Will the Trump Assassination Attempt Change the 2024 Race?
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🗓️ 20 July 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Since the moment someone shot Donald Trump last weekend, we’ve been hearing the same thing: this election’s over, and it’s going to Trump. But the course of this race—and American politics more broadly—will probably change less than you think. Tre’vell and Max take a look at past assassination attempts in the U.S. and abroad to explain why surviving violent attacks does not guarantee an election victory. Has any politician successfully leveraged these assaults for political gain? Which US president survived two assassination attempts in one month? How would this have played out if Trump were in office? Listen to this week’s How We Got Here to find out.
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| 0:00.0 | So Max, from the moment we got the news that someone tried to shoot Trump, I feel like my timeline has been filled with the same reaction. |
| 0:08.6 | Right, it's over. |
| 0:09.8 | Yes, it's over. If Trump wasn't already headed for victory, he sure is now. |
| 0:14.6 | And then the photo hit. |
| 0:16.0 | The photo. Everyone's like this is gonna be in our grandkids textbooks. |
| 0:20.6 | It's going to turn Trump into a heroic figure. |
| 0:23.6 | It's one image that will change the course of history. |
| 0:27.1 | I think you heard Speaker Johnson reflect on part of it, |
| 0:30.8 | which is that something has fundamentally been changed in our politics |
| 0:35.2 | potentially in our culture and political discourse but what will that look like? |
| 0:40.6 | That was Kristen Welker the host of Meet the Press on the |
| 0:43.7 | Today show summing up the reaction. But Trevel, you're wondering, is any of this |
| 0:48.0 | true? Today we're gonna find out. We are and I think the answer is |
| 0:52.2 | gonna surprise people. |
| 0:53.2 | I'm Max Fisher and I'm Travel Anderson filling in for Aaron Ryan. |
| 1:00.1 | This is how we got here a series where we explore a big question behind the week's |
| 1:03.7 | headlines and tell a story that answers that question. |
| 1:06.3 | Our question this week is the failed assassination attempt on Trump going to change |
| 1:10.7 | the course of this race or even American politics more broadly. |
| 1:14.8 | And I know what listeners might be thinking, how could you possibly tell the future? |
| 1:18.6 | Well luckily we don't have to because like my Granny used to say, history can be our teacher. |
| 1:23.4 | Yes, in today's episode we have a few stories for you. |
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