Is Anybody Paying Attention?

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2020

⏱️ 34 minutes

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On the Gist, Trump visits Kenosha. In the interview, the Wall Street Journal's Gerald Seib is here to discuss his new book, We Should Have Seen It Coming: From Ronald Reagan to Trump—A Front-Row Seat to a Political Revolution. He and Mike talk about how the GOP has changed since the time of Reagan and paved the way for Trump's ascendence. They also touch on why Mitch McConnell keeps blocking relief packages, and how worried we should be about the future. In the spiel, not paying attention to politics. Email us at thegist@slate.com Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Margaret Kelley. Slate Plus members get bonus segments and ad-free podcast feeds. Sign up now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following program may contain explicit language.
0:03.2	["Band Warms Up with Me"]
0:07.2	It's Tuesday, September 1st, 2020, from slate
0:09.8	It's the Gist I, Mike Pasca.
0:11.8	President Trump visited Kenosha, Wisconsin today,
0:14.6	to claim that he and America was under attack.
0:17.7	Well, let's review the casualty count at this point.
0:22.3	In Kenosha, two people have been shot to death
0:24.9	by a Trump supporter.
0:26.4	Another person was shot in the arm by that supporter,
0:29.5	and a black man was paralyzed after being shot by the police
0:33.4	who Trump was in Kenosha to vocally support.
0:36.7	So, that's who Trump, looking at that,
0:39.1	Trump says, yes, there is an attack,
0:41.0	and I'm the one under attack.
0:42.9	Where are the one under siege?
0:44.8	Hmm.
0:45.6	And I want to minimize the fact that there's
0:48.0	property damage and lawlessness and looting.
0:51.0	That is a societal ill.
0:52.9	But who is taking the bullets and who is firing them?
0:55.9	That is asymmetric.
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