spokesperson called it a baseless political stunt. hard to see that not backfiring against republicans. joining us now, historian, rogers chair and from vanderbilt university, he has been with president biden and the perfect person to end our week. let s talk about the matter of impeachment. the effort has been tabled, but
poses a threat to america as we know it. my next guest is not with the time a new book about a president who at the country when it was so divided, a civil war erupted. joining me now, john peacham, rogers chair and the presidency at vanderbilt university. host of the podcast, it was said. author of and there was light, abraham lincoln and the american struggle. and you should note, he also occasionally advises president biden. john, thank you very much for coming back to the sunday show in your book. you write the lincoln douglass debates matter because as lincoln knew words matter. in this and like communities public sentiment is everything. lincoln remarked in the summer. without with public sentiment, nothing and fail. without it, nothing can succeed. that actually is one of speaker pelosi s favorite, favorite quotes. from the president. he put country over everything.
Three distinguished scholars of American history, Allen Guelzo, Jon Meacham and Harold Holzer, will speak at the 159th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address on Saturday, Nov. 19, according to a
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