i am the policy analyst here at the heritage foundation. i am joined by senator deb fischer, who we have on screen. senator fischer represents the state of nebraska, the headquarters of u.s. strategic command and is the ranking member of the senate armed services

, digitally and every other way you. >> let me extend a welcome to everyone attending this heritage foundation webinar on university indoctrination, how it started and how to stop it. i am as katie said doctor allen guelzo, a historian and also the visiting fellow at heritages polar institute. the american university system has long been one of the jewels in the nations crown. as long ago as 1910, the united states was home to nearly 1000 colleges and 300 undergraduate students while at the same time france had only 16 colleges with only 40,000 students. but especially in the post-world war ii years with these assistance of the g.i. bill, american college enrollments , by the 1970s had 12 million. by the middle of the last decade that number had reached over 20 million. and almost 4000 different institutions. at the undergraduate degree became the entrance ticket to the middle class. in effect, colleges and universities became a thin neck of the hourglass through which aspirants to wealth and prosperity had to pass. yet that same system has been showing signs of serious dysfunction. as the dem

obamacare originated at the heritage foundation. this is an idea the heritage foundation has endorsed since 1989. the cato institute has consistently opposed obamacare precisely because it does not fix the problems of our health care sector. it makes health care more expensive and makes access to care ultimately worse especially for people like a seven-year-old girl with leukemia struggling to get her obamacare plan to pay for her cancer care. yes, there are benefits when you spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars. not even the government can spend that much without helping some people. on balance, what is happening here as we are making health care more expensive and reducing access in part by blocking or continuing to block innovations that would make health care more affordable and more secure. host: let's go to jason in falls church, virginia. caller: i guess my first comment is on michael's comment about government being influenced -- pharmaceutical companies, i think that is largely due to citizen united. the other prob

from heritage foundation this is about 40 minutes. >> good morning everyone thank you for joining this discuss is critical topic of u.s. nuclear station. my name is patty jane on the policy analyst for the nuclear deterrence here at the heritage foundation. i'm joined today by senator deb fischer we have here on screen. senator fischer reppert of the state of nebraska home the senate armed services subcommittee on strategic forces. she's thrilled she'll take time out of her busy schedule to take insight on the where the u.s. is going with nuclear modernization. so were going to start up today's event with some comments from senator fischer on the backdrop for nuclear modernization and then i will move on to some questions. so senator, whenever you're ready please start us off. >> okay thank you for that introduction patty jane and to heritage for hosting this event on modernization. the last two administrations it has been a robust bipartisan support for modernizing deterrence and infrastructure on which it depends. i repeatedly joined together for this effort to move forward. and i ex

the heritage foundation to this day continues to agitate for laws to make it harder for other americans to vote. this has been a great fight, a great push and pull throughout american history. we know we made it impossible in the south for black people to vote for a century. how hard we make it for immigrants to vote. we really have a consensus that everybody who is eligible should have the ability to vote. one person, one vote. that was something that republicans and democrats together agreed on. the last time the voting rights act was reauthorized by congress, the senate passed it 98-zero. george w. bush proudly signed it. it is only recently that it has become a mobilizing and organizing issue for politicians. i would just say that when politicians have to make their efforts based on trying to restrict the vote by the other side, rather than taking arguments to the public, that is the sign of a long-term weak hand. host: back to h.r.1, georgia congressman barry loudermilk explained his opposition. let's look and then get your response. [video clip] >> i rise not only in opposition, b

he said what andy described and he was not pundit he founded the heritage foundation and the legislative exchange council and it continues to agitate for what until laws to make it harder for other makers to vote and it's been a good push and pull throughout american history and we know and we made in south for black people to vote for a century and how hard we make it for immigrants to vote and we had a census that actually everybody who is eligible should have the ability to vote in one person one vote that was something republicans and democrats together agreed on, the last time the voting rights act was reauthorized by congress the senate passed and 98 - 0 and george w. bush probably signed it and is quite resilience become a mobilizing andha organizing issue for politicians that i would say whenak politicians have to make the effort based on restricting the vote by the other side rather than taking arguments to the public that is a sign of a long-term week and. elizabeth: back to h.r.1 that we've been talking about and s1 georgia congressman have republican explain his opposition to

