Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party Page #2

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Today an official announcement

coming from Hillary Clinton

that she is officially

in the race for the White House.

We understand a video

will be rolled out momentarily.

We have our political reporters

all over this story.

[D'Souza] What if the goal

of the Democratic Party

is to steal the most valuable thing

the world has ever produced?

What if their plan is to steal...

America?

- Hey.

- See you later.

- Hasta luego.

- All right.

[D'Souza] I finally completed

my sentence.

[Hillary] Americans have fought their

way back from tough economic times,

but the deck is still stacked

in favor of those at the top.

Everyday Americans need a champion,

and I want to be that champion.

[radio beeps]

[reporter] Elizabeth Warren tweeted,

Trump's campaign was built on

''racism, sexism, and xenophobia.

There's more enthusiasm for Trump

among the leaders of the KKK

than leaders of the political party

he now controls. ''

[D'Souza] That's their pitch.

They've got to get elected

before they steal America.

So, how much of America do they want?

I'm not just talking about taking over

a branch of the government

or even the whole government.

I'm talking about taking over

every industry..

banks, investment companies,

hospitals, insurance,

the energy sector,

coal and oil, education,

the media, even small businesses.

I'm talking about taking over the wealth

of the American people,

their savings accounts,

their retirement funds,

even their hopes and aspirations,

how they live their lives.

The thieves of America

want to take it all.

They want to own you,

and to a considerable degree,

they already do.

But how are they doing this?

How are they pulling it off?

I got Obama right.

Now I need to figure out Hillary.

[Hillary] And I'm standing with you!

[man] Hillary will take on the drug

and insurance companies

to lower healthcare costs,

protect Planned Parenthood

and women's health,

and she's the one candidate with the

strength to stand up to the Republicans.

[Hillary] Donald Trump has made

a name for himself

by trafficking in ugly,

hateful rhetoric.

- Hey.

- Hi, there.

Are you a registered Democrat?

I'm from Mumbai.

Oh, very cool.

Wow. That's a long way.

- Well, welcome.

- Tell me, um,

why do you volunteer here?

Well, because I love people,

and the Democratic Party

has a long history of loving people

and caring for the poor and the needy.

- Really?

- Mm-hmm.

Yeah. Yeah, everybody knows that.

Please, take a look around.

I hope you learn all you can

about the Democratic Party.

Me, too.

If we empower you

with the tools and the truth,

you'll work with us

to spread the word.

You're going to help us

define the Republican brand...

[Hillary] If calling for equal pay

and paid leave

and women's health is playing

the gender card, then deal me in.

[cheers and applause]

[Debbie Wasserman] Right now, Republican

presidential candidates

are threatening to turn back

the clock on our progress--

...and we're going to push back

with our two strongest weapons..

the truth and you.

After all, that's what we've always

been about as Democrats..

inclusion and empowerment.

We know Democrats succeed when

we empower people with information

and when we mobilize them

to get involved.

[D'Souza] ''The Democrats are the party

of economic opportunity,

social justice, and racial equality. ''

That's their pitch.

But is it true?

What's Abraham Lincoln doing here?

He was the founder

of the Republican Party.

But if Lincoln founded

the Republican Party,

who founded the Democratic Party?

It's time to get to the bottom of this.

Many people think the Democratic Party

was founded by FDR.

But, obviously, there was

a Democratic Party before FDR,

going back to the 19th century.

So, what are the true origins

of the Democratic Party?

In the early 19th century,

Jefferson's party,

the Democratic-Republican Party,

split.

Out of that split

came the Democratic Party

and, a little later,

the Republican Party.

In the 1820s, the Democrats elected

a man who would uphold their principles.

His name was Andrew Jackson.

Democratic historians celebrate Jackson

as a champion of the common man.

But how did Jackson win

over the ordinary Democrat?

He did it by seizing the land

of the American Indians.

He massacred them.

He burned their homes and villages,

and in violation of treaties,

he then sold that land

at bargain-basement prices

to white settlers

in exchange for their votes.

On the topic of American Indians,

Jackson spoke very candidly.

[Jackson] They have neither

the intelligence, the industry,

the moral habits,

nor the desire of improvement

which are essential to any favorable

change in their condition.

Established in the midst of another

and a superior race,

they must necessarily yield

to the force of circumstances

and before long disappear.

[gavel bangs]

[man] I call on

Senator Frelinghuysen.

[D'Souza] The National Republican Party,

which would later become the modern

Republican Party,

bitterly fought Jackson's

Indian Removal Bill in the Senate.

I support the claims of the Indians

to all of their political

and civil rights.

We cannot rightfully

take Indian land by violence!

- That's right!

- [applause]

[D'Souza] National Republican

Congressman Davy Crockett

also opposed Jackson on this issue.

Jackson's famous,

or should I say, infamous,

Indian bill was brought forward.

Several of my colleagues said it was

a favorite measure of the president.

Said I ought to go for it.

I told him it was a wicked

and unjust measure...

- Yeah!

- Hear, hear!

...and I should go against it.

Let the cost to myself

be what it might!

[cheering, applause]

[D'Souza] But the Democrats passed it,

and Jackson signed it into law.

[blows sharply]

Alexis de Tocqueville, the French

observer of early American history,

describes what he witnessed firsthand.

[Tocqueville] In the whole scene,

there was an air

of ruin and destruction.

One couldn't watch without

feeling one's heart wrung.

We watched the expulsion

of one of the most celebrated

and ancient American peoples.

[D'Souza] It was the Trail of Tears.

The Democrats created reservations where

those Indians that they hadn't killed

could now live dependent

on the federal government.

In addition to stealing

the land of the Indians,

the Jackson Democrats embraced

another theft scheme...

slavery.

They imprisoned their slaves not

on reservations, but on plantations.

No! Let me go! Massa, let me go!

[D'Souza] Jackson owned

hundreds of slaves.

Mr. Jackson!

Sir, sir!

Betty here was getting

a little uppity about her work.

- Please, Mr. Jackson!

- 50 lashes.

- Oh! No! No!

- Come on.

- Please, Massa!

- Come on.

[Jackson] Betty is capable of being

a good and valuable servant,

but to have her so,

she must be ruled with the cowhide.

- [whip cracks]

- Aah!

[screams]

[cries]

- [whip cracks]

- [screams]

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