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The Trey Gowdy Podcast

Political Violence Has No Place In Democracy

The Trey Gowdy Podcast

FOX News Radio

Society & Culture, Politics, News Commentary, News

4.66.4K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

“No motive sufficient to do harm to a political opponent.” – Trey Gowdy Former President Trump is ok after being shot while speaking at a Pennsylvania rally. Trey reacts to how the attack on the former President is a triggering reminder of the nation’s stark history of political violence. Follow Trey on X: @TGowdySC Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.1

Saturday became literally mere inches away from a stress test for our

0:47.2

Republic literally a stress test for this great experiment in self-governance.

0:53.3

Former president, who is the nominee for a second term,

0:56.9

was by all appearances shot at a political rally.

1:01.6

I'm on a group text with and have been for many years with three

1:06.2

of my closest friends, one of whom still serves in government. The other two served

1:11.1

at the highest levels in their respective areas of expertise and our

1:16.4

consensus this evening was a simple one, inches and a split second. The distance between the ear and the eye is the

1:27.1

minimus. The eye is the gateway to the brain. Had that shot been inches in another direction, we might well be talking

1:37.2

about a political assassination in a country already seemingly mired in division and anger.

1:44.4

And can you imagine the response?

1:47.6

And it's not isolated.

1:49.1

Gabby Giffords was nearly killed doing what members of Congress are supposed to do, which is meet with constituents.

1:55.7

And people who worked for her and came to see her were killed.

2:01.3

Stevie Scalise was very nearly killed practicing for a charity baseball game.

2:07.0

He suffered horrible injuries which will impact his life forever.

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