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The Hartmann Report

IS TRUMP WORKING TO IGNITE A CIVIL WAR?

The Hartmann Report

Thom Hartmann

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4.41.2K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2020

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Ted Wheeler, the mayor of Portland, and Joe Biden have both challenged Trump to condemn violence by all sides. But is Trump instead trying to start a civil war by taking lessons from past strongman regimes like the Nazis?

Thom is joined by Alexander Reed-Ross, a doctoral fellow at the Center for the Analysis of the Radical Right. To what extent are police supportive of, or even infiltrated by racist right-wing Trump supporters? 

And Thom welcomes Dr. Bandy Lee, Yale professor and editor of the book 'The Dangerous Case of Donald Trump: 27 Psychiatrists and Mental Health Experts Assess the President'. How does Donald's diagnosis predict how he will respond to events as the election gets closer?

Plus, Thom's third brilliant guest today is Jean Guerrero, investigative reporter and author of "HATEMONGER: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump and the White Nationalist Agenda".


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0:00.0

This is the Tom Hartman program.

0:15.0

Okay, let's just go through some of what's been going on here.

0:19.0

This is striking.

0:21.0

Mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler,

0:25.0

came out and made a public statement.

0:28.0

This is what he said.

0:30.0

He said, one death is one death too many.

0:32.8

Join me by denouncing all violence.

0:36.6

And then he tells the story of what happened here in Portland.

0:39.6

He said yesterday's event began with hundreds of cars filled

0:42.4

with supporters of the

0:43.1

president rallying and driving through downtown Portland. They were

0:46.3

supported and energized by the president himself. President Trump for four

0:50.9

years, we have had to live with you and your racist

0:54.1

attacks on black people. We learned early about your sexist attitudes toward

0:59.7

women. We've had to endure clips of you mocking a disabled man. We've had to listen to your

1:06.7

anti-Democratic attacks on journalists. We've read your tweets slamming private

1:12.4

citizens to the point of receiving death threats

1:14.9

and we have listened to your attacks on immigrants.

1:18.1

We have listened to you label Mexicans as rapists.

1:21.4

We've heard you say that John McCain wasn't a hero because he was a

1:24.4

prisoner of war and now you're attacking Democratic mayors and the very

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