WEBVTT - Trump’s courage under fire

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<v Speaker 1>on the front. I'm Claire Harvey. It's Monday, July fifteenth.

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<v Speaker 2>The said, take a look at what happened.

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<v Speaker 1>An unforgettable moment in American politics. A gunman shoots Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump and kills the spectator at a rally in Pennsylvania.

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<v Speaker 1>Trump's right ear was grazed by a bullet apparently fired

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<v Speaker 1>by a twenty year old man who had climbed on

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<v Speaker 1>top of a building, reportedly armed with a high powered

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<v Speaker 1>automatic weapon. Secret Service shot the man dead as attendees

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<v Speaker 1>rushed to help the spectator.

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<v Speaker 3>Who'd been shot dead.

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<v Speaker 1>Here, a witness in a blood drenched USA T shirt

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<v Speaker 1>speaks to CBS News.

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<v Speaker 2>I said, I'm an Emerging Department physician, Bobby help you.

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<v Speaker 2>The guy had spun around, was jammed between the benches.

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<v Speaker 2>We had a headshot. Here, there's lots of blood and

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<v Speaker 2>here brainmatter.

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<v Speaker 1>On Monday, Republicans gather to endorse Trump as their candidate

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<v Speaker 1>at the National Convention in Milwaukee, as global condemnation of

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<v Speaker 1>the attack is led by Joe Biden.

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<v Speaker 2>It's sick. It's sick.

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<v Speaker 4>It's one of the reason were to unite this country.

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<v Speaker 4>You cannot allow for this to be happening.

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<v Speaker 1>Week Live now at the Australian dot com dot au

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<v Speaker 1>we have video, graphics, explainers and analysis and in just

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<v Speaker 1>a moment I'm joined from the United States by our

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<v Speaker 1>foreign editor Greg Sheridan, who says Trump's courage under fire

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<v Speaker 1>changes everything. Shots ring out at a rally in Pennsylvania

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<v Speaker 1>where Donald Trump is speaking to supporters. Secret Service agents.

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<v Speaker 5>Pounced shoots down.

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<v Speaker 1>The former president and presidential candidate is whisked from the podium,

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<v Speaker 1>blood splashed across his face. He lifts his fist to

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<v Speaker 1>the crowd, bold and defiant. There would be assassin Twenty

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<v Speaker 1>year old Thomas Matthew Crooks laised dead on a rooftop

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<v Speaker 1>more than two hundred and fifty meters away. One rally

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<v Speaker 1>attendee killed, a couple more critically injured. I discussed that

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<v Speaker 1>stunning scene with The Australian's Foreign editor Greg Sheridan. He's

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<v Speaker 1>in the US ahead of the Republican National Convention happening

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<v Speaker 1>in Wisconsin this week. I'm sure you haven't spent much

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<v Speaker 1>time imagining what it would look like if Donald Trump

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<v Speaker 1>was ever in mortal danger. But he responded in a

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<v Speaker 1>very defiant and strong way, didn't he?

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<v Speaker 2>He certainly did, And I think that will be the

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<v Speaker 2>iconic out of all this. When Ronald Reagan was shot,

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<v Speaker 2>he famously said to Nancy Reagan, Honey, I forgot to duck.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, Roosevelt was my favorite president of all time,

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<v Speaker 2>Teddy Roosevelt, when I want to ask.

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<v Speaker 4>Is American who is destroyed for social and industrial justice?

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<v Speaker 2>He was shot while he was delivering a speech when

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<v Speaker 2>he was running as bull moose Independent after it left

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<v Speaker 2>the presidency, and the bullet lodged in his breastplace. There

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<v Speaker 2>was a book or something that prevented it from going

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<v Speaker 2>through and killing him, but it did cause him pretty

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<v Speaker 2>bad bleeding, and he told the audience he had been shot,

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<v Speaker 2>but that wasn't enough to stop a bull mouse and

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<v Speaker 2>even just speech, and then went to hospital.

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<v Speaker 6>Secret Service personnel neutralized the shooter, who has now deceased.

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<v Speaker 6>The Secret Service spokesperson goes on to say that one

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<v Speaker 6>spectator was killed, two spectators two spectators were critically injured

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<v Speaker 6>so badly hurt One.

