The History Behind The Rise Of The Modern Republican Party

Pres Clinton shakes hands with Senate Maj Leader Dole and Vice Pres Gore shakes hands with House Speaker Newt Gingrich during their Oval Office meeting Dec. 19, 1995, to discuss budget impasse.

Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, CNN political analyst, co-host of the podcast Politics and Polls, and author of Burning Down the House: Newt Gingrich, the Fall of a Speaker, and the Rise of the New Republican Party (Penguin Press, 2020), talks about his new book and offers historical context for today's news.