Has the assassination attempt helped both Trump and Biden?
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Emily is in Milwaukee for the Republican Party National Convention, just 36 hours after an assassination attempt on their Presidential candidate Donald Trump.
As both he and President Biden call for unity, we ask whether the shooting on Saturday will help both candidates. Is it an easier race now for Trump? Has it ensured a stay of execution for Joe Biden? And how long will this new-found unity last?
Later in the show, historian and journalist Nick Bryant joins the show to talk about American's violent and constant battle with itself.
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC, UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.5 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.1 | You know, the political record in this country has gotten very heated. |
| 0:17.0 | It's time to cool it down. |
| 0:18.9 | We all have a responsibility to do that. |
| 0:21.7 | Yes, we have deeply felt strong disagreements. |
| 0:25.7 | The stakes in this election are enormously high. |
| 0:28.7 | I've said it many times that the choice in the select, we make in this election, is going |
| 0:32.9 | to shape the future of America and the world for decades to come. |
| 0:37.1 | I believe that with all my soul. |
| 0:39.5 | I know that millions of my fellow Americans believe it as well. And some have a different view |
| 0:43.8 | as to the direction our country should take. Disagreement is inevitable in American democracy. |
| 0:49.3 | It's part of human nature. But politics must never be a literal battlefield. God forbid, a killing field. |
| 0:55.9 | We are just 36 hours on from the moment a bullet missed Donald Trump's head by millimeters. |
| 1:05.6 | And Joe Biden last night took to the Oval Office to call for a reset to calm down the language. |
| 1:12.6 | Donald Trump's done the same thing, calling for unity, |
| 1:15.6 | ripping up one convention speech to write another. |
| 1:19.6 | But why are we shocked that this has even happened? |
| 1:23.6 | We know what America is like. |
| 1:25.6 | We know the political violence sewn into the very fabric of this culture with its gun violence to boot. |
| 1:33.5 | So is anyone really expecting things to change here in Milwaukee this week? |
| 1:39.3 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
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