Host we are here talking to former governor virginia with Terry Mcauliffe talking about his book beyond charlottesville taking a stand against White Nationalism. Where just a few days out from another stand of really horrifying murder sprees in america. Its a sobering thing to think that we keep thinking we hit rock bottom and we saw that a few years ago and we are bottoming out again so governor congratulations on the book and thank you for taking the time to talk about it. Guest thank you dahlia, its great to be here today. Host want you to start governor with the question that hovers a little bit over your first couple of chapters in the book and that hovers over so much of the debate happening in american of this question, think its not an accident that you start the book saying that when you wanted to run for office in virginia you are from new york, you are from florida. You are not from here. I lived in charlottesville for 17 years and i heard you are not from here and things th
The marches in charlottesville that he commemorates are also a few days out from murder sprees in america it is sobering to think we hit rock bottom and now we are bottoming out again so now congratulations talking about your book. Its great to be here today. So lets start with the question that covers your first chapter that covers so much of the debate we are having right now in america and it is a question of place its not an accident you start the book saying that when you wanted to run for office in virginia people said you are from new york and florida you are not from here. I have heard that a lot but there is the echo in the things that are said when people protest immigrants you are not from here. So for you to establish im from here i live and work here why are we having this conversation at all quick. I been going to the same safeway 25 years. But virginia is very proud of their heritage forgot was the first new yorker to be common the Common Wealth of virginia i would say t
Im in House Counsel here at the constitutioner in and about to treat you to an exciting i want to give a quicking bug for some of our upcoming programs. Next week we will welcome former white house advisor for discussion on one with of the more widely misunderstood constitutional prakses impeachment u new biography on michigan senator arthur vangdenburg and later this month well have the Atlantic Franklin four for a tuck on his new book World Without mind the threat of big tech, and leading thinkers including jacob of the National Interest and sam of the knock times for conversation of the future of american conservatism and members receive free tickets to Town Hall Program and discounted to blockbuster evening programs and our continuing Legal Education credit offering. And for more information on membership or on Upcoming Schedule check out the membership table outside in the lobby own now to introduce our guest speaker a leading civil war historian is tucker boat right professor at
Battle was shiloh, april 6 and 7, 1862. We talked about how grant thought the war was going to be over, one more battle and this thing will end and then after shiloh grant learns the war is going to last a lot longer and nothing short of absolute conquest of the south will end it. Today well talk about a Campaign Going on at the exact same moment over in the eastern theatre or virginia in this case. We will talk about the peninsula and the seven Days Campaign today. It starts in late march, early april, 1862 and is going to go until july of 1862. And it was the campaign that could have ended the war in the summer of 1862. The Union Strategy this time was if you can knock the confederate capitol out of the war, richmond, only 90 miles from washington, d. C. , if the Union General George Mcclellan can capture the confederate capital at richmond by the summer of 1862 the confederacy may throw in the towel. We cant know for sure. It is speculation. It could very well be that the confederac
Battle was shiloh, april 6 and 7, 1862. We talked about how grant thought the war was going to be over, one more battle and this thing will end and then after shiloh grant learns the war is going to last a lot longer and nothing short of absolute conquest of the south will end it. Today well talk about a Campaign Going on at the exact same moment over in the eastern theatre or virginia in this case. We will talk about the peninsula and the seven Days Campaign today. It starts in late march, early april, 1862 and is going to go until july of 1862. And it was the campaign that could have ended the war in the summer of 1862. The Union Strategy this time was if you can knock the confederate capitol out of the war, richmond, only 90 miles from washington, d. C. , if the Union General George Mcclellan can capture the confederate capital at richmond by the summer of 1862 the confederacy may throw in the towel. We cant know for sure. It is speculation. It could very well be that the confederac