Ladies and gentlemen the recipients of the National Humanities model. The Claremont Institute. Patrick oconnell, James Patterson. [no audio] [no audio] [no audio] ladies and gentlemen, the president of the United States and mrs. Trump [applause] thank you very much. Please. The first lady and i would just like to welcome everyone to the white house, a special place, very, very special, no matter where you go in the world, this is one of those places that you never forget. This afternoon it is my immense privilege to present our nations highest honors for contributions to american art and culture, the National Medal of arts in the National Humanities model. Please join me in congratulating each of todays recipients on their truly phenomenal achievement. It is an incredible achievement and congratulations to all. [applause] with us today our Vice President mike pence, mike thank you very much, secretary steven mnuchin, secretary betsy devos, thank you very much that too. Chairman of the
You have so many books. A lot of people think of you mostly as a political conservative but in your book, radical son where you talk but your life story, you reveal the side of yourself i as a writer would say i would call a good writer. Youre not just somebody with great ideas but you write well, and in this book, im probably not the first one to call it it has beautiful tone to it, resume nations, obviously on mortality and faith. Thats the title. When you decided to write this book well, let me ask you a simple question. Why did you write this book . People might assume radical son is your story. That was the story of my political transformation from a leftist, somebody who described himself as a marxist revolutionary to a conservative. At what point did you stop describing yourself as a marxist revolutionary, what year roughly. Roughly 1974, when a woman that i had recruited to keep the books nor black Panther Party was murdered by the panthers. That really was the end of my career
The effort to add more supreme justices to the Supreme Court. It is my pleasure to introduce our speaker. Are store would be more than happy to sell you one to 10 copies. So Mark C Johnson has worked as a broadcast journalist. And as a communication and Crisis Management consultant. A graduate of south dakota university. He has chaired the Federation Councils and served as a National Endowment for the humanities. He writes and speaks regularly on political history, with particular focus on the new deal. His writing on politics, and history has appeared in numerous regional and National Publications including the new york times, the california journal of politics and most importantly montana, them magazine of western history. Welcome mark johnson. [ applause ] well, thank you. Take you to the Montana Historical society for having me tonight to talk about this ancient history. I keep trying to figure out a way to begin these talks. I am always reminded that he has been dead for 40 years,
Very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. And i mean that very sincerely. I pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all american and this is so important to me. [applause] to those who have chosen not to support me of which there were a few people. I am reaching out to be you for your guidance and your help so that we can Work Together and unify your great country. Ive spent my entire life in business, looking at the Untapped Potential in project and people all over the world. That is now what i want to do for our country. [applause] [cheering] tremendous potential. I have gotten to know our country so well. Tremendous potential and it is going to be a beautiful thing. Every single american will have an opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country, will be forgotten no longer. [cheering]. [applause] and Hillary Clinton addressed supporters just
Very hard over a long period of time and we owe her a major debt of gratitude for her service to our country. And i mean that very sincerely. I pledge to every citizen of our land that i will be president for all american and this is so important to me. [applause] to those who have chosen not to support me of which there were a few people. I am reaching out to be you for your guidance and your help so that we can Work Together and unify your great country. Ive spent my entire life in business, looking at the Untapped Potential in project and people all over the world. That is now what i want to do for our country. [applause] [cheering] tremendous potential. I have gotten to know our country so well. Tremendous potential and it is going to be a beautiful thing. Every single american will have an opportunity to realize his or her fullest potential. The forgotten men and women of our country, will be forgotten no longer. [cheering]. [applause] and Hillary Clinton addressed supporters just