Jason Roberts

And this is the period where, you know, you're seeing the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, lynchings are on the rise. So it was, I mean, it was a really unstable, chaotic period. Business people weren't happy. Workers weren't happy. Farmers weren't happy. No one's really, you know, happy. And also you have Woodrow Wilson for... the last year and a half of his presidency, he's basically AWOL.

And this is the period where, you know, you're seeing the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, lynchings are on the rise. So it was, I mean, it was a really unstable, chaotic period. Business people weren't happy. Workers weren't happy. Farmers weren't happy. No one's really, you know, happy. And also you have Woodrow Wilson for... the last year and a half of his presidency, he's basically AWOL.

I mean, he has a series of strokes and he's incapacitated. I mean, he's president in name only. So the government, I mean, basically grounds to a halt.

I mean, he has a series of strokes and he's incapacitated. I mean, he's president in name only. So the government, I mean, basically grounds to a halt.

I mean, he has a series of strokes and he's incapacitated. I mean, he's president in name only. So the government, I mean, basically grounds to a halt.

Yeah. I mean, Harding was, you know, he's basically trying to win an election and he knows people are upset over these issues. So he's trying to say, I'm going to take you back to a better time before Wilson, before the Great War. But I think the appeal of Harding was, you know, he wasn't a rabble rouser. He wasn't a demagogue. Interestingly enough, he never attacked Woodrow Wilson personally.

Yeah. I mean, Harding was, you know, he's basically trying to win an election and he knows people are upset over these issues. So he's trying to say, I'm going to take you back to a better time before Wilson, before the Great War. But I think the appeal of Harding was, you know, he wasn't a rabble rouser. He wasn't a demagogue. Interestingly enough, he never attacked Woodrow Wilson personally.

Yeah. I mean, Harding was, you know, he's basically trying to win an election and he knows people are upset over these issues. So he's trying to say, I'm going to take you back to a better time before Wilson, before the Great War. But I think the appeal of Harding was, you know, he wasn't a rabble rouser. He wasn't a demagogue. Interestingly enough, he never attacked Woodrow Wilson personally.

And people around him said, go after him. go after the fact that he's AWOL, he's an invalid, attack him personally. And at one point, Harding says to the people around him, if you think I'm going to become president stepping over the broken body of Woodrow Wilson, you've got the wrong man. I will disagree with him on policy, but I will not attack him personally.

And people around him said, go after him. go after the fact that he's AWOL, he's an invalid, attack him personally. And at one point, Harding says to the people around him, if you think I'm going to become president stepping over the broken body of Woodrow Wilson, you've got the wrong man. I will disagree with him on policy, but I will not attack him personally.

And people around him said, go after him. go after the fact that he's AWOL, he's an invalid, attack him personally. And at one point, Harding says to the people around him, if you think I'm going to become president stepping over the broken body of Woodrow Wilson, you've got the wrong man. I will disagree with him on policy, but I will not attack him personally.

And I think people really like that about Harding. And it is kind of appealing today that

And I think people really like that about Harding. And it is kind of appealing today that

And I think people really like that about Harding. And it is kind of appealing today that

So Teapot Dome, it happens during his presidency. So Teapot Dome was an oil reserve in Wyoming controlled by the federal government. Originally, the Navy Department controlled it. And then Albert Fall, the Secretary of Interior controlled. convinces Edwin Denby, the Navy Secretary, to basically transfer authority over to the Interior Department. And Harding signs off on this.

So Teapot Dome, it happens during his presidency. So Teapot Dome was an oil reserve in Wyoming controlled by the federal government. Originally, the Navy Department controlled it. And then Albert Fall, the Secretary of Interior controlled. convinces Edwin Denby, the Navy Secretary, to basically transfer authority over to the Interior Department. And Harding signs off on this.

So Teapot Dome, it happens during his presidency. So Teapot Dome was an oil reserve in Wyoming controlled by the federal government. Originally, the Navy Department controlled it. And then Albert Fall, the Secretary of Interior controlled. convinces Edwin Denby, the Navy Secretary, to basically transfer authority over to the Interior Department. And Harding signs off on this.

And basically what we find out after Harding dies is that Albert Fall allowed oil companies to drill at Teapot Dome, which they were not supposed to do, but he allowed them to drill there. in exchange for approximately $400,000 in bribes. But that doesn't come out until after Harding dies and fall. Eventually, he goes to prison over Teapot Dome.

And basically what we find out after Harding dies is that Albert Fall allowed oil companies to drill at Teapot Dome, which they were not supposed to do, but he allowed them to drill there. in exchange for approximately $400,000 in bribes. But that doesn't come out until after Harding dies and fall. Eventually, he goes to prison over Teapot Dome.

And basically what we find out after Harding dies is that Albert Fall allowed oil companies to drill at Teapot Dome, which they were not supposed to do, but he allowed them to drill there. in exchange for approximately $400,000 in bribes. But that doesn't come out until after Harding dies and fall. Eventually, he goes to prison over Teapot Dome.