Mike Johnson: “He was a trusted, close advisor to multiple presidents, most…”

“He was an acclaimed journalist and editor. He's a prolific philosophical thinker. He was an orator of almost unparalleled stature in American history, almost as good as Byron Donalds. He was a trusted, close advisor to multiple presidents, most famously, of course, with Abraham Lincoln. whose birthday we celebrate today, perhaps more successfully than any American of his time. Douglass built a life and legacy off the power of his pen and his powerful voice, …” (01:46–01:54)

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