obamacare is probably the best thing ever happened to america and it seems these right wing heritage foundation want to eliminate the government and that doesn't help america, it doesn't help the american citizens so people need to look into the cato institute and the heritage foundation and understand u who these people ae to privatize everything, prisons, post offices, they don't want government. >> okay, i'll give you a chance to respond. >> first of all, we don't pay to cover all the government spending, as far as the cato institute, obamacare originated at the heritage foundation, this is an f idea that they have endorsed since 1989. the cato institute consistently opposed obamacare and precisely because it does not fix the problems, it doesn't make it better and more affordable or secure. it makes it moreca expensive and makes access to care unbalanced and worse especially for a 70-year-old with leukemia struggled to get her obamacare t plan to pay for her cancer cap. there are benefits when you spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars they can't spend that much without helping some

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i am the policy analyst here at the heritage foundation. i am joined by senator deb fischer, who we have on screen. senator fischer represents the state of nebraska, the headquarters of u.s. strategic command and is the ranking member of the senate armed services subcommittee on nuclear services for -- services. we are glad she could take some time out of her busy schedule to talk about nuclear is asian. we will start with comments from senator fischer, then we will move on to questions. senator, whenever you are ready, start us off. sen. fischer: thank you for that introduction, and to heritage for hosting this discussion on the future of nuclear modernization. the last few administrations there has been robust bipartisan support for nuclear modernization. we have spirited debates but members of both parties have repeatedly joined together to provide the necessary resources for this effort to move forward and i expect this congress will continue to do so. the chairman of the senate armed services committee has explicitly endorsed moderniza

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i'm director of the simon center for american studies at the heritage foundation. it is my pleasure to welcome everybody here for this event conservativism and america's future a lively topic. i'm also delighted to welcome everybody here as part of the kirk lectures series. he believed deeply in the permanent things. the moral and spiritual truths that make democratic self-governance possible. doctor kirk viewed the conservative movement as the crucial actor in the task of recovering and defending those permanent things. no more important scholar the conservative movement in america today than our speaker george nash. doctor nash studying the conservative movement for decades. we made a full biography available to you but a couple of highlights, his three volume biography of herbert hoover and his groundbreaking book the conservative intellectual movement and america 1945 and a more recent book reappraising the right of past and future of american conservativism just to name a few. the pundits on the left and the right could suspend their addiction to twitter for a

and i'm looking forward to hearing from jolt griffith from the heritage foundation and danny ritchie from my home state of pennsylvania printed and other important thing to take this bill is not targeted to provide the temporary aid that s resulted by the pandemic. according to the estimates, only a fraction of the $1.9 trillion will be spent this year. among the spinning items under banking committee jurisdictions, they estimate that in 2021, only about half of the $19 billion for rental assistance will be spent. only a percent and $10 million will be spent 2021 and only 5 percent of the $5 billion for emergency housing vouchers will be spent in 2021. and this is incredible. they estimate that 0 percent of the $5 billion for homeless assistance will be spent in 2021. do they think this pandemic is on for decades. this makes no sense. and there's a provision that has nothing to do with covid-19 under any circumstances, like a $6 million to be off pensions and assembly in silicon valley buried under 30 family dollars for the national endowment for the arts. $50 million from environmen

farm in a few months time is the heart of the ethnological collection the pression cultural heritage foundation which currently holds the bronzes doesn't want to give up that idea completely. i'm optimistic that the original objects can still be displayed here some could be returned and some could remain here so there could be a continual exchange of items on loan and it was always clear that the context in which they were acquired the context of injustice would be explained it's the fact is that in $897.00 in the kingdom of british colonial forces looted $4000.00 bronze sculptures in a raid germany $1100.00 of the stolen goods. there's blood on these objects so do trophies from the colonial era really belong in an exhibition in the heart of berlin 2003 music can be seen in many museums around the world the binning bronze those are exceptional art and when they came to europe they highlighted a completely new image of africa as a continent steeped in history and culture they've been in bronze as are of course part of the cultural history of nigeria and been in but they've also become global . n

