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of us, not just the 1%. >> join us live at 9:00 p.m. et taking you on the road to the white house on c-span, c-span radio and c-span.org. treasurer of the united states, a b cannon, -- babe buchanan -- she also discussed donald trump and her experience working with former president ronald reagan. this is about an hour.

>> welcome to it in america's foundation had -- welcome to young america's foundation headquarters. my name is dylan. i am a student at texas christian university and an intern here. we have an exciting day planned and i cannot think of a better way to begin our program than with one of the most energetic and exciting speakers that we have had the privilege of hosting. is -- merica the foundation makes sure that young people are inspired by creative ideas. we strive to promote individual freedom, free enterprise, a

strong national defense, and traditional values. entrepreneurship and free enterprise for the national journalism center. -- we can pass ideas on to future generations. for more information, you can visit our website or call us. today, we are excited to lead the next generation of conservative leaders for test with carrying the torch. such as former president reagan and william f buckley, our founder. having set in your seat next january, i can tell you get ready to wake up because our next speaker is one of the most energetic and exciting speakers i have ever heard.

she began working on ronald reagan's presidential campaigns. in 1981, she was appointed by president reagan to be the treasurer of the united states. presently, she is the president of the american cause. foundationucational dedicated to advancing traditional conservative issues. she regularly speaks on conservative issues and can be seen on television during the same. of 1996, and magazine recognized her as one of the top 20 political women. in 2011, she was named by the institute is one of the 10 most influential conservative women in america.

please welcome miss bay buchanan. >> good morning. i have been asked today to speak on leadership. everyone here i believe would like to be a leader. you want to be part of this great organization that inspires young people and less you yourself one day hope to be a real leader. that is the key here. you have been taught, you have read. the leaders here and the leaders there are doing this and that. i suggest to you that those are not leaders. when it comes to elected officials in this town they are not the kind of leaders that

this country deserves and that is why we are in the mess today. how is it we got here. what has happened, where are we going, and what difference can you make? friend a couple weeks ago. her husband is chief of staff of one of the senators. very knowledgeable. it was week within days of the big mary. five state remarries. super tuesday primary. he won every single county in all five states. it was a clean sweep. ted cruz is still in the race but he just was perfect. i spoke with her and she said yeah, depending who wins. trump has won.

donald trump is our nominee. she said, that stopped the case. it depends on this and indiana. i said, this is over. she said, do you know you are the only person who at -- who has ever said that to us? i thought, where are you living. this is d.c. the great bubble or you can actually think things are happening that are so removed from reality. these are smart, intelligent, well-informed individuals were talking amongst themselves. totally on another planet. this is no different than what has gone on in the last five years. they do not have a clue what is going on outside the town. what are their concerns?

what are they worried about? what is happening in their lives that is being influenced by the decisions in this town? that's where we have donald trump as a candidate. this is the key. as donald trump from a year ago when everybody wrote him off and thought it was a joke. they didn't study what was happening. they did not look and respond to what was going on in the country. i understand why you will vote for it. enthusiastically support donald trump for president of the united states. let's make this real clear. i think this is an extremely exciting year for republicans and for americans.

[microphone feedback] we good? this thing blows out what i say these kinds of things. [laughter] donald trump gets in the race with a year when we had incredibly competent candidates across the board. congressmen, senators, a doctor. bench wea terrific had. so had to donald trump move right to that field and win a solid victory? because he represented what americans are looking for. someone notd of being bold and courageous against the political

correctness. they're saying, this is the solution whether you would like to hear it or not. we need the national debate. we need people who will speak for us and be able to understand what we are going through and not be afraid of saying that is the issue and this is the solution. he did it and they looked and said, who is this guy? he is not being careful about how he says it. he is not being cautious. he is bald. he is saying it like it is. he is a found people. and they said, he is our guy. he has the guts to say things people won't do anymore. he would have 35,000 people at a rally before the primaries started. i said what in the world is happening out there.

we are democrats coming over to the republican primaries to vote and there is something exciting out there. and washington says he cannot win, he cannot win. of course he cannot win. yet more and more people are coming to rallies. he touched a chord. people thating professional republicans could no longer reach. they're moving continually forward in the direction you want to go. they're totally removed from a political process and others were so frustrated. they may have voted but they didn't believe it anymore.

he may not be perfect, he may have enormously rough edges, but he speaks for them. that is leadership. you may not like what he says but it is still leadership. he is speaking their language and he has told them he will fight for them. he has told them he understands him and he has the solution. peoplen't care that don't like it. let's go back. i spent many years with ronald reagan. people will say to me who is the next ronald reagan?

