E156: Adoption, Abuse, and Growing up Reagan’s Son w/Michael Reagan

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🗓️ 22 October 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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What was it like to grow up as Ronald Reagan’s son? How did family politics, religion, adoption, and fame affect his life? Today I sit down with Michael Reagan, a former talk show host, political commentator and adopted son of President Ronal Reagan. We talk about his pro-life views, Catholic faith, and how he sees the current state of politics in America. Michael reveals the abuse he suffered as a child and the ricochet effect it had on his adult life. Plus he shares stories of what his father was like behind the scenes in an intimate family setting.

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0:00.0	What was it like being raised by Ronald Reagan and by your mother Jane?
0:03.7	1953 I walked away from God I walked away from my mother I walked away from my father I
0:09.2	walked away from everybody in 1953 my dad looked at me and says something, Michael? I just don't believe in epitism.
0:15.2	And I walked out of the Ambassador Hotel that night thinking to myself, I should have voted to the other guy.
0:20.0	How did being adopted impact your pro like use?
0:23.0	I wish more American kids were adopting the families.
0:26.0	Unfortunately, laws we have in the United States makes it tough.
0:29.0	And later on it was reported that he expressed regret for legalizing some of these
0:33.7	instances of abortion while he was governor because he felt that it was the wrong
0:38.0	thing to do. He always said you know it's just you all the people who are pro-choice
0:42.3	have already been born.
0:43.6	I thought that was one of the great lines he ever gave.
0:46.6	But he was passionately pro-life.
0:48.3	And I think part of it might have been because...
0:51.0	Hello everybody.
0:51.9	Welcome back to the Lila Rose podcast today we've got a great treat
0:55.4	we're going to be interviewing Michael Reagan who is the son of President
1:00.8	Ronald Reagan Michael is here to share about his story and some of it heartbreaking and some of it very
1:06.2	inspiring about his upbringing.
1:08.2	He's also going to be talking about the new film Reagan, which if you haven't already
1:11.7	seen it, I encourage that you do.
1:13.6	It is an incredible film about the life and the fight of Ronald Reagan, fighting communism
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