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🗓️ 9 July 2025
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National political reporter Selena Zito joins Mark Simone to discuss her powerful new book, Butler: The Untold Story of the Near Assassination of Donald Trump and the Fight for America's Heartland. Zito recounts standing just feet from President Trump during the shooting, her firsthand account of his resilience, and the untold failures of the media. Plus, what she discovered about the shooter, Trump’s response the next morning, and how the moment may have changed the 2024 election.
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0:04.0 | The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration in the United States. |
0:09.2 | Recipients have done the improbable, the unexpected, showing immense bravery and sacrifice in the name of something much bigger than themselves. |
0:17.8 | This medal is for the men who went down that day. |
0:21.5 | On Medal of Honor, stories of courage, you'll hear about these heroes and what their |
0:26.2 | stories tell us about the nature of bravery. |
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0:38.8 | Normally, I'm on our big flagship station in New York City, 710 W-O-R. |
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0:46.1 | Well, Selena Zito, a great journalist. |
0:50.3 | We've had her on before. |
0:51.2 | She's the national political reporter for the Washington Examiner. |
0:55.0 | And we've had her on before to talk about this book that she's got. Well, it just came out today. |
0:59.3 | It's out today. It is the most riveting book. You've got to get the book. She was standing |
1:05.0 | with President Trump when he was shot, the assassination attempt. She was standing right there. |
1:11.0 | It is the most incredible book about what happened that day. |
1:14.6 | It's called Butler. |
1:16.4 | Forget the book, Butler, the untold story of the near assassination of Donald Trump |
1:21.2 | and the fight for America's Heartland. |
1:23.0 | Order the book now. |
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