heritage foundation.y of the year of the ox, so happy new year, and welcome to the virtual celebration with mayor london breed. it has been part of san francisco's tradition that the mayor release the commemorative stamp, and mayor breed will be doing just that later in the program. i'd like to now say a few words in chinese now. [speaking chinese language] >> so welcome today to today's virtual lunar new year celebration. this is to promote the asian and pacific islander culture and celebrate the chinese new year. this is a very special time when families come together, but this year, we must celebration in a new way because we are in the middle of a pandemic, but nevertheless, celebrate, we will. at this time, i'd like to introduce carmen chu, city administrator of san francisco. welcome, carmen. >> hi. my name is carmen chu, san francisco city administrator. [speaking chinese language] >> even though we can't come together in person, it's so important to make sure we come together in cultural tradition

elizabeth: with me now is heritage foundation senior legal fellow hans von spakovsky.ou back on. hunter biden out with a new book. claims he wouldn't do it again, getting paid a lot of money sitting on the board of the ukrainian gas company even though he had no experience because he claims partisan politics, really? he has yet to divest the 10% stake in a chinese equity fund like he said he would. do you believe him here? >> what is so shocking about that, he still doesn't admit or acknowledge the complete conflict of interest and ethical problems raised by the fact that he got a job paying him millions of dollars from this ukrainian energy company and he basically admitting only reason he got it because his father was the vice president, supervising our country's diplomatic and trade relationship with the ukraine. so he doesn't see a problem with that and the fact that, it could, it could affect the wealth of the biden family. elizabeth: he is also claiming, hunter biden is claiming in his new book that he is quote, not like eric trump or donald trump, jr., that hunt

carry on. >> ashley, i used to work at the heritage foundation, and i disagree with heritage on this.if you turn down the money, that money's only going to go back to other mismanaged blue state governments rather than florida who did a good job. so turning down that money is a really badded idea. bad idea. ashley: yeah, but someone like illinois, chicago, they can use money to try out universal basic income. i -- it's very slanted in one direction, is it not? >> it is absolutely very slanted in one direction because, to your point, new york, california, illinois, new jersey, the mismanaged governments can do what they see fit. let me say this though, if i'm these attorney generals and these governors in these 21 states, you want to know what? i go ahead and not only take the money, but i use the money to offset tax funds, but i do it backwards. i use it for state funding items and then i cut the state funds and then cut taxes as planned. because at the end of the day, i think you can get away with doing this because i think the way that the covid relief bill is written, i believe it

for all it's worth. ♪ ♪ elizabeth: with me now is the elizabeth: with me now the heritage foundationterview with prince harry and meghan markel, inconsistencies in the duchess' remarks, your reaction? >> i watched the full two hours of the interview and i have to say an interview with meghan markle especially full of disinformation, a great deal of frankly out right contained lies in this interview a ferocious attack on britain's royal family on the monarchy and the british people as well and i thought this was an extremely destructive interview by meghann markle, certainly one that is going to burn bridges with the royal family and deeply unpleasant interview as well and i think a lot of the claims that were made by meghan are completely false the insinuation of the royal family is racist in britain is a racist country, all of this without any kind of evidence or substantiation and a backdrop of meghan herself facing an investigation from buckingham palace into her treatment of her own stocks and several of meghan's former stars accused her of bullying very serious charges laying on

the prussian cultural heritage foundation that holds the bronzes does not want to give up the idea completely i'm optimistic that the original objects can still be displayed here. some could be returned and come -- some could remain here. there could be a continual exchange of items on luna and it was clear that the context in which they were acquired, the contacts of injustice would be explained. >> the fact is that in 1897 in benin, british colonial forces looted 4000 sculptures. germany bought 1100 of the stolen goo. there is blood in these objects. trophies from the colonial era -- do they belong in an exhibition in the heart of berlin? >> they can be seen in many museums around the world. the bronzes are exceptional art and when they came to europe they highlighted complete a new image of africa as a continent steeped in history and culture. the benin bronzes are part of the cultural history of nigeria and benin. but they have also become global. >> nigerian authorities take a different view. a new museum is planned where the bronzes are to be displayed, as the country's legal property.

