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Mrs. Reagan, your husband used to be a Democrat

Mrs. Reagan, your husbandused to be a Democrat. As a matter of fact, Ihear that he once...

The Reagans • S01E01 • 2020

Mrs. Reagan, your husband
used to be a Democrat. As a matter of fact, I
hear that he once wanted General Eisenhower to run
on the Democratic ticket. Yes. [Interviewer] What,
in your opinion, made him switch from being a
Democrat to being a Republican? Well, he says that he
didn't leave his party, his party left him, that the Democratic
Party of today is not the Democratic Party
that he joined as a young man. dramatic music

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Mrs. Reagan, your husband used to be a Democrat.

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As a matter of fact, I hear that he once wanted

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General Eisenhower to run on the Democratic ticket.

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Yes.

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[Interviewer] What, in your opinion,

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made him switch from being a Democrat to being a Republican?

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Well, he says that he didn't leave his party,

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his party left him,

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that the Democratic Party of today

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is not the Democratic Party that he joined as a young man.

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dramatic music

Duration

27 seconds

Views

40

Timestamp in Movie

00:36:52

Uploaded

Jun 02, 2025

Season

1

Episode

1

Genres

documentary, biography, history

Production

Altimeter Films,Showtime Documentary Films

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Movie Summary

A four-part documentary series that explores the many surprisingly unexamined aspects of the Reagan White House, and how Nancy Reagan's paper-doll image was at odds with the power she ultimately wielded throughout her husband's pr...