Shields and Brooks on political polarization and social reckoning in 2017
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks sit down with Hari Sreenivasan to discuss President Trump's first year in office, including the state of political...
==========
HARI SREENIVASAN: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks.That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.So, here we are at the end of 2017.There seems to be some data out that talks about this year of polarity or increased polarization.What party you are seems to determine much more than, you know, how you view the worldtoday than what gender you are, where you went to school, what church you belong to.MARK SHIELDS: No, I don't think there's any question that our parties have become farmore monolithic than they were just two generations ago.Two generations ago, the pro-choice position on abortion was led by Planned Parenthood,by Republicans, I mean, and the Democrats were, if anything, a pro-life party.On g...
==========
HARI SREENIVASAN: And to the analysis of Shields and Brooks.That's syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks.So, here we are at the end of 2017.There seems to be some data out that talks about this year of polarity or increased polarization.What party you are seems to determine much more than, you know, how you view the worldtoday than what gender you are, where you went to school, what church you belong to.MARK SHIELDS: No, I don't think there's any question that our parties have become farmore monolithic than they were just two generations ago.Two generations ago, the pro-choice position on abortion was led by Planned Parenthood,by Republicans, I mean, and the Democrats were, if anything, a pro-life party.On g...
