"Tonight we put aside all of the policy fights in Washington, D.C."  And then proceeded to engage in a political-policy speech.  Amazing.  The poor guy doesn't know how to be appropriate.  The scouts were not gathered to hear this type of lecture.  I'm glad that never happened when I was a scout.

This type of thing recalls an earlier type, when a "leader" used to assemble the youth of his country and lecture them in this fashion.  Indoctrination is best the earlier in life you start it.