Book TV After Words: Heather Cox Richardson, "To Make Men Free"

The 19th century historian discusses the once-Republican belief, articulated by Abraham Lincoln, that government is supposed to promote economic opportunity for all. She traces the party's repeated abandonment of that principle in the 20th century, amongst cries of socialism, and asserts that each time the Republican Party has promoted business interests over equality economic collapses have forced it "back to its roots." She talks with Weekly Standard columnist and editor of The Washington Free Beacon Matthew Continetti.