barry goldwater was one of only 27 senators to vote against it. >> we are being asked to destroy the ts of some under the false banner of promoting the civil rights of others. >> historians say goldwater was not a racist. but most agree he did not do enough to denounce segregation. at the convention, the racial climate is growing uglier. >> the negro race sends a very -- >> i'm first a human being. >> they've got a demonstrator carrying him up the center aisle. >> a black man protesting goldwater is dragged out by security. others are spat on, called racist names. >> it does represent to a lot of people watching on tv a nuremberg rally. >> jackie robinson said he thought he knew what it felt like to be a jew in hitler's germany. >> any self-respecting negro must walk out of this convention. >> america's most famous black republican had finally seen enough. >> mr. robinson would you vote -- >> senator -- >> yes, i'd very strongly vote for president johnson over goldwater. there is no question about that. >> he walked out of the convention and the party for good. >> we will not stand qu

his sort of initial kind of, you know, nationally recognized and celebrated address supporting barry goldwaterat the republican convention, folks like goldwater and reagan tended to oppose the refompls that dr. king was putting forward but of course ronald reagan as president of the united states would also -- would ultimately sign martin luther king jr. holiday into law. and on one of the anniversaries of that -- of that -- of dr. king's -- of dr. king's birthday, of that holiday in 1987 actually, i believe, president reagan makes the point that dr. king in exemplifying -- in exemplifying everything that is great and characteristic of the american struggle for freedom and equality and this idea that one man driven by conscious can make a difference for the entire country says in the context of his remarks that though many folks, many americans -- some americans certainly disagreed with dr. king in his time, that over the course of time dr. king had proven to be right and, you know, you can't help but seem to me that reagan may have been reflecting on on his own evolution in so saying. the poi

it boiled up in the presidential campaign of senator barry goldwater that ended in one of the worst landslide defeats in american history. it drove the occasional aspirations of the libertarian party who was extremist platform that suffered predictable, but humiliating at the polls. all of this defeat overall these decades concentrated the strain isolated as the determined elements. one was the existence of government regulation. it was on the platform of ending social security and ending medicare, closing the post office, undoing the american highway program, stopping public education and eliminating all the public regulatory agencies even the federal aviation administration that keeps the planes from bumping into each other. this platform barely attracted 1% of the vote and unsurprising but humiliating. that was suffered by david coke, libertarian party candidate for vice president and the parties major funder. the family is spectacularly unimaginably rich. privately held industries for hundreds of millions of dollars into their pockets every year. the family annual income exceeds most fami

it boiled up in the presidential campaign of senator barry goldwater which ended in one of the worst landslide defeats in american history. it drove the educational aspirations -- the occasional aspirations of the libertarian party whose extremist platform suffered predictable but humiliating crushings at the polls. all of this defeat over all of these decades concentrated the strain, isolated its most persistent and determined elements, and added to it an emotional payload of resentment. one target of this precinct was the existence of government regulation. the libertarian party in 1980 ran on a platform of ending social security, ending medicare, closing the post office, undoing the american highway program, stopping public education, and eliminating all our public regulatory agencies. even the federal aviation administration that keeps planes from bumping into each other. this platform barely attracted 1% of the vote, an unsurprising but humiliating crushing. that humiliating crushing was suffered by david koch, libertarian party candidate for vice president and the party's major

barry goldwater himself was not intensely pro-life, but he did hold some very conservative issues. his views on the civil rights act. he certainly was a proponent of kind of a robust, staunch, stringent view of laissez-faire economics, and his foreign was anti-soviet and anti-communist. those were the three legs of the capital conservative movement. as conservative lore would have it, the unsuccessful nomination of goldwater in 1964 paved the way for reagan's mere ability. he almost knocked off ford in the 1976 presidential primary, and then ultimately was successful for years later in 1980. so the conservative movement takes a while to reach its pinnacle, but the fusionist, buckley-centric movement reaches its design it in the presidency of reagan. a legacy that continues to be debated today. some of our libertarian-minded friends point one of reagan's statements where he more or less says the very heart and soul of my conservative philosophy is libertarianism. he did say that. it is also true that he imposed tariffs on japanese automobiles to try and help detroit and the american

two men had met in 1964 at a barry goldwater rally in california. where ronald reagan was speaking and obviously ronald reagan would have been notable to people in california at the time due to being in movies. so paul ax salt and ronald reagan as respective governors of their neighboring states, california and nevada one of their big initiatives that they work together on was was really the conservation of the lake tahoe basin and lake tahoe the lake itself they formed what was called the tahoe regional planning agency trpa. and that was just that that was to try to stymie some of the development. try to make better water quality in the lake and and that kind of created a friendship that lasted basically for the rest of their lives the rest of their careers. in 1976 the the presidential election was coming up. so you have gerald ford running as the incumbent of the republican party and then you have jimmy carter who is running for the democratic party. paul laxalt again, like i said a minority within a minority there thought it would be a good idea

