Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump raises his fist as he is hurriedly escorted off the stage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump raises his fist as he is hurriedly escorted off the stage during a rally on July 13, 2024 in Butler, Pennsylvania.
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An assassin attempted to target former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Saturday shortly after 6 p.m.
President Trump and two others were wounded, one killed, before Secret Service officers shot and killed the gunman, identified as 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks.
Crooks was a registered Republican who donated $15 to a progressive political action committee in 2021. Investigators have not yet determined a motive or ideology.
For the first time in decades, a presidential candidate has been the target of an assassination plot. What impact will Saturday’s incident have on an already divided America?
Author and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin discusses what history can teach us about this moment.
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This episode was produced by Tyler Bertram and Catherine Fink. Edited by Courtney Dorning. Executive producer is Sami Yenigan.
