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The NPR Politics Podcast

Quick Take: Terrorism, Fear, and the Campaign

The NPR Politics Podcast

NPR

News, Daily News, Politics

4.425.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2015

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

How recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino are changing rhetoric and reshaping the race for 2016. This episode: Tamara Keith, White House correspondent; Don Gonyea, national political correspondent; Ron Elving, editor and correspondent; Carrie Johnson, justice correspondent. Find the team on Twitter @nprpolitics or at npr.org/politics.

Transcript

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0:00.0

It's the NPR Politics podcast, and we are here today to talk about something that feels

0:07.7

like a big change in the race for 2016.

0:11.0

I wrote something today that I think is very, very sadient, very important, and probably

0:17.6

not politically correct, but I don't care.

0:20.4

That is, of course, Donald Trump last night in South Carolina, and he went on to read from

0:25.2

a statement that really set the political world on fire.

0:29.0

Donald J. Trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the

0:34.8

United States until our country's representatives can figure out what the hell is going on.

0:45.7

That statement from Donald Trump, how we got there and more on this edition of the NPR Politics

0:51.3

podcast.

0:52.3

I'm Tamer Keith in P.R. White House correspondent.

0:54.2

I'm Ron Elving, Editor-in-Course Fund.

0:56.3

And I'm Don Gagne, I cover national politics.

0:58.8

And I'm Carrie Johnson, the Justice Correspondent.

1:01.0

And Carrie, this is your first time on the podcast, and we bring you here to talk about terrorism.

1:05.8

What is the latest on San Bernardino?

1:08.4

The FBI director in Los Angeles says this couple, the husband and wife shooting team, had

1:14.9

been radicalized for some time, but authorities are still trying to figure out who radicalized

1:19.2

whom and whether anybody else was involved in this plot.

1:22.4

Here's an easy way to think about it.

1:24.0

Remember ATM, investigators are looking for accomplices, training, and money, so they're following

1:30.3

all those things in the days ahead.

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