The Trump Campaign Continues to Spew Lies about Springfield. Plus, Support for Political Violence Is On the Rise.

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🗓️ 20 September 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Why reporters covering the Haitian diaspora felt trouble brewing long before Springfield, Ohio, and a look at the past and present of political violence.

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0:00.0	Recording of 911 calls even show residents are reporting that the migrants are walking off with the town's geese.
0:10.0	Except they're not.
0:11.0	From WNYC in New York,
0:13.2	this is on the media.
0:14.3	I'm Brooke Gladstone.
0:15.5	And I'm Michael Lohanger.
0:16.9	On this week's show, the Trump campaign's vicious lies
0:20.0	about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio are having real-world consequences.
0:25.6	They are living in fear here.
0:27.2	The threats of bombings and shootings have forced the closure of schools and city buildings
0:31.8	for days.
0:33.0	Plus, while President Biden says that the assassination attempt on Donald Trump isn't
0:37.8	who we are as a country, the numbers say otherwise.
0:42.0	It's hard to argue that assassination is not part of America's political heritage
0:48.0	when we see at least a quarter of all American presidents either having been killed or nearly assassinated.
0:55.0	It's all coming up after this.
0:58.0	From WNYC in New York, this is on the media. I'm Michael Lohanger.
1:06.0	And I'm Brooke Gladstone.
1:08.0	So now two attempts have been made on Donald Trump's life, leading to accusations from across the MAGA universe
1:14.3	that it is democratic rhetoric, specifically
1:17.3	the charge that Trump threatens democracy
1:20.0	that is putting his life at stake.
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