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>> did you know that george washington hated public speaking? in fact, one senate who was right here for a swearing in said our founding father would have been a lot more comfortable facing enemy cannen and muskets than a crowd of angry americans. thomas jefferson much preferred the written word. when 10,000 showed up for andrew jackson's inaugural, all he could do was shout. >> they had no microphones so you couldn't project to the back so people would pass on what he said. he said -- so it went all the way back. >> the early retweet. >> that's exactly right. >> but as communication evolved, ...

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Andrew jackson's inaugural, all he could do was shout. they had no microphones so you couldn't project to the back. so people would pass on what he they said. he said -- >> is that right? >> so it went all the way back. >> the early re-tweets. >> the early re-tweets, that's exactly right. >> but as communication evolved, the presidents we remembered took existing tools and made them their own. teddy roosevelt quoted artoonests in a whole new way. fdr spoke into a radio microphone, like no president before. >> and it became mandatory listening. and everybody would lean forward and hear what the...

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Microphones were the same height. but secretary clinton is 5'5" so trump has eight or nine inches over her. that means he was 8 or 9 inches over the night and he does complaining he couldn't project and he would lean into the night. and this game alec baldwin the inflection on "saturday night live" every time he leans into the mike to get in there. so there were meetings at trump to ywer at the very highest lev to say is this the microphone set up you would like to have on your inauguration day and he picked this exact set up. it's an ungainly setup. it's not an attractive one. there are photo...