It is September the 17th, 49 days remain until the American people decide who sits behind the

resolute desk. Donald Trump, the adjudicated rapist and convicted felon, or the vice president of the

United States. This is the warning. Donald Trump has survived a second assassination attempt,

joining President Ford, who survived two

in a few weeks in August of 1975, one in San Francisco, one in Sacramento.

How should we think about this violence that has come into the presidential campaign?

The first question we should ask ourselves as Americans is, has the nature of our civic discourse

change since Donald Trump came down his golden escalator?

If we were to look at that moment as a hinge, a before and after event, are we able to observe any changes in our society,

in our culture, in our media, in our political parties that followed Donald Trump

gliding down that escalator and denouncing Mexicans as murderers and rapists.

They're sending people that have lots of problems, and they're bringing those problems with us.

They're bringing drugs. They're bringing crime. They're rapists. And some, I assume, are good people.

What was the meaning of that quote? What was it that Donald Trump was trying to do?

Was he trying to instigate violence against Mexicans?

Was he trying to instigate violence against the Central Park Five when he called for their execution?

What exactly is it that Donald Trump was trying to do here?

I think there's blame on both sides, and I have no doubt about it, and you don't have any doubt

about it either. You also had people that were very fine people on both sides. You had people

in that group, excuse me, excuse me, I saw the same pictures as you did.

How could any American look at Nazis, marching, chanting, Jews will not replace us,

carrying torches in Charlottesville, Virginia, and come to the conclusion that there are good people on both

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