Is Trump’s GOP departing from traditional conservatism?
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🗓️ 19 July 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
At a Bethel Park, Pennsylvania, rally on July 13, former President Donald Trump narrowly dodged an assassination attempt. The moment left both parties reeling as they came to terms with a landscape that prioritizes extremes and is ripe for political violence. Just 48 hours later, the Republican National Convention kicked off in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Trump, with a bandage over his ear, pushed for unity within his party and across the country. But did his speech on the last day of the convention reveal actual changes in his vision for the GOP?
Earlier in the week, Trump announced his vice presidential nominee: Ohio Senator JD Vance. Their messages of isolationism, nativism, and a reinforcement of traditional masculinity were echoed by the convention’s speakers. With the demographics of the Republican and Democratic parties going through dramatic changes, will Trump and Vance’s vision appeal to women voters?
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| 0:00.0 | All right and center everybody. I am David Green. A lot has happened since we last |
| 0:08.3 | gathered, right? A former US president and current presidential nominee was nearly assassinated. |
| 0:15.2 | A split second turn of the head very likely saved Donald Trump's life. |
| 0:20.3 | That defiant photo of Donald Trump raising his fist in the air urging his supporters to fight |
| 0:24.9 | that reverberated throughout the week. After surviving, the former president came to his party's |
| 0:30.4 | convention in Milwaukee to formally accept the GOP nomination and he said this. |
| 0:35.0 | I stand before you in this arena only by the grace of Almighty God. God. In watching the reports over the last few days many people say it was a |
| 0:56.5 | providential moment probably was when I rose surrounded by secret service Probably was |
| 1:05.0 | when I rose surrounded by secret service. |
| 1:05.0 | The crowd was confused because they thought I was dead |
| 1:08.0 | and there was great, great sorrow. |
| 1:10.0 | I could see that on their faces as I looked out. They didn't know I was looking out, they thought it was over. But I could see it. I wanted to do something to let them know I was okay. I raised my right arm, looked at the thousands and |
| 1:26.1 | thousands of people that were breathlessly waiting and started shouting, fight, fight fight fight. |
| 1:34.0 | Fight fight. |
| 1:35.0 | That was the scene in Milwaukee on the final night of the Republican Convention. |
| 1:41.0 | Now if those developments are not history-making enough, |
| 1:46.0 | we now also have a sitting US president who is being urged by officials in his own party |
| 1:51.2 | to step aside and forego his re-election bid with less than four months |
| 1:56.8 | now until election day. |
| 1:58.7 | The Democratic Party is clearly in disarray. |
| 2:01.8 | As of now, as our show is in production, President Biden and his team |
| 2:05.2 | insist that he is staying in, though an increasing number of reports suggest that he is weighing |
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