A violent political attack shocks the nation.

Joe Scarborough compares President Trump to 9-11 terrorists,

and the Washington Post blames President Trump for a hurricane.

I'm Ben Shapiro. This is The Ben Shapiro Show.

Well, glad to be back, saving the world once again from the steaming pile that is Michael Knowles,

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violent attack that if the parties had been reversed would be national news on every major channel.

Instead, it was sort of news inside the conservative ecosystem. Here is the story,

according to CBS San Francisco. A man was arrested on suspicion of felony assault and other charges

after allegedly attempting to stab a Republican congressional candidate with a switchblade

over the weekend in Castro Valley, according to the Alameda County Sheriff's Office. On Sunday,

September 9th, at approximately 3.45 p.m., deputies working at the Castro Valley

Fall Festival were alerted to a possible knife attack at one of the vendor booths.

Deputies arrived at the booth and made contact with the victim, Republican candidate Rudy

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