that the conservative wing, the republican party at the time as it was represented by folks like barry goldwater, was supposed to. ronald reagan, who gave his initial nationally recognized and celebrated address at the republican convention. folks like goldwater and reagan opposed the reforms dr. king was putting forward. ronald reagan as president would ultimately sign martin luther king jr. holiday into law. on the anniversaries of dr. king's birthday, of the holiday in 1987, president reagan makes the point that dr. king in exemplifying something representative of the american struggle for freedom and equality, that one man driven by conscience can change the country, said that though many americans disagree with dr. king in his time, that over the course of time dr. king had proven to be right. it seems to me that reagan might have been reflecting on his own sentiments. that is precisely the point. the point is that as americans, and i consider myself to be a philosophical student of after king's philosophy of nonviolence. the important thing about that perspective is that it makes the claim

leadership, who are able to achieve thingswe republicans have been talking aboute since the days of barry goldwateruse] president trump pot repugnance could accomplish when leaders stand firm on conservative principles and don't back down. that's exactly what we did every day of the trump pension administration, we stood firm did not back down. i'd like to say it's four yearsu of consequence, four years of his adults, four years of promises made and promises kept. [applause] think about it, and 48 months, our administration achieved lowest on employment, highest household incomes, the most energy production, the most pro- american trade deals and most secure border and strongest military in the history of the world. [applause] in our first three years, before 2020 arrived, we had rebuilt our military, revived our economy, created more than 7 million good paying jobs through taxes less regulation. because of our administration and american innovation, we became a net exporter of energy for the firste time in 70 years. we held china accountable for years of trade abuses and brought jobs back to the u

reform that the conservative wing of the republican party at the time, at least represented by barry goldwaterwas opposed to. ronald reagan, who gave the initial kind of nationally recognized and tolerated address for the convention, folks likefo goldwater and reagan reforms that doctor king was putting forward.dr ofof course ronald reagan in the united states what ultimately sign martin luther kueng junior's holiday into law. on the anniversary of doctor kueng's birthday of that holiday, 1987 actually, i believe resident reagan says that doctor king from and exemplifying that great characteristic of the american struggleet for freedom and equality of this idea that one man driven by conscience and make a difference for the entire country, in the context of his remarks that many americans certainly disagreed with doctor king in his time that over the course of team. he had proven to be right and reagan may have been reflecting on revelation in his own way but others it. as america, and i consider myself to be a philosophical student, his nonprofits. there was something important thing to remem

the when a group came in 1965 after the 64 election when i had supported the candidacy of of barry goldwater, i had always that my contribution. could be that being a performer and thus well known and able to maybe attract an audience, but i could support people and causes i believed in. never did i ever think that i would want to hold public office? and this group came after the party had been so torn apart in the dissension of that particular campaign. with regard to the governorship that the california party was so split. maybe we could have a hand and bringing them together and they kept emphasizing that i could win. and our first reaction was you know. don't talk. foolishness go find a candidate and i'll be very happy to do everything. i can to help him, but no that's not for us. that's not our way of life. well, they kept on and they kept on. until we couldn't sleep. and it seemed to be such a total change of our entire life. that finally i said what if they're right and what if the this is something and we wouldn't be able to live with ourselves if we say keep on saying no, so the dea

conservative wing of the republican party at the time, at least when represented by full slide barry goldwater, was opposed to. ronald reagan, who gave an initial nationally recognized and celebrated address at the republican convention -- falsely goldwater and reagan opposed the reforms dr. king was putting forward. ronald reagan, president of the united states, would ultimately sign martin luther king jr. holiday into law. in 1987, i believe. president reagan, who makes the point that dr. king, in exemplifying everything that is great and characteristic of the american struggle for freedom and equality and the idea that one man can make a difference for the entire country, middle americans agreed with dr. king in his time but over the course of time, dr. king had proven to be right. you can't help but say that reagan may have been reflecting on an evolution in his own sentiments in his -- so saying. we can use the term that goodwill in politics and activism and negotiation sets the stage for us to be able to put forward our claims for justice, our claims for progress in a way that gives us t

so barry goldwater uses it extremism member that 1964 john f. kennedy usesoh it.martin luther king uses it uses it, john cage uses that. they all use it. that doesn't really mean anything it so we have terms likeke that today, it sounds good to say i believe in this. whether it makes sense or not. this is the term that term is onein of those things. but at the same time there are genuinely interesting i explanations of the concept of freedom what really means what it means about to be human being. those are serious and interesting conversations. >> this is i think why delving into the world war, my philosophical bias is coming through here, this is a fascinating way to pick up european influence on americans during this. how do you see that is having her really occurred to ensure this in some ways intellectual concept of freedom? >> think existentialism in the first for the period is very influential. the short answer to how that isbo possible this is the most important thing about this. as the united states after 1945 coming out of the. in the 30s is a lot of iso

here you have a state that's barry goldwater, the state of western sunshine conservatism for decadeselection and elected two democratic senators. and there seems to be no broad sense in the republican party or state of like where have we gone wrong and how do we get these voters back or am i missing something? >> you're not missing anything. and just to clarify the record, governor ducey is limited so not running for election, but nobody in the primary field has said anything opposing this odded. i think it shows they're so out of touch with voters in arizona, and they're not focused on getting to work and addressing real problems. this is a distraction, a dangerous distraction, but a distraction nonetheless, and voters are tired of all this partisan politics. >> arizona secretary of state katie hobbs will be running for governor in the open seat because the governor's term limited out. thank you so much for your time tonight. >> thank you. >>> one of the big questions is the fate of the american experiment hangs in the balance in the united states senate. how do you solve a problem

