What Next - After the Trump Assassination Attempt
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4.5 • 6K Ratings
🗓️ 15 July 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Former president Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt Saturday during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. While the gunman has been identified, law enforcement have not offered a potential motivation for the attack. The incident comes at a time of heightened political violence, when more Americans think such acts are justifiable.
Guests: Isaac Arnsdorf, national political reporter for The Washington Post, and David Graham, staff writer at The Atlantic.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Mary C. Curtis. I'm in for Mary Harris, who's traveling to the Republican National Convention. |
| 0:08.0 | Today's episode deals with violence and includes the sound of gunshots. If you need to take a break, pause, and |
| 0:17.2 | come back to us later. I know this is going to sound weird for people who don't go to Trump rallies, but it's like a like an outdoor music festival. |
| 0:35.6 | Isaac Arnstorf covers politics for the Washington Post, |
| 0:39.2 | so he's gone to a lot of Trump rallies. |
| 0:43.7 | They line up early and they tailgate sometimes and they go in and there are food trucks |
| 0:49.8 | and there's music and it's very festive. |
| 0:56.4 | He's often bragging about the crowd sides, |
| 0:58.4 | but this was legit a really, really big rally. |
| 1:02.3 | It was a fairgrounds and that was kind of like a grassy bowl and it was completely filled with packed in with people. |
| 1:18.0 | On Saturday, Isaac was at the Butler County Fairgrounds in Pennsylvania. He was there to cover another Trump rally. |
| 1:21.0 | The atmosphere was fun, but a little cranky. It was crowded, hot. |
| 1:26.7 | It was 90 degrees. It was totally clear. There were a lot of people struggling with |
| 1:32.0 | dehydration and heat exposure. |
| 1:35.0 | Trump didn't take the stage until a little after 6 p.m. |
| 1:40.0 | And he was late and so people were kind of extra impatient slash eager to see him after waiting outside in the sun all day |
| 1:50.0 | This is a big crowd. This is a big beautiful crowd. |
| 1:54.0 | He was speaking for less than 10 minutes and he was already going off script. |
| 1:59.0 | He actually said like the teleprompter is boring. |
| 2:01.0 | You don't mind if I go off teleprompter do you? |
| 2:04.0 | Because these teleprompter's is so damn boring I try and explain that. |
| 2:08.0 | Oh it is it, wow. |
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