Is This 1975?

The Commentary Magazine Podcast

Commentary Magazine

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🗓️ 16 September 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

The second Trump assassination attempt conjures up memories of the period in 1975 when Gerald Ford was targeted twice in 18 days. Are we entering a period of domestic political violence similar to the one during which Ford was nearly killed? Or is 2024 different? And what will the Jewish community do to protect its own with violent assaults now happening daily? Give a listen.

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0:00.0	Hope for the best.
0:07.0	the worst.
0:09.0	Expect the worst.
0:11.0	Some bring champagne, some die of furs.
0:14.0	No way of knowing which way it's going.
0:19.0	Hope for the best expect the worst.
0:22.0	Welcome! I'm
0:27.0	Welcome to the Commentary Magazine Daily Podcast. Today is Monday, September 16, 2024.
0:29.0	I'm John Puthards, the editor of Commentary Magazine with me as always executive editor
0:34.0	Aad, Hi Abe. Hi, Abe.
0:36.0	Senior editor Seth Mandel, hi Seth.
0:38.0	Hi, John.
0:40.0	Media commentary columnist Christine, Hi, Christine.
0:42.0	Hi, John. And Washington commentary column. The commentary columnist, Rose and, hi Christine.
0:42.8	Hi, John.
0:43.8	And Washington commentary columnist Matthew Connedetti.
0:46.0	Hi, Matt.
0:46.6	Hi, John.
0:47.6	So we have the second assassination attempt on Donald Trump in two months.
0:56.6	The only thing to say about this
0:58.7	is that he at least did not break the record
1:01.2	of 18 days set by the two assassination attempts on Gerald Ford in 1975 by
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