who is also ridiculed by the press. we were told he was way too extreme and right wing. they said he was a b actor with orange hair. plaidd where these big jackets and boots. he did not fit the mold. we would get phone calls from the campaign in california, in washington and new york. you have to get him in a blue suit with a red tie. he cannot run around in a plaid jacket. then my friend said tell him to put that jacket and come on again and again. that is what they want. they don't want someone who fits the mold. ronald reagan was bold. he was the leader of the conservative movement for

decades. he was out there. he didn't care what people said. he said this is what i believe in this is why i believe it. he was very proud to be conservative and even more proud to represent our movement as our national leader. that doesn't happen in this town. we have people who apologize. a party should be a bigger tent and we should be more compassionate. we should be careful how we are. that's not leadership, it doesn't touch hearts. that says, i have to take care of myself. i have to make sure i respected by the people who are smart and who hold positions of power. i must look right and speak right and impress those who need to be impressed for me to keep this nice cushy job and great

title. that's what that is about. that is about me. ronald reagan was about the cause. he studied it, he knew the issues, he do what he believed and he was passionate about moving the country in a certain direction. he fought for that. it didn't matter if you are a conservative against them, as bill buckley. he didn't mind. bring it on. let's talk about it. always willing to present his position. he understood it wasn't about him. it was about this cause called america. for.is what he fought the question is, how do we get leaders like ronald reagan. they said he was such a great

president, how do we look to someone like that? my point is, he was not perceived as a great president by the mass number of people in this country. there is a movement and he is a beloved figure among but the media and the party establishment said he was not the candidate of their choice. and there was a lot of concern for him to become president of the united states and how he would perform. some people felt he would be pressing the button at every opportunity. he became a truly great president. a man who believes something, who was bold, he has the courage of his convictions. he took over office of the cy.sident' that is what made him a great president. we don't know who will be the

next ronald reagan. they have to take office and see how they handle those responsibilities. be willing to fight for it in spite of the pressure that might take them in a different direction. that's the kind of leaders this country needs and we need it and more offices than just the presidency. we need them in families and our communities. leadership iind of am here to talk about today and i suggest to each and every one of you that you are not want to be a leader. you may have certain talents that you have received from birth and you are naturally gifted in certain ways. to be a leader takes a lot of learning to get there. i suggest to you that every single one of you can be that leader.

everyone of you if you're willing to take tough steps. so let's talk about what is a real leader and how you get there. first, you need to know what you believe. not what i believe, not what teachers or parents belief. what is it that you believe? pick an issue that moves you. , it could beife war, it could be trade. i am passionate about trade. i am not a free trader. what are you passionate about? the first thing that comes before passion is to believe it. to absolutely understand that this is the way it should be. so you find an issue. pick an issue.

immigration. it's yours, not mine. i am passionate about four to five issues and the others i have strong positions on, but i am not passionate. then, learn about them. read about them, get more information about them. when i go on television to do a debate on guns, i don't read just the nra website. i go to the no handgun group. nobody should have a gun. that is a good group, they are very passionate. they have strong positions and they make strong cases. i want to know why they think it. as am reading it i say i can write that one off because that doesn't make sense, but this is a good point.

why is my position better? and then i go through my mind and say no, this is more important than that. when my liberal opponent makes his case i know what he will say in most cases. because, i read his positions or her positions. i've studied them and considered them. i have kept an open mind. you can just deal with all the conservatives and say, we are right, we are right. ?hat is the other side say they are not without value. we should understand what the other side has to say. a lot of people think, in this town especially, that the more information you have any or had that you can explain to the next person that the more impressive you will be in the smartest person should win the argument. i have the facts and the figures

so they should win. i had many years on television where i had a debate show. i could hear people turning off my show going to another channel. because it is touring. -- boring. the way that you communicate as ronald reagan taught by example is not to the mind. that's the flow of information. i will give you information. here are facts, figures and all of this and lay it out for you. where you move people, or you convince people and make them feel that you understand and have some thing to say is when you communicate with the heart. there is a huge difference. when i do television i always have facts and figures. i throw out a few because it gives me authority. you there are 56 million babies aborted since roe v wade, people say it's probably

not the number but it is about that. you throw out a couple numbers like that come a you get them out of the way. now i don't need this anymore because people watching say she knows her material. now i can move by speaking with the heart. ronald reagan, when he was running in 1980 for the primary, we had an office in los angeles near his home. he would go out on monday and come back thursday as a general rule. all of the press on the plane from -- flying out with him, following him around. he would give speeches in the morning, afternoon, evening. 50 people or 5000 people. whatever group was there. say, you can have

him monday through thursday, i have him friday through sunday. the smart lady. she knew he was an older candidate and you don't want him worn out. it didn't matter whether it was smart or not, nancy made the decision and it was done that way. the press is there, he gives breakfast come speech. he gets his talk this afternoon. all week long, four days. i would be in the office and the press would come in to follow their story. in the states they would have all that fancy equipment. i didn't understand at first. the first go would come in and they were kind of doing a skit. i came to realize that the first one had the first paragraph and the next one would spieling off the second paragraph, i

said, what are you guys doing. he said, we -- basically they believe he had one speech, no matter where he went, they were driven mad. he gave the same speech for breakfast, lunch, for the afternoon, for dinner, again the next day. he had one speech. and they were driven crazy. how can they write their stories. there's nothing new, it's the same speech as yesterday as last week, all right. so they wrote him off. they did not think he was smart. they figured he was an actor with one speech. okay. what they didn't observe because these are people who are very smart who think with their heads and have no knowledge of communication with the heart, they missed what was going on in one room after another because as the governor was speaking, he was moving people. he would tell stories. he would talk about his aunt jenny or he would talk about the lady at the street corner he met in omaha and how she told him this story and how over regulations and little mom and

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