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his relationship with ron reagan leads to him -- reagan takes another shot at it, and ends up winning. he goes to terms. so -- just the inter personal relationship there, and then, you talked about congress and obviously, the deregulation. i read somewhere in preparation for this that he vetoed 66 pieces of democratic legislation because he disagreed with the fiscal approach. that seems like a large number, these days. can you tell us about the relationship he had with congress, having served in congress? >> perhaps i can answer that part in unison, those two questions in unison. ronald reagan hammered forward for this ballooning budget, as he made a bid to unseat forward in the primaries. in 1976, ford was left stretching his, head wondering -- had i not vetoed all these bills! he vetoed 66 bills. well it was the one effective means he had for exercising some control over what was a democrat capitol hill. with strong majorities in both the house and do in the senate. but it was also a time where there was a greater mix among democrats. southern democrats, northern democrats, they wer

go back to ron 23458d reagan's days to find red.ee here new mexico, colorado, arizona as well. blue, blue, blue, right? well, this year let's come forward to 2022 and you look at the map when it comes to senate races, republicans think we might be able to take away a democratic seat in arizona. maybe take away a democratic seat in nevada. that's the juan they're most confident about. republicans say watch, we might have a shot in colorado. maybe out in washington state. is that overambitious? we'll watch but know they're in play and democrats are nervous. let's look at the house. this is the current house of representatives. in the rurm states red but california, washington, oregon. blue in new mexico. look at the competitive races, when you look at the competitive seats democrats are on defense in a lot of the west across the country they are, but look out west in all these states and all these competitive districts, democrats on defense which is why kevin mccarthy, the republican who thinks he would be speaker, he's from californi

reagan. who at that time was not even an elected official. he had given a speech in 1964 on behalf of goldwater early on, called -- it was a speech entitled ron's debut with destiny and reagan have become a very popular figure inside the conservative movement because of the speech. he would be elected two years later in 1966 as governor of california. but reagan stood up and wrote a long and passionate letter. as a former democrat, as to why he thought the birchers were not somebody that we should be embracing or empowering inside the republican party. it absolutely did the trick. goldwater ran and you a you may remember goldwater speech at the convention was one of those famous lines was extremism is defense of liberty no vice. that is directly john birch language. he lost monumentally. in fact, a little morris county historical note, barry goldwater was a last republican to lose morris county for president until donald trump in 2020. from 1964 to 2020, morris county voted for every republican residential candidate. they rejected goldwater. and they rejected trump in 2020. and i think it's interesting, i didn't put it in the book because nobod

it points out that reagan was 77 when he left the white house. ron desantis is 44 years old.mparison. >> yeah. again, we have to stop putting so much weight and comparisons and polls clearly don't mean much at all anymore. because according to the polling, we're all red shirts on right now. so again, we -- it's his 80th birthday. he should have a party. i would have one when i get to 80. i'll argue that 77 is a good one, too. but he was very -- according to the polls, he's very unpopular. look at the polls. he's under 40% or older. didn't reflect that in the mid-terms. he's had a historic mid-term for somebody numbers polling that low. he has a lot to be excited about. he should have a birthday party. it's his 80. different from her 80, my 80, your 80. if he continues this way and america seems to seem okay with it, the majority -- >> martha: but is he? is he a young 80? i think there's a lot of legitimate questions about that. >> i would say no but -- >> martha: we have a montage here. we don't need to play the whole thing. this is when he asked for jackie -- we've seen the

ron desantis characterizes some of that, culture war stuff, hostility to immigration, essentially upending some of the republican nostrils we got used to from the reagan era. we can still see some of that there -- lower taxes, deregulation, etc., but i think this style of allah takes is here to stay. host: let's take a question from a viewer that send us a text. jimbo says he is an independent voter -- can mr. to caro speculate as to how president reagan would have viewed ms. greene and the movement in general? guest: speculate? i would say ronald reagan would not approve of the far right today. he was not a big fan of it then. the far right was not a big fan of reagan at times. a mythology has built up around reagan in the decades and see left office. it's been more than 30 years since he left office, 40 years since he came to power. the far right did not appreciate reagan when he was dealing with the soviet union in the late 1980's. they thought he had gotten soft on communism and was being snookered by gorbachev. turning the tables around, i do not think reagan would appreciate the far right, especially in term of our overseas commitments. reagan w