it will be listed on the heritage foundation annual index as part of mainland china for economic freedom, and it sits at number 107 on that index phillip? >> all of those things have consequences for us back in the states thank you so much. >>> let's check in with nbc meteorologist janessa webb to see who's going to get the cold side, who's going to get the mild side, because you never know this time of year good morning, janessa. >> good morning, frances you're exactly right we have some confusion always with the start of march. it's warm versus cold as the pattern continues to change. right now for the northeast you sit under that pattern change. upper 20s in some spots. northern new england with these winds blustering today, i think you're going to be in the teens. if you loo5 miles an hour. get to the deep south, new orleans, alabama, mississippi, mid-70s. another nice warmup headed our way for the east coast i'll show you when. >> finally getting nice around here thank you, janessa. >>> we'll be right back in two minutes. we've got new details on the horrific highway crash in califo

she is currently a senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation where she studies the economy.nk you to both for joining us today. let me start out with you rachel. $7.25 an hour, just hearing that. when you look at wage stagnation, the seven dollar line seems almost embarrassing. who would be opposed to raising that? what is the case against raising the minimum wage? >>$7.25 is not a living wage, and i think we all acknowledge that. that is the bottom rung on the ladder. the 20 69 americans who don't have a high school degree, somebody with a disability or criminal record. that is a starting point. so they can climb further up the ladder. obviously, the people who are hurt by a minimum wage that excludes them, is the very people who need those education opportunities in order to get their foot in the door. steve: i guess my question is, why not make a step on the lower end? why be satisfied with that notion, that is the ladder in. why can't a b at $15 an hour? >> there are certain people that when they first start out are not capable of producing that. that cost an employer $3

we see the rise of the heritage foundation, american enterprise institute, the cato institute. these are national level think tanks and policy shops, the hoover foundation or institute, institute. institution, that's right. it's an institution. hoover really sort of pivots around this time away from it's kind of red scare cold war focus john birch society type activity into more of the radical free-market oriented work that so many people think of them doing now. there's also the rise of these state-level policy shops and think tanks, places like the heartland institute or in michigan, mackinac. in their zone it's the goldwater institute. there are these other kinds of organizations like the american legislative exchange council which is koch brothers funded, not the soft drink but the oil billionaire cokes. the american legislative exchange council, one of the things they do is in addition to receiving these ideas with lawmakers, they hand them model legislation that is ready to go. just fill in the name of your state here. there's actually a very powerful infrastructure there

really takes off in 2007 in the leadup to the 2008 republican primary shawn hannity and the heritage foundation sort of partner on this to say wwrd, right, what would ronald reagan do today? that's what we need. we need a candidate to do what reagan would do. you can go on amazon and buy yourself a wwrd bracelet. you can buy yourself a t-shirt as you can see up here. you can buy a bumper sticker to put on your car. you can buy a mouse pad like the one on the far left that says if we can resurrect him we'd re-elect him, the idea of a zombie reagan running in the 2020 primary. but nonetheless conservatives from around 2005 to 2016 or so began to really reconstruct reagan as a conservative purest. and they began to sort of claim, and this started maybe even before, that ronald reagan won the cold war by sticking to his conservative principles and that reagan through his sort of conservatism is to credit ultimately for the dissolution of the soviet empire and the end of the cold war. today what we're going to do is go back in time and look at what conservatives are saying about reagan's policies in