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<v Speaker 1>Of the most moving parts of the video of Trump

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<v Speaker 1>being shot, apparently in the ear on stage in the

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<v Speaker 1>rally was the actions of the Secret Service agent Greg

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<v Speaker 1>They rushed towards him and then they got him up

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<v Speaker 1>once they understood that the shooter had been neutralized, and

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<v Speaker 1>put their bodies around him and their heads around his

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<v Speaker 1>head to shield him from a bullet.

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<v Speaker 3>You know, we really saw the best of America there.

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<v Speaker 2>Didn't We absolutely you could see under there that they're

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<v Speaker 2>wearing best, thank god they are. But they fellanks around

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<v Speaker 2>the person they're protecting, so that the next bullet that

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<v Speaker 2>goes towards the person they're protecting them. And in fact,

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<v Speaker 2>this happened in Ronald Reagan chip.

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<v Speaker 3>A fu silat of shots fired a close range.

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<v Speaker 4>The President has hit, then thrown into his car by

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<v Speaker 4>an agent, a press secretary wounded in the head, a

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<v Speaker 4>secret serviceman, and a policeman wounded, a gunman captured.

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<v Speaker 2>One of the second agents rushed in front of the

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<v Speaker 2>president and was shot. And now he recovered, but he

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<v Speaker 2>was shot. He took a bullet for the president, and

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<v Speaker 2>if Reagan in another bullet, I would think that Reagan

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<v Speaker 2>would have been killed. So these folks. They rushed towards danger,

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<v Speaker 2>and they make a shield out of their own bodies.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, the most famous presidential shootings are Abraham Lincoln

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<v Speaker 3>and John F. Kennedy. Those two presidents did not survive

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<v Speaker 3>their injuries.

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<v Speaker 1>But every moment of in Lincoln's case, the description of

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<v Speaker 1>that instance and in Kennedy's case, the video that we've

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<v Speaker 1>all seen a billion times is seed into our memories,

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<v Speaker 1>isn't it.

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<v Speaker 4>This is the latest information we have from Dallas. I

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<v Speaker 4>will repeat with the greatest regrets, two priests who are

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<v Speaker 4>with rether than Kennedy saying he has died of bullet wars.

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<v Speaker 2>That certainly is this is a and terrible situation. And

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<v Speaker 2>you know, we can't yet completely apportioned blame or anything.

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<v Speaker 2>But you know, people accuse Trump of in temperate language.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've been here in the United States this last

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<v Speaker 2>week or ten days, and every day the New York Times,

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<v Speaker 2>the liberal media are full of the idea that Trump

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<v Speaker 2>is the devil in Karnate, that he is an existential

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<v Speaker 2>threat to democracy, that a Maria cannot survive a Trump victory,

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<v Speaker 2>that this is the end of times and everything, and

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<v Speaker 2>you can just about imagine some idiot getting the idea

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<v Speaker 2>that well, wouldn't have been good if someone had assassinated

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<v Speaker 2>Hitler the four he took power, And the truth is

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<v Speaker 2>Trump's first term was a bit chaotic, but there was

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<v Speaker 2>nothing undemocratic about and he lost the election. The courts

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<v Speaker 2>overruled his objections to the election. Is perfectly entitled to

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<v Speaker 2>make legal objections to the way the vote was counted.

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<v Speaker 2>The courts ruled against him in all occasions, and no

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<v Speaker 2>injury was done to American democracy, Whereas I think the

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<v Speaker 2>Democrats now far outdone Trump in the way they've been

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<v Speaker 2>willing to rip up American institutions and destroy American norms.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one of the view that these prosecutions of

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<v Speaker 2>Trump are a great, tesque, abusive process. They're intensely politicized prosecutions.

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<v Speaker 2>Now Trump engages in very intemperate rhetoric too, sure does.

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<v Speaker 2>But the comby our liberal left of American politics has

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<v Speaker 2>fostered an fear of hysteria and irrational alarmism about the

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<v Speaker 2>idea of what might happen if Trump wins the election.

