As my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of america and our people. He understood that no other nation under god was conceived in liberty quite the way that we are. His deep, innate understanding of americas exceptional place in the world gave him the strength to face down the soviet
Level as the controversy continues. President biden met with his Economic Team at the white house today, the administration has not yet said much on the controversy only saying talk to the sec and the feds are monitoring the situation. Strong backlash by some lawmakers including alexandria ocasiocortez and republican ted cruz. Republican senator josh hawley talked about this on fox news earlier. What youve seen with this gamestop meltdown that wall street is having now is these folks at home have got more criticism and more scrutiny than the people who singlehandedly crash the entire Financial Market in 2008. And they got bailed out, the government bailed out those people. It shows you that the fix is in. John White House Correspondent Kristin Fisher picks up reporting for us on this friday live on the north lawn. For the third day in a row, the white house is declining to weigh in on this controversy that has consumed both wall street and main street. The White House Press secretary w
Thanks, roger, ben, and all the trustees and staff for making this event possible. It is really special to be here today. Im honored you asked me to inaugurate the center for freedom of democracy. [microphone feedback] as my team was helping me get ready, i was reminded of a line from emerson i dont quote poetry often. President reagan quoted in westminster in 1982. Westminster in 1982. An institution is lengthened by the shadow of one man, and there is no man who did more than reagan to restore americas confidence and human freedom in the post world war ii era. There is no better event than continuing that work by launching this new institution 40 years after america sent our 40th president to the white house. People watching online and those in this room are students of president reagan. As a kid growing up in california, i got to see him in action as the governor. It was a very different california then. [laughter] but it was Ronald Reagan as governor who believed in the promise of
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