in 2007, and will lead up to the 2008 you know basically sean hannity partner on this in the heritage foundation. it's like what would ronald reagan do today. you know what would reagan do today and you can go on amazon, you can buy at w. w. rd bracelet, you can buy a t-shirt you can buy yourself a bumper sticker, you now to put in your car and you can buy a mouse pad, like the one in the far left that says if we could resurrect him, we would reelect him. and the ideas zombie reagan, running the 2020 primary. but conservatives from around 2005, to 2016 or so begin to really reconstruct reagan as a conservative purist. they began to sort of claim, and maybe even before that -- ronald reagan won the cold war by sticking to his conservative principles and that reagan, through his conservatism, is to credit for the dissolution of the soviet empire and the end of the cold war. so, today, we will go back in time and look at what conservatives were saying about reagan's policies back in the 1980s. and how that is quite different from what they claim today. so what does my manuscript do? well it gives t

farm in a few months time as the heart of the ethnological collection the pression cultural heritage foundation which currently holds the bronzes doesn't want to give up that idea completely. optimistic i'm optimistic that the original objects can still be displayed here some could be returned and some could remain here so there could be a continual exchange of items on loan and it was always clear that the context in which they were acquired the context of injustice would be explained and the fact is that in $897.00 in the kingdom of british colonial forces looted $4000.00 bronze sculptures in a raid germany 1100 of the stolen goods. there's blood on these objects so do trophies from the colonial era really belong in an exhibition in the heart of berlin has been few music can be seen in many museums around the world the big name brands are exceptional art and when they came to europe they highlighted a completely new image of africa as a continent steeped in history and culture they've been in bronzes are of course part of the cultural history of nigeria and been in but they've also become glo

farm in a few months time as the heart of the ethnological collection the pression cultural heritage foundation which currently holds the bronzes doesn't want to give up that idea completely. an optimistic i'm optimistic that the original objects can still be displayed here some could be returned and some could remain here so there could be a continual exchange of items on loan and it was always clear that the context in which they were acquired the context of injustice would be explained its effect is that in $897.00 in the kingdom of british colonial forces looted $4000.00 bronze sculptures in a raid germany 1100 of the stolen goods. there is blood on these objects so do trophies from the colonial era really belong in an exhibition in the heart of berlin and in few music can be seen in many museums around the world the been in bronze those are exceptional art and when they came to europe they highlighted a completely new image of africa as a continent steeped in history and culture they've been in bronzes are of course part of the cultural history of nigeria and been in but they've also becom

as the heart of the ethnological collection the pression cultural heritage foundation which currently holds the bronzes doesn't want to give up that idea completely. optimistic also i'm optimistic that the original objects can still be displayed here some could be returned and some could remain here so there could be a continual exchange of items on loan and it was always clear that the context in which they were acquired the context of injustice would be explained but the fact is that any $897.00 in the kingdom of benny in british colonial forces looted $4000.00 brown sculptures in a raid germany 1100 of the stolen goods. there's blood on these objects so do trophies from the colonial era really belong in an exhibition in the heart of berlin in few music can be seen in many museums around the world the been in bronze those are exceptional art and when they came to europe they highlighted a completely new image of africa as a continent steeped in history and culture they've been in bronze or of course part of the cultural history of nigeria and been in but they've also become global.

obamacare originated at the heritage foundation.idea the heritage foundation has endorsed since 1989. the cato institute has consistently opposed obamacare precisely because it does not fix the problems of our health care sector. it makes health care more expensive and makes access to care ultimately worse especially for people like a seven-year-old girl with leukemia struggling to get her obamacare plan to pay for her cancer care. yes, there are benefits when you spend tens or hundreds of billions of dollars. not even the government can spend that much without helping some people. on balance, what is happening here as we are making health care more expensive and reducing access in part by blocking or continuing to block innovations that would make health care more affordable and more secure. host: let's go to jason in falls church, virginia. caller: i guess my first comment is on michael's comment about government being influenced -- pharmaceutical companies, i think that is largely due to citizen united. the other problem is -- ho

