Irishman In America - News Roundup & The Highland Park Aftermath

An Irishman Abroad

Jarlath Regan

Society & Culture, News, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture:personal Journals, Personal Journals, Politics

4.8 • 834 Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Marion reflects on a July 4th unlike any she can remember. With many Americans experiencing complete shock and disillusionment with the senseless mass shooting in Highland Park, our friend and US correspondent for the Sunday Business Post examines the details that are emerging around this awful event and what we know about the shooter. Is there a new type of juvenile extremist phenomenon growing under the noses of authorities? Could assault rifles ever be banned again or are President Biden's hands completely tied on yet another issue. Democrats are no longer hiding the fatigue with the sitting President. The events of the last few weeks and the action of the Supreme Court on issues of gun control and abortion rights have somehow failed to galvanise support for the Democrats. Why is this? Marion tries to answer this question and looks to the next round of January 6th hearings, the incarnation of a US basketball star in Russia and the bizarre case in a West Virginia county ravaged by opioid addiction where a federal judged ruled in favour of three major U.S. drug distributors that stood accused of causing the health crisis by distributing 81 million pills over eight years. And finally Marion recommends what's good this weekend and how she was almost confused for Drake when collecting her herbal medicine. We want to hear from you. Submit a question or suggest a guest/topic? There's all manner of easy options. 1. Irishman Abroad Live Line: You can now get in touch with us and feature on our shows by sending your WhatsApp voice note to 00447543122330. 2. Email Jar and Marion directly on [email protected]. For updates on future episodes and live shows follow Jar here on Twitter, visit www.jigser.com or subscribe to the YouTube channel. Disclaimer: All materials contained within this podcast are copyright protected. Third party reuse and/or quotation in whole or in part is prohibited unless direct credit and/or hyperlink to the Irishman Abroad podcast is clearly and accurately provided.

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0:00.0	My mother believed and my father believed that if I wanted to be President of the United States, I could be, I could be vice president.
0:07.0	Former Vice President Joe Biden has been elected President of the United States.
0:13.0	It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president.
0:17.0	We will be back in some form.
0:19.0	We are still deeply divided. Public health experts warned this was coming, unless more was done, and here we are now.
0:24.6	Are you proud of what happened here today?
0:26.6	Absolutely.
0:27.6	Never before in American history, has there been an uprising like this?
0:31.6	Of the 75 million Americans who voted for Donald Trump, I don't know how many today are feeling,
0:38.1	dear God, what was I thinking? But I would wager a lot more our thinking, let's carry on this
0:43.5	fight. Character matters. It matters. Tell them the truth matters. The 21st century is going to be
0:50.4	the American century, because we lead not only by the example of our power but by the power
0:58.6	of our example. That is the history of the journey of America. After a truly extraordinary week
1:05.8	in the history of America, I'm delighted to be joined as, by Marion McKeown of the Sunday Business Post,
1:12.2	Today FM, NPR, BBC World Service, you name it, she's done it, she's been there for so long.
1:18.4	But I doubt, Marion, that you've ever seen a July 4th quite like it. The celebrations cut short
1:24.4	as word of this shooting travels around, but even up to that point, I'd imagine that there was kind of a muted celebration as this is a country that doesn't really know where it is at this point.
1:35.8	Yes, you know, to both those things. And I've got to say, Fourth of July is usually a holiday in America where who doesn't like burgers and hot dogs and beer and
1:45.9	fireworks. You know, it's sort of a one-size fits all day out, whether you're a kid, whether
1:50.7	you're an adult, whether you're a grandparent, whether you're a bunch of friends hanging out.
1:54.7	You know, it's, as I say, it's one of those holidays that everybody can get into. And, you know,
1:59.6	there's nothing complicated about it. But this year. And, you know, there's nothing complicated about it.
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