More than 40 charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon or causing serious bodily injury to an officer. Again, 40 people charged with using a deadly or dangerous weapon. Keep that in mind as you listen to senator ron johnson say this. This didn t seem like an armed insurrection to me. Now, he may say he was talking about firearms. But if he was, he also knows he was being too cute by half because he s always known this about a video of an officer being beaten within inches of his life by a flag pole used as a weapon or the images of people carrying baseball bats. He might have heard a capitol police sergeant tell the story of how his hand was sliced open, was soaked with chemical spray and was in handtohand combat to points he thought he might die. When the president tweeted this or that and they continued to say, well, he don t mean that. Well, this is not what he meant to say, take his word for it. His tweet speak for itself. Or he was just joking. Okay, how are these people who
Now, he may say he was talking about firearms. But if he was, he also knows he was being too cute by half because he s always known this about a video of an officer being beaten to within inches of his life by a flagpole that was used as a weapon. Or the images of people being beaten by baseball bats. And he heard about a man whose hand was sliced open and endured hand to hand combat so intense, there were moments he thought he might die. That sergeant also drew a straight line between the president s social media lies to the terror he faced. When the president tweeted this or that, and they continued to say, well, he don t mean that. Well, this is not what he meant to say, take his word for it or his tweet speaks for itself. Well, he was just joking. Okay. How are these people who are deranged that listen to every single thing that he commands, if he tells them the sky is blue and there s a storm outside, they believe that crap. I mean, when, when is it going to stop? is it going to t
and lastly i want to talk about kennedy and eisenhower, the two main stars of the book. i will tell you a bit about them and the different challenges they had in the transition period. the transition was a drama that unfolded in four or five main acts. i will quickly go through that and we will be happy to take any questions or comments you might have. my wife mandy and i were talking this morning and a couple months ago i spoke about this book in washington, d.c. at an event hosted by the u.s. senate library. it was a nice event of the capital visitors center, a good audience, good questions. towards the end, a young gentlemen raised his hand and he said he worked at the u.s. senate gift shop. he said he would like to promote the book. he said could you just sort of boil it down to kind of a quick summary, an elevator version. for a book offer, that is a hanging curveball. i said absolutely and started talking, and talking, and talking. i look over and i see him squirming in
inauguration on january 20th 1961. barnes and nobles hosted this event in october 2018. what i would like to do, is talk about my book rising star setting sun. and do it by first, telling you a little bit of the back story how i came to write it. and then secondly, just some of the research challenges i faced, particularly in an academic community. it might be worth describing to some of the challenges of writing the book, and also, they illuminate a bit about kennedy and eisenhower. last, i want to talk about kennedy in eisenhower, the two main stars of the book. telling you a little bit about them, the different challenges that they had during this transition period. and then, the transition itself, which i see as a drama that unfolded, and four or five main acts. i will quickly go through that, and then, will be glad to take any questions or comments that you might have. my wife million i, we re talking this morning. we are calling a couple months ago, i spoke about th
presidential transition that changed america. he recounts the period from kennedy s close election victory to his inauguration on january 20th, 1961. barnes & nobles carbondale, illinois, location hosted this event. what i d like to do is talk about my rising star, setting sun secondly some of the research challenges i faced particularly in an academic community, it might be worth describing just some of the challenges of writing the book. and i think also they illuminate a bit about kennedy and eisenhower, and lastly i want to talk about kennedy and eisenhower, the two main stars of the book telling you a little bit about them, the different challenges that they had during this transition period and then the transition itself, which i see as a drama that unfolded in four or five main acts, so i ll quickly go through that, and then would be glad to take any questions or comments that you might have. my wife mindy and i were talking this morning, and recalling a couple of m