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Representative assembly of popular government more or less in the new world. followed in several weeks by the arrival of the ship that was called the white lion that dutch man of war that brought the enslaved africans to the new world. so there in a period of two or three weeks you had the two fundamental contradictions of american history. you had a push for liberty and you had enslavement. as samuel johnson said later why is it we hear the loudest cries for liberty from those who live on the y...

Of proud independent nations. >> what standard, and really, if you think of it, when you talk about the great sailers and the great sailors of the world, we have them. but what stranded sailor doesnt feel relief. >> that gets me ever time. but yesterday during a speech to mark the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly in jamestown, virginia, we witnessed an entirely new phenomenon. it came as trump clearly first learned about the virginia lawmaker george widtth. he was one of th...

♪ >> congratulations on four and credible centuries of history, heritage, and commitment to the righteous cause of american self-government. this is truly a momentous occasion. >> sandra: that was president trump today in jamestown virginia commemorating the 400th anniversary of the first representative assembly in the western hemisphere. but not everybody was celebrating. with lawmakers from the states legislative black caucus and some other democrats skipping the event citing rising racial t...

A majority of the democratic caucus. >> my personal view is that he richly deserves impeachment. hes violated the law six ways from sunday, but thats not the question. the question is can we develop enough evidence to put before the american people. >> president trump today met with 20 inner-city pastors, one of them came on until the media he does not believe that the president is a racist. still, black virginia lawmakers say that they will boycott a presidential event tomorrow in jamestown to ...