that's right its name has disappeared from the list given by the heritage foundation a u.s. think tank i think what business is much more worried about is this right they haven't had a clear message from beijing that ounces a number of simple questions are we still welcome here in hong kong do we have a future here in hong kong i think they can just about live with the tinkering that's going on to the constitution at the moment well they're much more worried about is the pressure the young jew pressure that is now being brought to bear on the judiciary and whether the judiciary could eventually be compromised and then of course there is freedom of speech business likes to operate in an environment where there is you know free and open speech where the media is free and at the moment there's still a question mark over that here in hong kong adrian thank you very much indeed adrian brown talking to us from hong kong protesters in may and mark continue to defy a crackdown marching again to demand an end to the military coup activists are out in a number of cities despite violen

which is a wing of the heritage foundation is coordinating the writing of the legislationise people across the country. i'll read an excerpt from that. of the 68 bills pertaining to voting at least 23 had similar language or firmly rooted in the principles in the heritage group's letter and an extensive report two days later. ushering in a raft of restrictions they're prodded by party leaders and outside groups working to establish principles to the efforts to claw back access to voting. it is stunning the level of coordination and funding going into preventing americans from voting. >> it is. it is a sad testament to this once proud party that this is how low that they have sunk, so afraid of the black vote to shut it out and shut it down. they're not doing this in white neighborhoods. white communities may feel the residual effect of the state laws passed. see how they react and respond then. but we know what the frontal attack is. so let's be honest about what it is and about the fact that if you can't win an election on your ideas and the presentation of good candidate

this was a concerted effort by the right, including american enterprise institute, the heritage foundation, to destroy the postal service. louis dejoy was put in there to help that by destroying mail sorting devices, what have you. the right cannot stand that this is a unionized workforce, and once it is gone, people will see , as fedex, ups, all these private companies take over, and the people that will get hurt the most are people in rural areas, heavily republican, and when they are told that if you want your mail, you are going to have to drive 10 miles to pick it up because ups, fedex, and what have you cannot afford, or it is too expensive to deliver the mail at your home, and we are going to get what we wished for here. it is really a shame that a thing that was created by franklin -- excuse me, benjamin franklin, who probably people like you today would consider him a communist by having a government entity to deliver mail. host: i'm going to jump in so we can get a response from kevin kosar. guest: just to be very clear, i do not advocate privatizing the postal service. i have ac

plan that fits the criteria republican governor mitt romney is signing it and scholars of the heritage foundation say we think this is a pretty good plan. the way to get to the liberal goal of universal coverage through conservative means. it did not disrupt or require huge tax increases like a lightbulb went off. interviewed obama without me even saying it i said how did you end up embracing this idea? he said we saw what happened in massachusetts. that inspired us people worked on it like john gruber. we thought that was the way to go. you have a situation consensus would look like something very similar. and then there was a sense from all the democrats even those that didn't love the massachusetts plan let's try it. >> let's talk jonathan stood question i will pull it in a moment and anonymous said am i chewing? know it is nicorette gum. it's a fair question. i will stop chewing. but with romney there is almost tragedy to romney in the issue when he ran for president. it was so striking the major achievement what plan in massachusetts any had to run away from it in 2012. so republicans just d

economic committee of the united states senate and she's currently a senior policy analyst at the heritage foundation where she studies the economy and federal budget thank you to you both for joining us today let me start out with you rachel you $7.25 an hour i mean just hearing that and knowing you know i've been working on the economic issues for a very long time and when you look at workers stagnation you look at wage stagnation i mean the $7.25 a line seems almost embarrassing who would be opposed to raising that what what is the case against raising the minimum wage. well the some $25.00 an hour that's not a living wage and i think we all acknowledge that but look at it it's a stepping stone it's the bottom rungs on the ladder so that people who are just entering the labor market the 26000000 americans who don't have a high school degree somebody with a disability or criminal record it's that starting point for them to be able to gain the education and experience so that they can climb further up the ladder and so obviously the people who are hurt by a minimum wage that excludes them from that

