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Charlotte it is an honor to get to talk to you about your new book today. Thank you for doing this interview. I really enjoyed reading it a kind of felt like part memoir part selfhelp. Obviously Vice President mike pence. And i wanted to ask you a little bit about your decision to write the book. In the process. You went through this. The reference to parts of your diary. Entries that you did along the way on the campaign. I was wondering if you could talk us through a little bit of the process of writing it. Thank you so much for having me. It is so great. I originally kind of said in the book i always knew i was gonna write this book i knew i wanted to write about my family about my dad specifically and i think that this book originated a long time ago when i was a little kid. I wrote in middle school a book of things you have taught me about the things my dad have taught me and i have just written on every page a little sentenc ....
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Grateful and hardened by those who wanted to join this conversation and lift every voice the urgency of civic duty voting. Thank you to all members one of the best groups i have ever worked with. Its an Extraordinary Group of people that contributed so much. And to the center for democratic governance for their support. Thank you to my dear cochair who is an absolute dynamo and a blessing to work with and then the Vice President of workings release these governance programs. He has been extraordinary also. Things to everyone. I should say nobody can do that better than john lewis and so for us to talk about voting at a moment the whole nation is rightly honoring his life encourage and achievement on behalf of Voting Rights he very nearly gave his life and was willing to give his life. And thats why i want to read a s ....