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September 16, 2024
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Mark Sappenfield
Senior global correspondent

A second attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump raises questions the world is struggling to answer. The United States is not alone. Europe faces a spike in political violence, too. How do nations turn down the tone of political apocalypse at a time of significant change?  

Christa Case Bryant notes something important today – an increased alertness among those entrusted to protect politicians in the U.S. It is not too much to say that a similar mental alertness is needed among all of us to recognize that anger and hatred are their own forms of violence.


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Thank you for joining us today. Please come back tomorrow when Henry Gass looks at how, as Election Day approaches, different judges are wrestling with how to handle candidate Donald Trump’s slate of legal cases.

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