joining me now is ralph reed chairman of the faith and freedom coalition. lph, i have a couple of confessions, r okay, i am drinking out of a -- i'm not a big fan of plastic, and i am ashamed i'm using this. and i'm charging my phone even though it wasn't fully at 1%. so those are my confessions.do ? >> i have a confession of my own. >> laura: i have a paper straw though, look, paper straw that disintegrated. >> i was driven to the studio tonight by an automobile with an internal combustion engine. forgive me. >> laura: what is going on here, seriously? >> what is interesting, laura if you look at 20 years ago only about one out of every 10 democrats have no religious affiliation. today, that figure has risen to about one out of every three democrats, and among self identified liberals, it is 40%. and, as modern american liberalism has become untethered and disconnected from the foundations of faith and tradition and traditional religion, they've sought to find substitution and increasingly politicized ideological and humanistic religions, worshiping in this

ralph reed reacts to the newfound faith. plus it is wednso

ralph reed reacts to the newfound faith. plus, it is wednesday so it's time for "seen and unseen" with

after the access hollywood tape, ralph reed said character matters about bill clinton was more pragmatict the situation. it doesn't matter now because voters don't care. the ends justify the means. guest: that was something that a lot of the same leaders talked that they did not believe. wereconomy and peace considerations when it came to matters of morality. once the was a president or a candidate they thought was going to serve their needs in terms of that power as a movement, pragmatism found its way back in. they were willing to look past whatever they had to. host: richard is joining us from illinois. thank you for waiting. is do you question believe that trump is acting in a moral interest of code? daily acts on his business is per train that he is acting like a moral person? just myhis is obviously opinion, my guess is he's acting in the best interest of what matters to him in that moment. host: we will go to morgan in pennsylvania. caller: good morning. thank you for c-span. you've got it perfectly right. i am going to buy your book. the hypocrisy of the religious right today is

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