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The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

The Truth with Lisa Boothe: “Fight, Fight, Fight!”: How Trump Turned a Near-Disaster into a Rallying Cry with Salena Zito

The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show

iHeartPodcasts

Politics, News, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Daily News

4.511.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Lisa interviews journalist Salena Zito about her eyewitness account of the July 13th, 2024 assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania.

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Welcome to The Truth with Lisa Booth, where we get to the heart of the issues that matter to you.

0:41.2

Today we're joined by Selena Zito, the renowned journalist and author whose Boots on the Ground reporting has redefined how we understand America's Heartland.

0:48.9

Her latest book, Butler, The Untold Story of the Near near assassination of Donald Trump and the fight for America's

0:54.9

heartland, takes us to the events of July 13th, 2024 when President Trump was almost

1:01.1

assassinated in Butler, Pennsylvania. Selina was an eyewitness and her book explores its profound

1:06.6

impact on the political soul of Middle America. From the raw emotions that day to the broader story of populism and the place of Butler, Pennsylvania,

1:14.9

and the significance of that, Selena shares her insights from her front row seat to history.

1:20.6

So let's get into the truth and what happened that day and why it matters with Selena Zito.

1:31.5

Yeah. day and why it matters with Selena Zito. Selena Zito, as I mentioned to you before, I'm a big fan of your work.

1:35.7

I think you just do really important reporting.

1:38.8

And so it's an honor to have you on the show.

1:40.8

And I'm just really looking forward to hearing your insight and your thoughts on this broader conversation we're about to have. Well, I'm going to give it right back to you, Lisa.

1:47.9

I'm a big fan, too. So we're going to have a really good discussion. Well, I appreciate that so much.

1:54.8

You know, Selena, one thing I love about you is you actually report, which is sad to say.

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