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  • Trump-DC Return -- USAGM
  • July 26, 2022
  • Content Type Package
  • Language English
  • Transcript/Script Trump-DC Return (TV) HEADLINE: Trump, in Defiant Return Speech, Digs in on Election Fraud Claim TEASER: Trump, in wide-ranging, angry speech marking return to Washington, sketches out ‘America First’ agenda, repeats claim he won in 2020 PUBLISHED: 7/26/2022 at BYLINE: Anita Powell CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington VIDEOGRAPHER: AP, AFP, Zoom VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: Holly Franko, Tom Turco VIDEO SOURCE (S): AP, AFP, ZOOM (WITH LICENSE), original PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: VID APPROVED BY: TYPE: EDITOR NOTES: There is a companion Web piece. )) ((INTRO:)) [[The last time President Donald Trump spoke to a crowd in Washington was on his final day as president – just weeks after the deadly events of January 6, 2021, which earned him a second, failed, impeachment. More than 18 months later, he returned to town with wealthy allies for his first major political and policy address since he left office. VOA’s Anita Powell reports from Washington.]] ((Establish Trump from AP-4390273)) ((NARRATOR)) Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday repeated his false claim that he won the 2020 election during a wide-ranging policy speech that marked his defiant return to Washington – and a possible return to politics. ((SOT, English, AP-4390273)) ((Donald Trump, Former US President)) "I ran the first time and I won. Then I ran a second time and I did much better. We got millions and millions more votes. And you know what? That's going to be a story for a long time. What a disgrace it was. But we may just have to do it again.” ((continue with scenes from AP- 4390273 to show how long this speech was)) ((NARRATOR)) This came more than halfway through a 90-minute speech, in which he also sketched out what he described as a "law and order" agenda that would take a harder line on immigrants and drug offenders, and give law enforcement enhanced powers. ((Begin with ORIGINAL PHONE video establishing Gingrich)) VOA asked Trump supporter and former House speaker Newt Gingrich what he thought of Trump's election victory claim, ((Jan 6 hearing: AP-4389803)) which is at the center of a series of congressional hearings ((Jan 6 footage: AFP-V000_8YA993)) looking at a violent insurrection attempt at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. They were attempting to stop Congress from certifying President Joe Biden’s victory over Trump. ((SOT, English, ORIGINAL phone video)) ((Newt Gingrich, Former US House Speaker)) "It's amazing that you could take a two-hour speech and figure out the 90 seconds you care about.” ((Establish White House briefing on July 25)) ((NARRATOR)) The day before, VOA asked White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre whether the Biden administration would be watching Trump's speech. ((SOT, MRT requested)) ((Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary)) "It's not something that I'm tracking or we're tracking here. I don't know what he's coming to talk about.” ((continue with Jan 6 footage: AP-4389803 or AFP-V000_8YA993)) ((NARRATOR)) Some analysts say Trump's decision to sow doubt about the election outcome is significant. [[Radio: Michael O'Hanlon is director of research in foreign policy at the Brookings Institution. He spoke to VOA via Zoom.]] ((SOT, English, Zoom, from 3:25 in track, file herehttps://app.frame.io/player/9207e1ce-018b-4cf4-ad73-9f753eba25db)) ((Michael O’Hanlon, Brookings Institution)) "Most of his policy interventions and ideas I'm prepared to live with, because at least he was playing within the rules. At least this is what a constitutional democracy with checks and balances and democratic process is supposed to allow for and vet. However, when you stop respecting the outcome of elections, just because it hurts you personally, that is a whole different kettle of fish. I think it really gets into illegal territory pretty quickly.” ((Return to Trump, AP-4390273)) ((NARRATOR)) And Trump’s words may echo beyond U.S. shores. [[Radio: Jeremi Suri is a history professor at the University of Texas at Austin. He spoke to VOA via Zoom, from Berlin.]] ((SOT, English, Zoom, from 4:31 in track https://app.frame.io/player/22869b8d-d083-431d-989a-c67bcac5c4e2)) ((Jeremi Suri, University of Texas at Austin)) “I think this speech makes it hard, once again, for Democrats and Republicans to go around the world and tell people that our country is a beacon of democracy. When 30 percent of Americans or so buy into this garbage, when people give him a standing ovation, as they did at times tonight – even if he never wins another office, it shows that democracy is really not the dominant force in American thinking today.” ((Establish hearing, AFP-V000_32F77HD)) ((NARRATOR)) The events of January 6 have been dramatically replayed in meticulous detail in the past month, in a series of slickly produced congressional hearings. Those featured an outtake from Trump's message to the nation a day after the insurrection. ((SOT 1, AFP- V000_32F77HD)) ((Donald Trump, Former U.S. President)) “I don't want to say the election's over. I just want to say Congress has certified the results without saying the election's over.” ((End Trump in Washington on Tuesday, AP-4390273)) On Tuesday, in Washington, he said that part out loud.
  • NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
  • Network VOA
  • Location (dateline) Washington D.C.
  • Embargo Date July 26, 2022 15:55 EDT
  • Byline ((Anita Powell, VOA News, Washington))
  • Brand / Language Service Voice of America - English
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