On the question of slavery, I've said many times, slavery is the original sin of America. It was a grotesque evil. I will point out, though, that how did we abolish slavery? Look, we abolished slavery, number one. The person who [abolished slavery] was Abraham Lincoln, the very first Republican president. Our party was crazy, created in order to defeat slavery. That was the purpose. That's the origin of the Republican Party. (22:59–23:03)
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