Provider. Coming up on the tvs after words former radio host and msnbc contributor Charles Sykes with the conservative movement on america. Hes interviewed by tammy ruth, Fox News Contributor and host of the tammy bruce show. Charlie sykes, how are you . It is a pleasure and especially with the last year. If this kind of opportunity that perhaps you and i would never have and im looking forward to it. This is the book and im sure everyone watching his already seen it but what was interesting and asked to do this i was not on the opposite side of you when it comes to President Trump but the person is in your book this is not a book about donald trump. How the right lost its mind is the title and immediately youre taking a stand with the title but what i like to do is make sure everyone is watching what your background is and what youve done. Youve written a number of other books. The conservative who has supported trump and his super trump would find probably a great deal in common that
In being asked to reduce this not on the opposite side with President Trump but the first sentence is this is not a book about donald trump. How the right lost its mind is the title. You are taking a stand immediate the with the title but you want to know your background as chevrotain other books, as a conservative who supports trump they would find a of a lot in common but yet some tweets payback why are you doing that . First since everybody has an idea of conservatism and also talking about your own background explain what conservatism means to you. Guest that is an interesting question because that is being redefined on a regular basis but it was about limited government and individual responsibility and respect for the constitution with the inclusive aspirations that was captured by Ronald Reagan. I think i come from a brand that deals with problems as they exist in the real world but a what i think was defeated in the republican primaries. Host that is the clear part of your book
Order. And the president urged supporters to commit a felony, vote twice. This is checks and balances, am i right . Yeah. We have checks and balances. Thats why we have an attorney general. Because an attorney general when the president of the United States says Something Like that, an attorney general will come out and correct him, right . Well, maybe not so much in this administration. Actually, with this administration, its more like fles fletch. Where youre, oh, good the cops are here. It is thursday, september 3rd. We have White House Reporter for the associated press, Jonathan Lemire. Professor at Princeton University and author of begin again, eddie glaude jr. Senior adviser to the lincoln project. Susan dell pierce owe joins us. And politics editor for the daily beast sam stein joins us as well. Jonathan lemire, did you ever see fletch, chevy chase, classic 80s movie . No, i saw it. I enjoyed. It was a classic in the 80s. Theres a period where chevy chase was a comedy god, flet
[ theme music ] jennifer im jennifer granholm. Tonight in the war room, one week until inauguration, and the president s second term will likely begin the way his first term ended with questions about the debt ceiling, questions about gun safety questions about whether this congress will give so much as an inch on any of it. Im afraid we might already know the answer to the last one. [ theme music ] jennifer it has been nearly five weeks since the nowtown massacre, and the towns police chief has a very simple message for washington. Ban assault weapons, restrict those magazines that have so many bullets in them. Jennifer progressives are pushing for a ban and Diane Feinstein says shell introduce on assault weapon ban later this month. John mccain expressed his doubts. Do you think an assault weapons ban can pass the congress . No. Do you think it should . No. Jennifer now the question is without republican support is the president going to push for a ban any ways . So from his progress
Good night, everybody. [ laughter ] [ theme music ] jennifer im jennifer granholm. Tonight in the war room, one week until inauguration and the president s second term will likely begin the way his first term ended with questions about the debt ceiling, questions about gun safety questions about whether this congress will give so much as an inch on any of it. Im afraid we might already know the answer to the last one. [ theme music ] jennifer it has been nearly five weeks since the nowtown massacre, and the towns police chief has a very simple message for washington. Ban assault weapons, restrict those magazines that have so many bullets in them. Jennifer progressives are pushing for a ban and Diane Feinstein says shell introduce on assault weapon ban later this month. John mccain expressed his doubts. Do you think an assault weapons ban can pass the congress . No. Do you think it should . No. Jennifer now the question is without republican support is the president going to push for a