After the Trump assassination attempt

In the U.S., the shooting of Donald Trump is just the latest episode of political violence. Can they turn down the temperature?

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Guest: Allan Woods, Toronto Star global and national affairs reporter

On the weekend, a 20-year-old gunman opened fire at a Donald Trump campaign rally, apparently injuring the former president, killing a bystander, and injuring two others. Toronto Star reporter Allan Woods wrote this week about the history of political violence and assassinations in the U.S., and about what that history might teach about how to step back from the brink of civil war. He also discusses the political fallout and implications of the shooting, the ongoing Republican National Convention, and whether those in attendance are tempering or ratcheting up their rhetoric.

This episode was produced by Julia De Laurentiis Johnston and Paulo Marques

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