Amanpour and Company

I BELIEVE THAT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY WAS BASED ON A SERIES OF PRINCIPLES. YOU CAN DISAGREE ABOUT THIS ISSUE OR THAT ISSUE. SO WHAT WERE THOSE PRINCIPLES? CHARACTER COUNTS, PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, STRONG ON RUSSIA, THE DEFICIT MATTERS, FISCAL SANITY, PRO LEGAL IMMIGRATION. RONALD REAGAN SIGNED LEGISLATION THAT MADE EVERYONE IN THE COUNTRY LEGAL. BUT NOW WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, IT'S NOT THAT WE HAVE DRIFTED AWAY FROM THOSE, IT'S WE'RE AGAINST ALL OF THAT. WE'RE THE ANTI-TRADE PARTY, AND I DON'T THINK THAT PEOPLE CHANGE DEEPLY HELD BELIEFS IN A MATTER OF A FEW YEARS. THE ONLY ANSWER IS THAT THEY WEREN'T DEEPLY HELD. >> WHICH IS THE LIE, STUART, AND WHERE DO YOU THINK YOUR RESPONSIBILITY IN THAT COMES? I THINK YOU'RE COMING OUT TO SPEAK BECAUSE YOU FEEL IMPLICATED, AS WELL. >> I DO. I WANTED TO WRITE A BOOK THAT WASN'T BLAMING THEM. BUT REALLY LOOKED AT MY OWN INVOLVEMENT. IF I BELIEVED AND WAS DRAWN TO THE REPUBLICAN PARTY ON A PRINCIPLE OF PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, IT SEEMS THE LOGICAL PLACE TO START IS TO BE PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE. IN MANY WAYS, I CARED ABOUT CAMPAIGNS AND WINNING. I DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THAT. NOW, THAT WAS MY JOB. I WASN'T A POLICY GUY. I DIDN'T GO INTO GOVERNMENT. BUT STILL I THINK I SHOULD HAVE THOUGHT MORE ABOUT IT. THE INTERESTING THING THAT JUST REALLY STRIKES ME HERE IS, IT'S A COLLECTIVE FAILURE OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, NOT TO STAND UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TO ALLOW THE PARTY TO BECOME COMFORTABLE WITH A WHITE GRIEVANCE MENTALITY OR SENSIBILITY, THAT NOW EPITOMIZES PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.