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We didn't believe in setting fires because that was too dangerous.

We were, you know, a kind of gentler kind of crooks, so to speak.

So the best plan you had was that you'd lasso it.

Yeah, never imagined I'd use it for a camel.

I'm Phoebe Judge and this is Criminal.

Did you have to say what was in the box?

Phoebe we told lies.

Listen to Criminal every week, wherever you get your podcasts. What a week in American politics.

The Republican Party has gathered in Wisconsin to re-nominate Donald Trump for president. The convention The J.

All the while President Biden faces calls from within the Democratic Party for him to step aside.

I'm Adam Harris, and this is Radio Atlantic. Hunter Rosen is still away working on a special project.

For this episode, I'm hoping to understand what's different about Trump's 2024 campaign

and what, if anything, Saturday's assassination attempt has changed.

To do this I'm joined by staff writer Tim Alberta from the RNC Convention Hall.

Hey Tim, Adam, what's happening, man?

Not too much.

Thanks for coming on.

You've covered Republican politics for a while now.

You're currently in Milwaukee covering the R&C. What's the feeling there?

The feeling here is like an election night victory party that started four months early.

I've been to a lot of Republican conventions, I've spent a lot of years covering Republican

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