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<v Speaker 1>The one rational part of the fear about Donald Trump is,

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<v Speaker 1>of course, the January sixth disorder at the Capital. Greg

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<v Speaker 1>we saw their Trump speak to a crowd, members of

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<v Speaker 1>which crowd then subsequently went to the Capitol and stormed it.

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<v Speaker 3>Several people have gone to jail over their conduct on

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<v Speaker 3>that day.

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<v Speaker 1>If there was going to be sort of armed disorder

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<v Speaker 1>in this campaign, Americans might have thought it would come

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<v Speaker 1>from those kinds of people, from proud boys or Maga

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<v Speaker 1>Trump fans. It hasn't, as far as we know, come

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<v Speaker 1>from that side of politics. What does that say about

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<v Speaker 1>the atmosphere that we're in.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, January sixth was not only spaceful, and I thought

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<v Speaker 2>Trump sections on the day were at disgraceful. But even

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<v Speaker 2>here you've got to try to keep in touch with

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<v Speaker 2>the facts. Trump, in his speech, which was emotionally inciting,

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<v Speaker 2>actually say march peacefully. He did use the word peacefully.

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<v Speaker 2>I heard it, I reported it, I saw it. I

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<v Speaker 2>know that everyone here will soon be marching over to

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<v Speaker 2>the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices

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<v Speaker 2>heard today. So you can't just kind of say that

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<v Speaker 2>that didn't happen. The Capitol police were wildly understaffed. These

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<v Speaker 2>vandals who stormed into the Capitol buildings. That was grotesque,

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<v Speaker 2>thoroughly deserves to be condemned. It was not a civil war.

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<v Speaker 2>It was a demonstration which became violent, And of course

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<v Speaker 2>there were hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of demonstrations that

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<v Speaker 2>became violent over the next few months in the Black

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<v Speaker 2>Lives and defund the Police demonstrations. Now, none of those

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<v Speaker 2>rendered Joe Biden morally responsible for the people who lost

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<v Speaker 2>their lives. And there is just a grotesque double standard

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<v Speaker 2>in which the absolutely condemnable and horrible things that Trump

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<v Speaker 2>says are presented as though they were a statement at

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<v Speaker 2>Dolf Hitler, which they.

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<v Speaker 1>Weren't coming up what an attempted assassination means for gun

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<v Speaker 1>control in America and for the presidential race. Today is

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<v Speaker 1>Greg The reports that the shooter was using an AR

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen semi automatic weapon, which is the gun of choice

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<v Speaker 1>for mass shootings in the United States. Donald Trump has

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<v Speaker 1>said in recent months that mass shootings are not a

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<v Speaker 1>gun problem, that they're more of a mental health problem.

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<v Speaker 2>These people are mentally ill, and we have to study

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<v Speaker 2>that also, because you know it's them.

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<v Speaker 3>They pull the trigger.

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<v Speaker 4>The gun doesn't pull the trigger, They pull the trigger.

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<v Speaker 1>He's promised the National Rifle Association that if elected, no

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<v Speaker 1>one will lay a finger on their firearms. He's also

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<v Speaker 1>promised to undo some Biden gun restrictions if he's re elected.

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<v Speaker 4>If the Biden regime gets four more years, they are

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<v Speaker 4>coming for your guns, one hundred percent certain.

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<v Speaker 3>Crooked Joe has a forty year record.

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<v Speaker 4>Of trying to rip firearms out of the hands of

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<v Speaker 4>law abiding citizens. He's always wanted.

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<v Speaker 3>To do that.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you have the feeling, Greg that this very hot

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<v Speaker 1>issue of gun control in America, will the conversation be

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<v Speaker 1>touched by this incident or not?

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<v Speaker 2>No? I wouldn't think so, not at all. I think

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<v Speaker 2>overall the incident will probably would be very very helpful

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<v Speaker 2>to Trump electorally and politically. The iconic give intell but

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<v Speaker 2>Trump defiant taking a bullet for America. Sometimes people don't

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<v Speaker 2>even think of Trump really as a human being. But

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<v Speaker 2>the truth is, if this bullet had been a quarter

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<v Speaker 2>of an inch closer to him, he would now be dead,

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<v Speaker 2>and the sheer shock of that would render most people paralyzed.

