President Reagan terms Nicaraguan rebels ‘moral equal of founding fathers’ 30 years ago this hour (Mar 1 1985)

1980s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'President Reagan's Remarks at the Conservative Political Action Conference - 3/1/85'

(Friday, March 1, 1985, 9:35 p.m. EST) — U.S. President Ronald Reagan said tonight that the rebels seeking to overthrow the Nicaraguan Government were the ”moral equal of our Founding Fathers.”

In a speech to the annual conference of the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, he renewed his call for Congressional approval of $14 million in aid for the rebels.