barry goldwater urged republicans to offer a choice not simply an echo.ering an echo. they don't care about how much is being spent. they don't don't care whether we can pay for it they want to make sure the money is spent on heir priorities as well as democratic priorities. i think the voters deserve better than that. this is part of a much larger biden agenda to take us back to world war ii level spending, mike. i mean, the last time i checked we were not at war, let alone a war on the scale of what was going on 80 years ago. this is what this bill is really about. i don't think that the american public would have split the senate 50/50 if this is what they wanted make mike okay. to vice president harris going to the border tomorrow to el paso. let's play this clip and i will have you all respond. >> was it important for the white house to have her seen at the border before former president trump gets this next week. >> we had a discussion in the government about when important go to the border. >> she is going where it's not going to be seen active cro

in this essay from 1964, in the wake of barry goldwater and the idea of the john birch society, he's writing about this, and also going back in history and writes about conspiracy in the 1850s. this is from a texas newspaper in the 1850s. it's a notorious fact that the monarchs of europe and pope of rome are at this very moment plotting our destruction. we have the best reasons for believing that corruption has found its way into our executive chamber and our executive head is tainted with the infectious venom of catholicism. in the '50s there's a conspiracy against the united states but it's from the pope and it's already infected the presidency. there are many things you can probably say about franklin pierce, but i don't think he was a pawn of the pope. also, communist. this is joe mccarthy speaking in the 1950s. how can we account for our present situation unless we believe men high in this government are concerting to deliver us from disaster? this must be a product on great conspiracy on a scale -- not just conspiracy, the biggest in the history of man and this is eisenhower wh

political conservatism was launched by bill buckley and barry goldwater. there's no question, but that it has done an enormous amount of good for people. with president reagan at the helm we saw conservatism brought down the soviet union in large measure and communism. it's helped spread freedom to places like eastern europe. it's free market policies have been a major cause for this stunning economic growth in our country. and other countries as well like chile. south korea japan to mention a few i remember the first time i met bill buckley i was called back as ambassador to nato to washington when gerald ford became president to chair its transition. and he'd never been elected president or vice president. no one knew him around the world. i'd been ambassador and had contacts in europe and and he said look there's a conference going on in izmir turkey and i want you to go there. and and explain to people who gerald ford is and what our policies are going to be and that that dr. kissinger is going to be continuing his secretary of state and kind of be rea

that the conservative wing, the republican party at the time as it was represented by folks like barry goldwaters supposed to. ronald reagan, who gave his initial nationally recognized and celebrated address at the republican convention. folks like goldwater and reagan opposed the reforms dr. form -- dr. king was putting forward. ronald reagan as president would ultimately sign martin luther king jr. holiday into law. on the anniversaries of dr. king's birthday, of the holiday in 1987, president reagan makes the point that dr. king in exhibit a fine something terroristic of the american struggle for freedom and equality, that one man driven by conscience can change the country, said that though many americans disagree with dr. king in his time, that over the course of time dr. king had proven to be right. it -- it seems to me that reagan might have been reflecting on his own sentiments. that is precisely the point. the point is that as americans, and i consider myself to be a philosophical student of after king's philosophy of nonviolence. the important thing about that perspective is that it ma

because it was barry goldwater, right? it was john rhodes. to your barr/sessions point, eliot richardson and bill rucker's house and people in the justice department who said, no, the constitution is more important than the passing, temporary favor of the occupant of the white house. that sounds very grand, but these guys did it in realtime. they broke with their party, they broke with their personal interests and put the constitution ahead of their personal interests and their party interests. that's not some hope to lose bipartisanship. it's not that, it's a real human drama. it was a close-run thing, but they did it. the question is now, is who are those republicans in the house and the senate and in the justice department, when the pendulum swings again, who will, in fact, stand up and say, no, the system is more important than my personal interests. >> if barr, sessions weren't involved in this, if they didn't approve this, then who approved the bugging of phones, the collection of data, phone data, from political opponents in the opposi

it boiled up in the presidential campaign of senator barry goldwater which ended in one of the worstdslide defeats in american history. it drove the educational aspirations -- the occasional aspirations of the libertarian party whose extremist platform suffered predictable but humiliating crushings at the polls. all of this defeat over all of these decades concentrated the strain, isolated its most persistent and determined elements, and added to it an emotional payload of resentment. one target of this precinct was the existence of government regulation. the libertarian party in 1980 ran on a platform of ending social security, ending medicare, closing the post office, undoing the american highway program, stopping public education, and eliminating all our public regulatory agencies. even the federal aviation administration that keeps planes from bumping into each other. this platform barely attracted 1% of the vote, an unsurprising but humiliating crushing. that humiliating crushing was suffered by david koch, libertarian party candidate for vice president and the party's major fun