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<v Speaker 2>So Trump often seems like he's full of bluster and

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<v Speaker 2>where's the substance? But Trump was in possession of he

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<v Speaker 2>knew what he was doing, and he wanted to make

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<v Speaker 2>a gesture of defiance. I think this would be tremendously

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<v Speaker 2>beneficial to politically. Now, my own view of gun control

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<v Speaker 2>is the Americans of bananas on gun control. But you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you might say the Democrats are in favorite gun control,

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<v Speaker 2>the Republicans aren't, but the Democrats never make a serious

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<v Speaker 2>effort at it. You know, Urbata was president for eight

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<v Speaker 2>years and for a number of those years he controlled

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<v Speaker 2>the Senate and the House of Representatives, and nothing of

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<v Speaker 2>any consequence happened on gun control.

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<v Speaker 1>So how do we think this will change the calculus,

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<v Speaker 1>if at all, for the Democrats? Greg We now have

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<v Speaker 1>Trump in a moment of mortal danger, presenting himself bravely

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<v Speaker 1>a contrast to Joe Biden's image of frailty and confusion.

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<v Speaker 1>Does this make it more urgent for the Democrats to

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<v Speaker 1>persuade Joe Biden to step aside?

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<v Speaker 2>I think it does, Claire. So look, I only give

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<v Speaker 2>away a recorded quote here which will come to haunt

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<v Speaker 2>me of what I'm suggesting doesn't take place. But I

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<v Speaker 2>find it very hard to see how Joe Biden can

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<v Speaker 2>continue in a long run as a Democratic candidate. The

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<v Speaker 2>American system is very powerful, and it kind of runs

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<v Speaker 2>itself to some extent, but you do need a presidential leadership,

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<v Speaker 2>and Audrow Wilson famously in about nineteen nineteen had a

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<v Speaker 2>stroke and at another two years of its term to

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<v Speaker 2>run and his white friend things while he was more

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<v Speaker 2>or less incapacitated. America can do that, but it's not

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<v Speaker 2>the right way to run, and if you do do that,

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<v Speaker 2>you don't furnt up the sick reelection. I just don't

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<v Speaker 2>see how Biden can possibly continue on as the Democratic candidate,

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<v Speaker 2>although you know, we live in an age of infinite impossibilities.

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<v Speaker 2>The other thing is, I don't know if the New

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<v Speaker 2>York Times and CNN and we'll be able to talk

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<v Speaker 2>about Trump in exactly the same way as they have

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<v Speaker 2>been doing the last couple of years, when we could

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<v Speaker 2>go through a litany of things. Hillary Clinton paid for Dossia,

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<v Speaker 2>which was completely alleging collusion between Russian intelligence agencies and Trump,

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<v Speaker 2>absolute hoax, complete belooning Hunt. Biden's laptop turned up before

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<v Speaker 2>the last election, full of incriminating evidence about him, including

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of evidence of criminal activity and very embarrassing

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<v Speaker 2>stuff about his dad. Biden and his son both denied

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<v Speaker 2>that the tape was real, and the Biden campaign got

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<v Speaker 2>fifty one former intelligence chiefs to say it looked like

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<v Speaker 2>Russian disinformation, which turned out to be completely untrue. It

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<v Speaker 2>was one hundred percent of authentic laptop of Hunter Biden.

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<v Speaker 2>So those fifty one intelligence chiefs just trashed the reputation

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<v Speaker 2>of the which they had been involved in leading. And

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<v Speaker 2>then now Biden is asking the whole of the world

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<v Speaker 2>not to believe what it saw with its own eyes

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<v Speaker 2>in the debate when I'm.

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<v Speaker 4>In a fix the Texas, for example, we had one

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<v Speaker 4>thousand tillionaires in an.

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<v Speaker 2>Antic and in fact, I think the Democrats have been

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<v Speaker 2>much better serve to have little mini primary and select

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<v Speaker 2>one of their good state governors and a red hot

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<v Speaker 2>new vice president, something like that.

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<v Speaker 1>Greg Sheridan is The Australian's Foreign editor. We'll have live

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