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On Monday, CNN Newsroom Jim Acosta hosted Michael Gold, political correspondent for The New York Times. Unsurprisingly, both downplayed former President Donald Trumps attempted assassination and whine that people think he was “saved by God.” Acosta began the segment by stating “obviously, there have been calls for unity and civility” following the recent assassination attempt. Gold quickly responded that Trump “has been calling for unity at his rallies” but claimed that Trump only says that to “people who already follow him” not the whole country.       Gold went on to complain that the Republican National Convention, which has different themes each night, will include “themes [that] are largely attacking President Biden.” Desperately attempting to create sympathy for democrats, Gold added that “unity merges with the need to set the tone for the rest of the race and that tone is going to be a pretty negative one for Democrats.” Acosta then asked Gold what he thought about the narrative of Trump being a “savior” to the country. "A lot of what you're seeing on social media, a lot of what some of the former president's allies are saying is that they're seeing the fact that he was able to survive this assassination attempt as almost, like, a religious event that he was saved by God," he scoffed. Gold responded that it was the “tone for a lot of people.” He then huffed that Trumps team has viewed what he went through as a “political martyrdom” and this shooting only “fuels” that narrative even more: And for a lot of people here, they've seen Trump as kind of the savior of the country already anyway and the fact that something like this happened sort of adds to the political martyrdom that he and his team have been fueling for the last year if not longer, especially with the criminal cases against him. Gold concluded that “this only serves to emphasize a narrative that was already in place.” Click "Expand" to view the transcript: CNN Newsroom with Wolf Blitzer 7/15/2024 11:51:33 – 11:54:12 JIM ACOSTA: Michael Gold is a political correspondent for The New York Times. He's in Milwaukee covering the Republican National Convention. Michael, I mean, obviously, there have been calls for unity and civility in the wake of this assassination attempt on the former president. But what can you tell us about what you're picking up on? I mean, one of the things that we've seen in just the last several hours is that the former president is now back on Truth Social, and he's accusing the Biden administration of weaponizing the Justice Department and so on. So, for all of these calls of civility, his tone is a about where it was prior to what took place on Saturday. MICHAEL GOLD (POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT, NEW YORK TIMES): I think there was always a question about how long calls for unity might last and how long it would be before he returned to the campaign attacks that have defined the race this year. And I would note also, to be fair, President Trump has been calling for unity at his rallies, but he's been delivering that call to a pretty limited audience. It's mostly people who already follow him. I think something that's very clear, if you look at the program for the Convention which remains the program that it always is, most of the nights have themes that are announced and those themes are largely attacking President Biden. My colleague, Michael Bender, and I reported that there was an effort to review some of the speeches in the wake of what happened on Saturday and few of the speeches that had been submitted needed to change. So, I think there is an idea of unity here. But it's going to be very interesting to see how that unity merges with the need to set the tone for the rest of the race and that tone is going to be a pretty negative one for Democrats. ACOSTA: And how are folks there in Milwaukee -- Republican operatives, activists, and so on, how are they viewing Donald Trump now after what took place on Saturday? I mean, a lot of what you're seeing on social media, a lot of what some of the former president's allies are saying is that they're seeing the fact that he was able to survive this assassination attempt as almost, like, a religious event that he was saved by God. I wonder if you picking up on some of those -- I guess some of those angles out there in Milwaukee. GOLD: I think that definitely is the tone for a lot of people here. You know, there's some campaign volunteers I've seen, there's some delegates I've spoken to who feel like Trump was saved by what happened. He was very lucky. I think you heard Trump say that in interviews with the Washington Examiner and The New York Post. He seems very aware of how close he came to having something more serious happen. And for a lot of people here, they've seen Trump as kind of the savior of the country already anyway and the fact that something like this happened sort of adds to the political martyrdom that he and his team have been fueling for the last year if not longer, especially with the criminal cases against him. So, I think this only serves to emphasize a narrative that was already in place.

