york for you. i will take it. we completely understand. thank you so much for that interview, particularly the words from the dnc chair. let s bring in victoria. i think in the interview tom perez may have boiled it down to one concept. that is we the united states of america, not the divided states of america. and yet, over the past 17 months there has felt like a tremendous divide here. how much of the divide that people are feeling all across this country has to do around this issue of immigration? immigration has been an issue that has always divided us as a nation. when we go back to the alien and sedition acts, if we take that as an example. i think when we speak of immigrant families, that s a whole different ball game. when we re talking about families. when we re talking about mothers and children, and when i was listening to the interview with tom perez, i thought about
connection? no president has ever loved the press. say that again. he thinks he s only one. it s like miranda in the tempest brave new world, and president says new to thee. when new to the presidency, feels like this is the first time there s been criticism. feels as though if only the world understood you and what you were trying to do, world would be a kinder and gentler place, to quote bush 41. but this is a perennial force. thomas jefferson, third president, had the sally hemmings story published while he was president. john adams passed alien and sedition acts to arrest journalists probably shouldn t mention this, might get picked up in the white house. to actually imprison people who
exchange, what do you about tha that? we should not be playing to america s fears. we fought pirates on the high seas. i ve said this a few times already. the alien and sedition acts were available to our president in those days to exclude dangerous aliens come in the president can come if he wants under section 212f of the immigration act as the gentleman said, exclude people, but he has to do it uniformly. you cannot violate the establishment clause by creating exception even if it is well intended jews and christians for and minority religions could we have to get this out of the cous and get the president and his good offices the opportunity to create better vetting, we all agree on that, but the rules of engagement must be in concert with our constitution and not flaunting it. jenna: hans, the timing of it, though, circling back to that. there is, as michael points out, an argument that some of this should be taking place in congress, we should adjust our policies that way thr
and the democratic-republicans fear a return to british-style monarchy. the will of the people is firmly against war with france. and if the federalists are going to ignore that rule, it s gonna fall to us republicans to defend it. defend it with what, mr. lyon? with that same wooden sword that you were given for cowardice in the war? [ spits ] you! [ men clamoring ] ah! [ insects chirping ] with the country split over war with france, thomas jefferson escalates the division, attacking john adams in the tabloid press, accusing him of being hamilton s puppet. thomas jefferson and the democratic-republican press start to really vehemently criticize adams. that is when the federalists push through the congress and john adams signs the alien and sedition acts. anyone who wrote
of an army, jefferson and the democratic-republicans fear a return to british-style monarchy. the will of the people is firmly against war with france. and if the federalists are going to ignore that rule, it s gonna fall to us republicans to defend it. defend it with what, mr. lyon? with that same wooden sword that you were given for cowardice in the war? [ spits ] you! [ men clamoring ] ah! [ insects chirping ] with the country split over war with france, thomas jefferson escalates the division, attacking john adams in the tabloid press, accusing him of being hamilton s puppet. thomas jefferson and the democratic-republican press start to really vehemently criticize adams. that is when the federalists push through the congress and john adams signs the alien and sedition acts.