The Poll Workers Targeted by Trump
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🗓️ 23 June 2022
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The third week of the House of Representatives investigation into the Jan. 6 riot is focusing on the weeks-long pressure campaign waged by Trump and his allies. Individuals around the country were harassed by Trump loyalists in order to change the election outcome. Trump’s “stochastic terrorism” campaign set the stage for what would happen at the capitol come January.
Guest: Ben Mathis-Lilley, Slate senior writer
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| 0:00.0 | This episode is brought to you by National Rail. |
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| 0:32.3 | Slate's Ben Mathis Lilly says there are a couple of ways to watch the January 6th Select Committee |
| 0:36.9 | hearings right now. |
| 0:38.7 | You can dip in, skim the headlines and troll Twitter for the best clips. |
| 0:43.4 | Or you can do what he does. |
| 0:45.3 | Settle in for hours of testimony and reams of evidence day after day. |
| 0:51.5 | I'd say I've probably seen or listened to like 85% of what's happened. |
| 0:57.8 | If you were like reviewing it like a movie, give me the rating. |
| 1:02.0 | I think it's in the 90s in Rotten Tomatoes. |
| 1:04.8 | Wow. |
| 1:07.7 | The committee is now in its third week of public hearings, laying out the case that Donald |
| 1:12.1 | Trump stoked a riot and very nearly overturned the 2020 election. |
| 1:17.1 | Week one laid bare the violence of January 6th itself. |
| 1:20.4 | Week two focused on what Donald Trump should have known and when he should have known it. |
| 1:25.5 | This week's testimony focused attention somewhere else. |
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