Larry Hahn and Wayne Haines
Recorded
February 9, 2022
Archived
February 9, 2022
38:28 minutes
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Id:
ddv001391
Description
One Small Step conversation partners, Larry Hahn (81) and Wayne Haines [no age given], talk about their experiences growing up on farms in the Midwest, growing up in Republican households, and their unease the modern Republican Party.Subject Log / Time Code
Wayne Haines (WH) and Larry Hahn (LH) ask each other why they wanted to do the interview.
WH talks about growing up in Republican household. Earliest memory of politics is hearing about death of FDR. His father was happy about it and he couldn't understand why. LH also grew up in a Republican family.
LH talks about transformative moment in his political life. Says he "got enlightened to some liberal thinking" in the '60s. He attended a speech by Martin Luther King, Jr. in Dallas. Was involved in desegregating schools in Richardson, TX.
WH talks about frustrations with DC politics. Says he is mad about the partisanship. He is also angry about the Republican Party censuring Rep. Liz Cheney for her support of former President Donald Trump's impeachment for inciting the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol. LH describes Jan. 6 as an "insurrection."
WH talks about mission trips. He talks about his mission trip to New York City a couple months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11.
Participants
- Larry Hahn
- Wayne Haines