Not long after the assassination attempt on former President Trump, MSNBC host Joy Reid made her X account private over the weekend, possibly to hide the incendiary anti-Rhetoric she spewed for years. So, the network’s Monday night coverage of the night one of the Republican National Convention was Reid first public comments on the shooting. Of course, they were vile. She expressed her “fear” that Trump would be allowed to “rewrite himself” as “a victim” because he was shot in the head. Claiming she spoke to “civilians” and “professionals,” Reid suggested there was a “deep concern” and “fear” that the “media writ large…will acquiesce to trying to convince people that the things they have been experiencing for the last five, six years didn't happen.”     Reid proclaimed that the media need to be “the guardians of memory” and not allow Trump to “rewrite himself as both a hero and a victim” after surviving an assassin’s bullet passing through is right ear. She argued that Trump should be viewed as a victim because he was supposedly “the greatest purveyor and promoter of political violence really, you know, since anyone can remember, since George Wallace.” A few minutes later, Reid essentially suggested the assassination attempt was Trump experiencing the boomeranging of the political violence he caused: The one time I’ve ever been afraid doing this job, honestly, was in 2016, in Cleveland. When men – because it's an open carry state, Ohio – were pacing in front of our position with long guns, with AR-15s, in a way to menace us, as we were in our outdoor positions. They felt they needed to send a message to us visually with their firearms. And I think about the people who have tried to vote in Arizona, when men with long guns were standing outside of those polling places to send them a message, “if you don't vote the right way, I'm here with this gun.” And so, the idea of political violence that we’ve been nursing really since then is so dangerous. It's so dangerous that you cannot avoid the consequences of it even if you're one of the people promoting it. Between Reid’s grotesque comments, fellow MSNBC Rachel Maddow (who inspired the congressional baseball shooter who tried to assassinate multiple Republicans) insisted “motivations of the shooter [are] irrelevant.” The transcript is below. Click "expand" to read: MSNBC’s The Reid Out July 15, 2024 7:07:22 p.m. Eastern (…) JOY REID: I will say that the kind of universal kind of reaction that I'm getting – whether it's civilians or professionals – is really a deep concern and lack of confidence in – not us at this table or us at MSNBC but us as the media writ large. And a fear that what's going to happen now is that the Republican Party will do what they do. They're in the middle of a campaign. The convention started today. But that the media will acquiesce to trying to convince people that the things they have been experiencing for the last five, six years didn't happen. That the greatest purveyor and promoter of political violence really, you know, since anyone can remember, since George Wallace, I think; that we just haven't experienced that kind of open, you know, sort of incitement of violence, or sort of luxuriating in the idea of violence. It's just not something we're used to anymore in American politics. Then we had to get used to that being a thing. And people are concerned and expressing concern that we won't be the guardians of memory. And that we will allow Donald Trump as he is, you know, bathed in the glory and grandeur of his party, to rewrite himself as both a hero and a victim. That people who are the most vulnerable to not just the things he's done but the things he's promising to do, and that that will then happen without a guardian saying, “Wait, stop,” and that the media will acquiesce to this rewrite. And the people I have been talking to don't accept the rewrite. (…) 7:09:59 p.m. Eastern RACHEL MADDOW: We’ve had an incredible history of political violence in this country. But one thing that's true over time when you look back at that whole string, going all the way back to the 1800s, is that the motive of the person committing the violence is never relevant. REID: Very true. MADDOW: The act of violence itself ends politics, turns it over into crime, and makes the views and the motivations of the shooter irrelevant. Everybody in politics no matter where you are ideologically, must unite around the idea that violence is unacceptable. (…) 7:11:43 p.m. Eastern REID: And if I can very quick – I don’t want to monopolize the time, but, you know, the one time I’ve ever been afraid doing this job, honestly, was in 2016, in Cleveland. When men – because it's an open carry state, Ohio – were pacing in front of our position with long guns, with AR-15s, in a way to menace us, as we were in our outdoor positions. They felt they needed to send a message to us visually with their firearms. And I think about the people who have tried to vote in Arizona, when men with long guns were standing outside of those polling places to send them a message, “if you don't vote the right way, I'm here with this gun.” And so, the idea of political violence that we’ve been nursing really since then is so dangerous. It's so dangerous that you cannot avoid the consequences of it even if you're one of the people promoting it. (…)

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