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I'm your host, Greg Sargent.

In the days after the horrific effort to assassinate Donald Trump, MAGA figures have widely sought to exploit this moment of national crisis.

They have argued that President Biden and Democrats invited or even encouraged the shooting, either directly or by depicting Trump as a fundamental threat to democracy and the rule of law.

Perhaps the leading proponent of this absurd argument is Ohio Senator J.D. Vance,

and on Monday, Trump announced that Vance will be his running mate.

In a very real sense, Trump is clearly signaling that this sort of rancid, poisonous politics will continue and will get a lot worse.

Today we're talking about this with Alex Shepard, a senior editor at the New Republic who has a new piece digging into how this new MAGA scam really works,

and how it's designed to cover up the fundamental fact that Trump and MAGA actually do,

in fact, pose a fundamental threat to democracy and the rule of law.

Really great to have you on, Alex.

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