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In this week's The Reason Roundtable, editors Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman grapple with the current political climate in the U.S. after the attempted assassination of former president Donald Trump over the weekend. 01:44—Trump's Assassination attempt 27:06—President Joe Biden's press conference 43:07—Republican National Convention begins today 52:08—This week's cultural recommendations Mentioned in this podcast: "Donald Trump Bloodied in Assassination Attempt," by Eric Boehm "Assassination Attempt," by Liz Wolfe "Trump's Defiance of an Assassin's Bullet ...
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When then-candidate Donald Trump announced that Mike Pence would be his running mate in 2016, the rationale was clear. Pence, a Midwestern former governor known for his love of Jesus and free markets, would lend credibility with religious voters and traditional conservatives to the otherwise unorthodox nominee. The choice was meant to shore up support among a constituency seen at the time as not yet sold on the former real estate mogul and reality TV star. The former president's pick of Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance in 2024 reflects the sad reality that none of those considerations are relevant any lon...
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Bullets: At a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday evening, a gunman tried to assassinate former President Donald Trump. Trump survived the attack. A bullet apparently grazed his ear, bloodying him. Unfortunately, a member of the audience—50-year-old firefighter and father Corey Comperatore who was reportedly shielding the bodies of his family members also in attendance—was killed, and two others were critically injured but look likely to survive. The gunman was killed immediately by law enforcement snipers. The authorities have identified him as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crook...
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Famously molding the Republican Party in his populist image, Donald Trump's defining reach-the-people moment undoubtedly came with his response to the attempted assassination at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania. He rose to his feet to pump his fist, prompting the crowd to break into a chant of "USA! USA!" The moment was captured in images, including iconic photos by A.P. photographer Evan Vucci that recorded blood streaming down the former president's face as the stars and stripes flew above. It was strong stuff that likely cemented the once and, perhaps, future president's bond with voters of...
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Biden's "big boy" press conference: Yesterday, President Joe Biden tried his very darndest not to have any verbal gaffes during the final session of NATO's 75th anniversary summit and the subsequent press conference. Unfortunately, the 81-year-old—who appears to be ailing from dementia, Parkinson's, or some other age-related cognitive issues, and is still reeling from his abysmal debate performance two weeks ago—was not able to pull off that feat. "Now I want to hand it over to the president of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he has determination, ladies and gentlemen, President Putin," sa...
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In May, the Libertarian Party (L.P.) nominated Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat as its presidential and vice presidential candidates. Oliver is most famous for his presence on the ballot as a Libertarian Senate candidate in Georgia, where he earned more than 2 percent of the vote and sent the 2022 Senate race to a runoff that the Democrats won. Ter Maat, unusual for a libertarian, is a former cop. Before the end of June, two state affiliate parties vowed they would not submit Oliver and ter Maat's names to appear on their state ballots. One state, Colorado, announced in early July that it would ...
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What if President Joe Biden drops out? Just asking questions. Biden is facing increasing pressure from his own side to drop out of the 2024 race, which nearly every poll taken since his disaster debate performance last week shows him losing. The latest RealClearPolitics average has him down by about 3.5 percentage points nationally. Several Democratic congress members have called for him to step aside. So have Democratic megadonors. Much of the national press, once dismissive of those pointing out Biden's mental deterioration, has turned on him. So where do we go from here? To help us begin to...
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Two weeks: As of today, it has been two weeks since Joe Biden's disastrous debate performance that set off alarm bells for most of the Democratic Party as to whether he can be its candidate in November's presidential election. Initially, many prominent figures within the party stood their ground. Now, they're falling like dominoes. The first Democratic senator—Vermont's Peter Welch—has called for Biden to step aside, publicly declaring why in an op-ed for The Washington Post. Another—Connecticut's Richard Blumenthal—is making noises in that direction, while two others—Montana's Jon Tester and ...
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President Joe Biden's steadfast insistence that nothing short of divine intervention could end his re-election campaign hasn't quite staunched the bleeding. ABC's George Stephanopoulos, whose interview with Biden on Friday was intended to reassure fellow Democrats, now says Biden is clearly incapable of serving four more years. Some Congressional Democrats have turned on him, and others are hinting that they would prefer if he stepped aside. Sen. Tim Kaine (D–Va.) called on the president to "do the patriotic thing for this country." And even political figures who are ostensibly backing him hav...
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Biden still in crisis: Democratic Party turmoil seemingly knows no end. New polling from YouGov hilariously shows that the only demographic group of Democrats that's seemingly still in favor of a Joe Biden presidential candidacy is—you guessed it—the over-65 crew. Meanwhile, The Cook Political Report has made six changes to its rankings, showing former President Donald Trump leading to an even greater degree in several crucial swing states following Biden's abysmal debate performance. The New York Times has proclaimed Biden's strategy to be "running out the clock." In other words: If he can we...
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