The Trump Shooting, Conspiracies, and Calls for War
WIRED Politics Lab
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4.2 • 244 Ratings
🗓️ 17 July 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Right after former president Donald Trump was shot at his campaign rally in Pennsylvania, conspiracy theories exploded online. Today on WIRED Politics Lab, we discuss the subsequent calls for violence and civil war, and the way that militias are recruiting off of the incident. Plus, we report from the Republican National Convention on the reaction to Trump’s vice presidential nominee, Senator J.D. Vance of Ohio.
Leah Feiger is @LeahFeiger. David Gilbert is @DaithaiGilbert. Makena Kelly is @kellymakena.Write to us at [email protected]. Be sure to subscribe to the WIRED Politics Lab newsletter here.
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| 0:18.3 | This is Wired Politics Lab, a show about how tech is changing politics. |
| 0:23.3 | I'm Leah Feiger, the senior politics editor at Wired. |
| 0:26.1 | If you're just joining us right now, as if this campaign couldn't get more historic and unprecedented, |
| 0:31.6 | what law enforcement officials are now investigating as a possible assassination attempt |
| 0:36.3 | of former President Donald Trump. |
| 0:38.6 | On Saturday, a 20-year-old from Pennsylvania shot at former President Donald Trump while he was |
| 0:43.2 | speaking at a campaign rally. |
| 0:44.8 | What we did see following the shots was we saw the president hit the ground. |
| 0:50.3 | Secret Service rushing towards the former president, jumping on him and forming sort of a human shield |
| 0:55.8 | as other law enforcement officers jump on the stage. The former president pumping his fist |
| 1:00.7 | as the crowd started cheering when they saw that he was okay. And immediately after Trump was shot, |
| 1:08.2 | conspiracies online exploded. At the same time, calls for violence and even civil war spread. |
| 1:14.6 | We are already seeing this incident being politicized. |
| 1:17.6 | Some Republicans pointing a finger at the president already arguing, |
| 1:21.6 | of course, baselessly that the President Biden is somehow to blame for this. |
| 1:25.6 | Joining me to talk about everything that happened is Wired reporter David Gilbert. |
| 1:29.7 | And after, we'll hear from Wired Senior Reporter McKenna Kelly, who is currently at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. |
| 1:36.2 | David, you have been incredibly busy since Saturday. |
| 1:39.5 | Yeah, it's been a crazy 48, 72, whatever it's been. |
| 1:44.5 | I don't even know what day or time or week it is at this stage. |
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