After a show of unity at the RNC, what’s ahead for Trump?
The Take
Al Jazeera
4.7 • 748 Ratings
🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Republican leaders are presenting a united front coming out of this week’s convention. Many supporters of former president Donald Trump are sporting ear bandages in solidarity after the attempt on his life. With his running mate, Ohio senator JD Vance, by his side, and former political opponents rallying behind him, what’s the strength of the ticket heading into the election?
In this episode:
- Rina Shah (@RinainDC), Political Strategist
Episode credits:
This episode was produced by Ashish Malhotra, Tamara Khandaker and Sonia Bhagat, with Veronique Eshaya, Duha Mosaad, Manahil Naveed, Mohammed Zain Shafi Khan, and our host Malika Bilal.
Our sound designer is Alex Roldan. Joe Plourde mixed this episode. Our lead of audience development and engagement is Aya Elmileik. Munera Al Dosari and Adam Abou-Gad are our engagement producers.
Alexandra Locke is The Take’s executive producer. Ney Alvarez is Al Jazeera's head of audio.
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| 0:00.0 | Al Jazeera Podcasts. |
| 0:07.0 | Today, the balloons have dropped on the Republican National Convention. |
| 0:15.0 | And Republican leaders seem united like never before around Donald Trump. |
| 0:25.1 | With an assassination attempt behind him and a new running mate by his side, |
| 0:30.2 | how strong is Trump's candidacy heading into the election? |
| 0:35.7 | I'm Malika Bilal, and this is The Take. |
| 0:46.3 | On Thursday night, Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination for President of the United States. |
| 0:53.0 | So tonight, with faith and devotion, I proudly accept your nomination for President of the United States. |
| 1:03.0 | Thank you. |
| 1:04.9 | Hours before that happened, I talked to Republican political strategist, Rina Shaw. |
| 1:10.4 | I'm a longtime political strategist and commentator. |
| 1:13.6 | I was also a 2016 delegate to the Republican National Convention |
| 1:17.1 | and I'm a senior advisor to numerous efforts like Republican Women for Progress. |
| 1:22.3 | Well, it's really good to have you here. |
| 1:24.7 | So, Rina, you are also a registered Republican, and members of your party just spent the |
| 1:32.0 | past four days rallying around Donald Trump for the third Republican convention in a row. |
| 1:37.7 | I know he's not someone that you support, though. So what has it been like this week to watch this? |
| 1:43.7 | Well, in 2016, he ruled into the Republican National Convention as a presumptive nominee after having won the primaries. |
| 1:50.4 | But there were still defections like the Never Trump movement that led to the Free the Delegates movement on the floor of the convention. |
| 1:56.9 | All very interesting inside baseball that essentially says that in 2016, there were far more |
| 2:01.7 | skeptics about Donald J. Trump than there are now. |
| 2:06.1 | The party's been completely remade in his image as it's been said the world over many times |
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