reagan did but i'm not so sure. and always on stage. very consistent over the decades but she interviews him and ron and what he thinks of american exceptionalism is almost word for word he says in his farewell address very literal and the basic belief system. i think. >> he doesn't become a republican until he is 51 years old. he votes for fdr four times that he has in his said what america was like. but here but showing how americanas should live. that was in the zone. and a few other things. so this is something he picked up from fdr. and i get reagan's and with the rendezvous with destiny. it is you and me having a conversation and that orientation to the future is unusual as a conservative i look to the past and here is reagan who was thinking about the future. then finally some characteristics to make reagan stand out in the pantheon of the american right. one person who i really enjoyed writing about is senator taft who was mr. republican representative of the pre-world war ii into the nato after the war but taft ran unsuccessfully for the republicanst nomination would be the first to tell you he was not the most charismatic person and c

i think we need to -- as reagan famously put it, paint in bold cococolors and pale pastels. stu: new poll says texas republicans prefer ronesantis over donald trump for 2024. seems like the fault lines within the republican party are over the old guard and i'm calling donald trump the old card and the new guard, the ron desantiss of this world. do you agree that's the way the split shakes out? >> i think there'll be lots of discussions and i get that. we're going to talk about policies and principles that we'll champion that will help people stop the disasters that are happening and tackle stop inflation. that are going to drive gas price down so families can afford to meet their needs. they'll stop the out of control crime endangering so many families in this country and policies to secure the border. we need to be a positive results orlikowski gented party and present a -- oriented party and present a clear alternative. one of the reasons i'm unhappy with the current leadership in the senate is they believe as a matter of principle that it's better when republicans don't run on an agenda and run as we're not the democra

ron desantes is a guy who grew up here in florida, paid for his own education, and then went to serve in the marines . increasingly compared to nancy reagan was the most popular republican president of the united states in reagan's closest adviser this week, by the way, was remembered in a different way, on occasion they quoted a fragment of his famous speech about the welfare queen in chicago, they found a woman who holds the record. she used 80 names, 30 addresses, 15 phone numbers to get food stamps for social security veteran's benefits on four supposedly deceased husbands and veterans and social security benefits and her tax-free income reached $150,000. dollars a year in today's america , zelensky was named the queen of benefits for military assistance to kiev the united states spends 200 million dollars a day after the afghan-made financial washing machine failed and the americans left kabul in washington switched to ukrainian equipment, and at its end we continue support ukrainians in their efforts to protect their sovereignty and territorial integrity. our task is to put them in a winning position on the battlefield, so that when

long-term view you get through these things >> joe has a question for you as well >> ron, i tweeted out 42 years ago today reaganng at 800 and 40 years no inflation, you talk about all the prosperity and yet you just stubbornly for whatever reason stick you're a democrat, reagan did nothing for you, he didn't get your heart beating faster, any of the prosperity to republican, supplyside to small government, free markets, low taxes, none of that, is that a good year for -- was that good what happened 42 years ago, was that positive? >> well, listen, i thought ronald reagan was good he did that soap commercial on television i liked him. i thought he was a nice man. i liked him chopping wood and -- >> better than jimmy carter? so his policies did nothing for you. you wish jimmy carter would have re-elected >> i hated him >> reagan was just an actor didn't believe in a shining city on a hill. >> i believe in the shining city on top of hill i believe in that. >> not many people do anymore. not many people do anymore >> it's all cyclical i'm hoping that everything gets resolved and i think it will. >> when you say it'

ron desantis hears this from a democrat, and don't cut me off, please. [laughter] i want him instead of imitating the former guy trump, start reading something on ronald reagan and bring this country back together. one thing we always had in this country, whether a democratic president one or a republican president won, we always had a president that cared about everybody in the country. and that's what the republicans aren't giving us. this is why they lost. and they lost the suburban woman with roe v. wade. if they don't get their act together, they are going to lose again. women are not going to give up their autonomy of their bodies. they are not going to do it. their wives are voting against them. that's why we had all these split tickets. host: i want to come back to you saying you are a stone cold liberal, as you describe yourself. would you vote for ron desantis if he ran in 2024? caller: listen, this guy is a harvard graduate. he is brilliant! they love the way he runs florida. it's totally different there. i can't get my friends out of there. i don't care how may hurricanes they have, they love this guy. host: i think we got your point, rhonda. ron

reagan's points, and they all lost because of behavior. what senator specter said is absolutely true. >> senator toomey. what do you make in the attacks by donald trump over ron over the past 24 hours now? >> well, i think that actually helps rock. anybody that knows donald trump, anybody that's read bill barr's book for talked to the other chiefs of staff or other people who have heard his rants and ravings and profanities and things in the white house can contest to the fact that his behaviors are always brutish and immature. i think that ron is a statesman about it. and the more he stays that way the better he's going to look. >> somewhat of a blueprint for other republicans. finally, i do want to ask you about kevin mccarthy. and the challenge and struggle that he's up against right now. he has members of pro-trump freedom caucus are now playing hard ball for their support for him as speaker. beyond that, congressman, considering how slim the majority in the house might be, that struggle is going to extend right into legislating. i mean, how tough of a road do you think mccarthy and a slim republican majority have? >> i think kevin will be hard to beat. n

