Trump’s Rage at CBS over Kamala Interview Takes a Dark, Dangerous Turn

THE DAILY BLAST with Greg Sargent

The New Republic

News, Politics

4.4 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 22 minutes

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In recent days, Donald Trump has escalated his attacks on CBS News, raging at the network over something they supposedly did involving Kamala Harris’s interview on “60 minutes.” He has now stated repeatedly that CBS should lose its broadcasting license. We think this is a clear warning about what a second Trump term would look like. We talked to Michael Sozan, author of a new report for the Center for American Progress Action Fund on Project 2025. He gets specific about how an authoritarian Trump presidency could use government power to bring independent media to heel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:28.5	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
1:36.8	In recent days, Donald Trump has dramatically escalated his attacks on CBS News,
1:42.9	raging at the network because of something they supposedly
1:45.5	did involving Kamala Harris' interview on 60 Minutes. Trump has now stated repeatedly that CBS
1:52.0	should lose its broadcasting license. We think this deserves attention not as just another
1:57.9	unhinged rant, but as a clear warning sign of the sort of presidency he will run if he wins the election.
2:04.1	We'll see a marked turn toward using government power to squelch descent and silence aggressive reporting on his administration.
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2:20.1	So today we're talking to Michael Sozan, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress
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