the heritage foundation hosted this 45 minute discussion. >> thank you. thank you all for attending. our goal is to get as many facts as possible about what is going on at the southern border. to get as many questions as we can in the time we have. let me ask them to join me on the screen. while they are turning on their cameras, let me very quickly introduce john mcclintock, the ranking member on the subcommittee on immigration. ken paxton, the attorney general from texas. the state with the largest border with mexico than any other in the united states. and jean hamilton, who served in the justice and homeland security departments in the trump administration. thank you. between the three of you i don't not think we could have asked for a more qualified team to give us all these issues. i will stay with questions double frame the rest of our discussion. i would like to go to you first, attorney general. else what is going on -- tell us what is going on at the border today. >> it is hard to explain. we have been here before under president obama. we had a

i'm director of the simon center for american studies at the heritage foundation.

what they decided to do was the co-founder of the heritage foundation where he said "i don't want everybodyvote because quite frankly our leverage goes up as the voting populous goes down. that's the republican way. >> there is zero connection between. they are in georgia, for instance, limiting people to the polls, and people go vote after church, their pastors encouraged them to go vote, zero evidence that it has anything to do with fraud. the reduction, the amount of time that you can vote in iowa. if voter fraud were an issue, these things still would not be solved. >> good morning and thank you for letting me share a screen here. we talk about these issues quite frequently especially in the wake of her book one person one vote, which she wrote with a great sense of urgency after the last election. we have seen this emerging solution that continues to be in search of a problem and what we know is that the big lie that we now see, the former president continuing to perpetuate, is a lie that has been cold by legislatures in quite some time. and i have seen these bills that have always tar

. >> recently heritage foundation senior call mike on dallas all argued identity politics are dividing america . a portion of the program. >> in my book the plot to change america was to expose these myths. one of the reasons why succeeds as it hijacks one of our best impulses as humans and that is the impulse to be compassionate. to side with the people who need our . however, these ideas were not , did not come from the grassroots. the grassroots were very open going to this later that they rejected being seen as marginalized or members of minorities as victims . they wanted to access the american dream individually through their own agencies area these are people who were often times were aware that they were discriminated against. and yet they believed that they could improve their lot in life individually. the idea that could act as a collective is imposed by ideologues and activists have this idea of changing america in my i think is one of the most important things to pull out right away and say we should be very aware that our best impulses are being hijacked here. the other on

heritage foundation senior fellow mike gonzalez argued identity politics are dividing america.e is a portion of the program. >> it was to expose these myths and one of the reasons it succeeds is that it hijacks one of our impulses as humans and that is the impulse to be compassionate and to side with the people who need our help. however, these ideas were not from the grassroots in fact the grass roots were very open and we will go into this later, that they rejected being seen as marginalized were members of minorities were victims. they wanted to access the american dream individually through their own agency. these are people that were aware they were discriminated against and yet they believed they could improve their life individually. the idea that no, you act as a collective is imposed by the ideologues and activists who have this idea of changing america in mind so it's one of the important things to call out right away and say we should be very aware that our impulses are being hijacked. the other is the idea that gets necessitated this division. that isn't the case. i

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take this argument from a legal fellow at the heritage foundation at yesterday's hearing. >> there'sents already impact the national debate. for the members here today, how many of you saw a d.c. statehood yard signs or bumper stickers or banners on the way to this hearing today? i certainly did. where else in the nation could such simple actions reach so many members of congress? >> okay, because the ability to have yard signs is exactly the same as having two senators to represent you. then there was this georgia congressman. >> d. cnn would be the only state without an airport, without a car dealership, without a capital city, without a landfill. >> even if it didn't, i can assure you the founding fathers did not include that as a requirement in the u.s. constitution. with me is mayor bowser. the arguments were dumb. let me read you one more. here's mike rounds saying the founding fathers never intended for washington, d.c. to be a state. the reason there are two dakotas, because they were deliberately created as two different states so republicans could literally have four senato