so that becomes a complicated other alternative. john, does it tell you that donald trump is perhaps taking political advice that he did not invoke the name of joe biden tonight at a 45-minute otherwise red meat political event? if he had been left to his own, don t we think he would have used the name a few times? i found it a stunning display of self-correction and restraint on the part of the president. two words that i don t order narrowly apply i to him and he doesn t usually merit. he at least looked away and said this dynamic is not working out the way it s supposed to.as it s feeding this fire on biden s side and hehi seemed to hold himself back this time. i doubt it will last a long time. self-restraint in donald trump doesn t last for a long time. just the discussion you mentioned, it s not a national election.d, it is a state-by-state election. so not a national election. and we focused rightly todays on iowa where the president and joe biden are. and the reality is
vacuum. and that s really interesting because if you look at the chunks of support of people who are competing for each other s support are senator warren and senator sanders. right. and they are the anti-biden. that becomes a complicate other alternative. john, does it tell you that donald trump is perhaps taking political advice that he did not invoke the name of joe biden tonight at a 45-minute otherwise red meat political event? if he had been left to his own, do you think he would have used the name? i found it a stunning display of self-correction and restraint on the part of the president. he at least looked away and said this dynamic is not working out the way it s supposed to. i attacked him early and it s feeding this fire on biden s side and he seems to have held himself back tonight. i doubt that will last for volcano, self-restraint in donald trump doesn t last for a
the left/right party sense. what do you mean? i don t mean it in the sense of something that s owned bip the democratic party or by any one political party. i m talking about the set of ideas, of principles the whole temperament that s motivated liberal democracy and inspired liberal democracy at least since the 18th century, and particularly since the american civil war and the end of slavery and the beginning of all of those great programs of emancipation, for african-americans, for women, for sexual minorities now. that whole great program of reform and self-correction that inspires liberal democracy and its institutions, belief in free speech, belief in an oscillation of parties in power, a belief in education, an open education and in having dissident ideas not just allowed but welcomed and encouraged. all of that set of ideas is what i mean by liberal democracy and what i mean by liberalism and it doesn t belong to any one party. so why do you think it s now under threat, jus
than it had ever been before. you re not talking about it in the left/right party sense, what do you mean? i don t mean it in the sense of something that s owned by the democratic party here or the republican party. i m talking about the set of ideas, the whole temperament that s inspired liberal democracy since the 18th century. since the end of slavery, and the beginning of all those great programs of emancipation for african-americans, for women, for sexual minorities now. that whole great program of reform and self-correction that inspires liberal democracy, and its institutions, belief in free speech, belief in an oscillation of parties in power. belief in an open education, having dissident ideas, not just allowed but welcomed and encouraged. all of that set of ideas is what i mean by liberal democracy, and
wouldn t that be a detriment to your working bill? we re seeing a violence brought on by hate and more. we need to do more to protect all americans. senator harris also called it a modern-day lynching when smollett first told his story. tr trump tweeted out a response. i have a self-correction. it s laura barron-lopez. i owe her coffee at cups for the next several weeks. this is a really important issue. no. it is they don t have a member in congress and they haven t since november, and so as you mentioned, what happened is