Ken Burns: When You Have Dick Cheney and Bernie Sanders Voting for the Same Person, You Know There Is Something Threatening the Republic

SCARBOROUGH You know Ken ░░░░░░░░ always ask our presidential ░░░░░░░░ and others if there ░░░░░░░░ any parallel between the ░░░░░░░░ America faces right now ░░░░░░░░ a second Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ and the past I ░░░░░░░░ to get a little ░░░░░░░░ specific with you here ░░░░░░░░ be a little more ░░░░░░░░ Can you think of ░░░░░░░░ candidate in all the ░░░░░░░░ you ve done and ░░░░░░░░ the stories you ve ░░░░░░░░ and all the history ░░░░░░░░ ve read and immersed ░░░░░░░░ in your entire adult ░░░░░░░░ where figures from the ░░░░░░░░ party almost unanimously it ░░░░░░░░ people that ran well ░░░░░░░░ s just say Dick ░░░░░░░░ Liz Cheney Ken Adleman ░░░░░░░░ Gonzalez people who I ░░░░░░░░ say like me before ░░░░░░░░ Trump spent their adult ░░░░░░░░ fighting for what they ░░░░░░░░ what I consider to ░░░░░░░░ conservative values a balanced ░░░░░░░░ right responsible rational government ░░░░░░░░ local governments do what ░░░░░░░░ can do and state ░░░░░░░░ do what they can ░░░░░░░░ and then the national ░░░░░░░░ do what it has ░░░░░░░░ do a strong foreign ░░░░░░░░ I mean we can ░░░░░░░░ down this long laundry ░░░░░░░░ But again are we ░░░░░░░░ to be told that ░░░░░░░░ whackos insurrectionists and freaks ░░░░░░░░ are now running around ░░░░░░░░ pushing crazy conspiracy theories ░░░░░░░░ somehow the real conservatives ░░░░░░░░ Dick Cheney and Liz ░░░░░░░░ and Ken Adleman and ░░░░░░░░ Gonzalez are RINOs Does ░░░░░░░░ really believe that in ░░░░░░░░ BURNS I don t ░░░░░░░░ how we got to ░░░░░░░░ point where it has ░░░░░░░░ be pointed out to ░░░░░░░░ half the population that ░░░░░░░░ emperor has no clothes ░░░░░░░░ is unprecedented We don ░░░░░░░░ have a presidential candidate ░░░░░░░░ this character or perhaps ░░░░░░░░ of character in our ░░░░░░░░ history You d have ░░░░░░░░ go to people like ░░░░░░░░ Burr I made a ░░░░░░░░ in 1985 on the ░░░░░░░░ southern demagogue Huey Long ░░░░░░░░ least Huey Long delivered ░░░░░░░░ He made bridges he ░░░░░░░░ roads he bought schoolbooks ░░░░░░░░ started hospitals You have ░░░░░░░░ who s interested only ░░░░░░░░ himself There s a ░░░░░░░░ between populism and its ░░░░░░░░ manifestations in American history ░░░░░░░░ me ism which is ░░░░░░░░ course just an egocentrism ░░░░░░░░ will grasp at any ░░░░░░░░ and do anything and ░░░░░░░░ anything to get elected ░░░░░░░░ we do have a ░░░░░░░░ of characters This is ░░░░░░░░ nature We are going ░░░░░░░░ have people like this ░░░░░░░░ is not a stranger ░░░░░░░░ us The greed and ░░░░░░░░ come in the same ░░░░░░░░ of quantities But at ░░░░░░░░ level it s completely ░░░░░░░░ which is why you ░░░░░░░░ seeing so many people ░░░░░░░░ my friend Ken Adleman ░░░░░░░░ s written just eloquently ░░░░░░░░ why he s supporting ░░░░░░░░ Harris you have Dick ░░░░░░░░ and Bernie Sanders voting ░░░░░░░░ the same person You ░░░░░░░░ there is something threatening ░░░░░░░░ republic that transcends the ░░░░░░░░ and now is the ░░░░░░░░ for all good people ░░░░░░░░ come to the aid ░░░░░░░░ their country and not ░░░░░░░░ party.”