ron, and with everything going on in this country, and i hope he hears this from a democrat, and don't cut me off, please. insteadim of imitating the formr guy, trump, start reading something on ronald reagan and bring the country back together. one thing we've always had in this country whether a democratic president one or republicanli president, we alwas had a president that cared about everybody. this is why they lost and they lost the suburban woman with roe v wade. if they don't get their act together, they are going to lose again. women are not going to give up their autonomy of their bodies. they are not going to do it. their wives are voting against them. that's why we had all these split tickets. >> is a stone cold liberal as you describe yourself and describing it as a rock star are you saying you would vote as a stone cold liberal if he ran in 2024? >> listen, this guy is a harvard graduate. he's brilliant and they love the way he runs florida. it's totally different there. i can't get my friends out of there. we've got your point. the cross party appeal. >> i've not heard of that before from liberals, but clearly the scholars excited. there's a lot of people excited. they see

ron desantis characterizes some of that, culture war stuff, hostility to immigration, essentially upending some of the republican nostrils we got used to from the reaganwe can still see some of that there -- lower taxes, deregulation, etc., but i think this style of allah takes is here to stay. host: let's take a question from a viewer that send us a text. jimbo says he is an independent voter -- can mr. to caro speculate as to how president reagan would have viewed ms. greene and the movement in general? guest: speculate? i would say ronald reagan would not approve of the far right today. he was not a big fan of it then. the far right was not a big fan of reagan at times. a mythology has built up around reagan in the decades and see left office. it's been more than 30 years since he left office, 40 years since he came to power. the far right did not appreciate reagan when he was dealing with the soviet union in the late 1980's. they thought he had gotten soft on communism and was being snookered by gorbachev. turning the tables around, i do not think reagan would appreciate the far right, especially in term of our overseas commitments. reagan was ver

reagan shows up in my story in 1947 in the capacity of president of the screen actors guild and had a hopper, a hollywood gossip columnist to interview him about ron and what he thinks and he talks about freedom and democracy in american exceptionalism in 1947 almost word for word what he says in his farewell address to the nation in january 1989, very little in his basic belief system changes. part of that has to do with the fact that he was very old. he was born in 1911, doesn't become a republican until he's 51 years old. he votes for fdr four times, but he had in his head a picture of what america was like before the new deal. the practice rather than for theory. for him dixon, illinois was america as it should be, the life he lived by the rock river was how americans should live. everything there. that was in his bones. a few other things. he was always very much oriented toward the future and this is something he picked up from fdr. if you look at fdr's speeches and reagan's speeches and his famous address in support of barry goldwater in the last weeks of the campaign in 1964 reagan is picking up fdr's tips, rendezvous with destiny, you and

ron desantis characterizes some of that, culture war stuff, hostility to immigration, essentially upending some of the republican nostrils we got used to from the reagan can still see some of that there -- lower taxes, deregulation, etc., but i think this style of allah takes is here to stay. host: let's take a question from a viewer that send us a text. jimbo says he is an independent voter -- can mr. to caro speculate as to how president reagan would have viewed ms. greene and the movement in general? guest: speculate? i would say ronald reagan would not approve of the far right today. he was not a big fan of it then. the far right was not a big fan of reagan at times. a mythology has built up around reagan in the decades and see left office. it's been more than 30 years since he left office, 40 years since he came to power. the far right did not appreciate reagan when he was dealing with the soviet union in the late 1980's. they thought he had gotten soft on communism and was being snookered by gorbachev. turning the tables around, i do not think reagan would appreciate the far right, especially in term of our overseas commitments. reagan was very

ron desantis hears this from a democrat, and don't cut me off, please. [laughter] i want him instead of imitating the former guy trump, start reading something on ronald reagans country back together. one thing we always had in this country, whether a democratic president one or a republican president won, we always had a president that cared about everybody in the country. and that's what the republicans aren't giving us. this is why they lost. and they lost the suburban woman with roe v. wade. if they don't get their act together, they are going to lose again. women are not going to give up their autonomy of their bodies. they are not going to do it. their wives are voting against them. that's why we had all these split tickets. host: i want to come back to you saying you are a stone cold liberal, as you describe yourself. would you vote for ron desantis if he ran in 2024? caller: listen, this guy is a harvard graduate. he is brilliant! they love the way he runs florida. it's totally different there. i can't get my friends out of there. i don't care how may hurricanes they have, they love this guy. host: i think we got your point, rhonda. ron desantis with