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In 1946, 6-year-old Patrick Leahy got his first taste of politics after riding his tricycle into the Vermont governor’s office. Twenty-eight years later he became the first Democrat and youngest person ever elected to the United States Senate from Vermont. Today, he is the Senate’s most-senior member and president pro tempore.
In conversation with the Washington Post’s Leigh Ann Caldwell, and drawing on his new memoir, The Road Taken, Leahy recalls pivotal moments in our nation’s history, from the post-Watergate reform era to ground-breaking Supreme Court confirmations and stress tests like 9/11, the war in Iraq, January 6, and Donald Trump’s impeachment trials. He evokes characters who would shape American politics, including every president since Gerald Ford, a young Ted Kennedy, a thirty-three-year-old son of Scranton named Joe Biden, a scrappy newcomer named Bernie Sanders, and a gym mate named Barack Obama. Leahy describes the rise, gradual decline, and push for redemption of a United States Senate that he learned at an early age can be the “nation’s conscience.”
The Road Taken (Simon & Schuster) is available for purchase.
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