S.E. Cupp Quotes
When we talk about people or a party being on the wrong side of history, it usually requires some hindsight, a position of informed advantage to see clearly missteps that were less clear at the time of events.
Cupp, S. E. "The arrogance of 'the wrong side of history'." New York Daily News, 13 Dec. 2017.
He argues that it is erroneous to assume motivation and position of individuals at a particular time or with respect to a particular event based on positions and writings that they take later---excepting memoirs. The particular context of Lloyd’s remark was in response to a question of what Thomas Jefferson’s position might have been on several Constitutional provisions given his correspondence post 1800. Lloyd argues that Jefferson’s trials as President later then shaped his views while at the time of the Constitutional convention, he had not had those experiences and were not influenced by them. People change their minds and political philosophies and there is the ever present exigencies of the day that affect views.
Sarah Elizabeth Cupp is an American television host, conservative political commentator, and writer. In August 2017, she began hosting S.E. Cupp: Unfiltered, a political panel show, co-hosted by Andrew Levy, on HLN and later CNN.
