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Mike Johnson: “Elite institutions today tell the young and impressionable…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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Speaker Johnson Delivers Address to U.K. Parliament

Published | Video Starts at 07:41

In the west, if we make an honest assessment, we must acknowledge that our long term prosperity and security are currently being undermined by, let's call it a crisis of self doubt. It's been developing now for years. Elite institutions today tell the young and impressionable that our story is one of oppression and hypocrisy and failure. Our brightest minds are too often taught to view our history only through the lens of its sins. (07:41–07:50)

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Asserts that elite institutions are negatively influencing young people by portraying history as oppressive and hypocritical.

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