John Danforth
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Oct 14, 2026
Ian CossHOST
And the elder, John Chafee, could watch proudly from the back of the room as some of the most powerful people on the planet dutifully came in with their homework complete.
Kristy FergusonGUEST
Jack Danforth, Bob Dole.
Ian CossHOST
Their notes and poster boards ready.
Kristy FergusonGUEST
Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley, Alan Simpson.
Chris ArpsHOST
It also includes former Democratic officials Crystal Quade and Jason Kander.
Chris ArpsHOST
There are Republican supporters, too, including former Senator John Danforth and former State Senator Bob Johnson.
Chris ArpsHOST
But a significant national backer deserves particular attention: The Fairness Project.
Chris ArpsHOST
The organization openly supports Amendment 6.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
And, um, and yet, he was recommended by, um, people that, uh, I and the administration had a lot of confidence in.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
Senator Jack Danforth of Missouri specifically called me up and said, "Now, you're gonna think this sounds odd, but I think I know who should be this special master." Special master was a m- creation of that, um, process I just described, which, in which the Congress, uh, insisted, uh, that, uh, you know, i- they didn't want the administration trying to hand out this money.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
They wanted somebody independent that they could trust and oversee, and so this notion of a special master was conceived.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
Now, who's that gonna be? And Ken, uh, Feinberg was perfect, uh, and he ha- he, he had the trust of both sides.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
And, um, and yet he was recommended by, um, people that, uh, I and the administration had a lot of confidence in.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
Senator Jack Danforth of Missouri specifically called me up and said, "Now, you're gonna think this sounds odd, but I think I know who should be this Special Master." Special Master was a m- creation of that, um, process I just described, which, in which the Congress, uh, insisted, uh, that, uh, you know, uh, they didn't want the administration trying to hand out this money.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
They wanted somebody independent that they could trust and oversee, and so this notion of a Special Master was conceived.
Mitch DanielsGUEST
Now, who's that gonna be? And Ken, uh, Feinberg was perfect.
David RothkopfHOST
Mm.
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
And for a state that used to have a Stuart Symington, a Jack Danforth, a Claire McCaskill, a Tom Eagleton, that they've sunk this low is just nauseating.
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
And here we have to blame the voters in Missouri who put these two awful, evil people in these positions of power in the Senate.
David RothkopfHOST
Not, not to mention Harry Truman, by the way.
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
There may be some comparable ones, but they're both just despicable characters.
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
And for a state that used to have a Stuart Symington, a Jack Danforth, a Claire McCaskill, a Tom Eagleton, that they've sunk this low is just nauseating.
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
And here we have to blame the voters in Missouri who put these two awful, evil people in these positions of power in the Senate.
Norm OrnsteinGUEST
Not to mention Harry Truman, by the way.
Chris VanceHOST
Our Michigan chair here with Merrill Matthews, our Texas chair.
Chris VanceHOST
And we're joined by a very special guest, former Congressman Dave Trott, very successful businessman, entrepreneur, member of Congress from Michigan, and one of the 34 original founding members of Our Republican Legacy, John Danforth, Alan Simpson, and William Cohen.
Chris VanceHOST
founded this organization as the chairs, and it reached out to a lot of very, well, Republican luminaries, former members of Congress and governors, senators, and Congressman Trott was one of those.
Chris VanceHOST
We appreciate that.
Chuck ToddGUEST
I mean, look what it, what it does tell me is that our broken information ecosystem and our polarized ecosystem, he is a product of this, right? He couldn't have won a primary without, without being a part of this conspiratorial community, and he wouldn't have been an elected official.
Chuck ToddGUEST
When we had shared reality and shared facts, the state of Missouri produced conservatives like Jack Danforth, John Ashcroft.
Chuck ToddGUEST
You know, certainly were, they were people that many liberals would have disagreed with, but everybody agreed on the same set of facts.
Chuck ToddGUEST
And there was a, it was not just a shared reality, there was a shared expectation that you would test a premise and before you would level an accusation.
Lawrence O'DonnellHOST
Eric Schmitt and his staff, they violated the last line of their oath to well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office.
Lawrence O'DonnellHOST
When I was working in the Senate, the Republican staff from Missouri working for s- Republican Senator Jack Danforth were among some of the most honorable people working in the Senate, as was Republican Senator Danforth.
Lawrence O'DonnellHOST
It doesn't have to be this way.
Lawrence O'DonnellHOST
It shouldn't be this way.
Alex WagnerGUEST
He can't get a job.
Alex WagnerGUEST
He ends up working for the Missouri AG, John Danforth, and then gets hired to be in his Senate office.
Alex WagnerGUEST
and basically gets indoctrinated, becomes the guy for the conservatives.
Alex WagnerGUEST
The Reagan administration, especially Ed Meese, take note of this black man who's out there defending, you know, conservatism or at least attacking affirmative action, which is the bête noire of Thomas's life.
Alex WagnerGUEST
There's a lot of psychology with Clarence Thomas.
Alex WagnerGUEST
Get out.
Alex WagnerGUEST
But John Danforth is like, you get out.
Alex WagnerGUEST
Exactly.
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