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Transcript/ScriptE24 0923 Washington Week Ahead (TV)
HEADLINE: Bipartisan calls to cool heated political rhetoric in US presidential campaign
TEASER: Both major parties call for cooler heads amid assassination attempts and disinformation campaign targeting Haitian immigrants
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BYLINE: Arash Arabasadi
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[[INTRO: U.S. lawmakers from both major political parties have called for cooling the nation’s heated political rhetoric six weeks before the November 5th presidential election. This follows a second apparent assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump. And his claims of immigrants eating people’s pets that has an Ohio Haitan community on edge. VOA’s Arash Arabasadi has this story.]]
((TRUMP RALLY, WILMINGTON, NC, AP, 09/21))
((NARRATOR))
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds his first outdoor rally since last Sunday’s second apparent assassination attempt. Without offering evidence, Trump had earlier blamed the rhetoric of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the incident.
((STILL IMAGE, HARRIS, MADISON, WI, AP, 09/21))
((WH.GOV STATEMENT))
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((NARRATOR))
In a statement published on White House dot gov, Democratic presidential nominee, Vice President Harris said she was deeply disturbed by the possible assassination attempt, adding that she condemns political violence.
((HOUSE VOTE, CAPITOL HILL, AP, 09/20))
((mandatory cg U.S. House TV))
((NARRATOR))
In a recent and overwhelming show of bipartisanship, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill to increase Secret Service funding with all members present supporting the measure.
((VOX POP, MAN))
“The bill is passed. And without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on the table.”
((VAR, TRUMP SHOOTING, BUTLER, PA, AP, 07/13))
((NARRATOR))
The Secret Service recently acknowledged failures in securing Trump at the first attempted assassination in Pennsylvania in which a bullet hit his ear.
Now, the formation of a bipartisan task force to investigate those attempts and what’s driving this wave of political violence, with both leaders speaking Sunday.
[RADIO TRACK: Task force leader and Republican Representative Mike Kelly on ABC’s “This Week”]
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((Rep. Mike Kelly, Republican))
“There’s something that’s happened to us. Our culture has been greatly affected by this. Rhetoric is rhetoric. Both sides say things at times. You look back and say, ‘Well, I didn’t mean it that way.’ That’s the way it was perceived, and that’s the way it was taken. You’ve got to be careful of what you say and how you say it.
[RADIO TRACK: Task force leader and Democratic Representative Jason Crow on ABC’s “This Week”]
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((Rep. Jason Crow, Democrat))
“There’s a big difference between having tough debates during a political season – which is what we should do – and condemning political violence and saying there is no
place in our American society – whether you’re a Republican or Democrat – for anybody ever to take actions into their own hands and resort to violence.”
((VAR, SPRINGFIELD, OH, VOA ORIGINAL))
((NARRATOR))
Meanwhile, Trump has continued to push his widely debunked claim that Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were kidnapping and eating people’s pets.
((NEWSER, SPRINGFIELD, AP, 09/17))
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((NARRATOR))
Claims refuted by Ohio’s governor and the city’s mayor… both Republicans.
((VAR, SPRINGFIELD, OH, VOA ORIGINAL))
((NARRATOR))
But a claim, no less, that’s come with bomb and personal threats keeping the community here on edge.
[RADIO TRACK: Haitian migrant Baptiste speaking with VOA]
((Baptiste, Haitian Migrant))
“Since we are Haitian, when news like that is published in the media, it scares us. We are just searching for a better life.”
[RADIO TRACK: A Haitian migrant who requested anonymity speaking with VOA]
((Haitian Migrant)) ((NO NAME GIVEN))
“The guy turned and said, ‘You f**king Haitians.’ Then he pulled a knife on me.”
((TRUMP RALLY, WILMINGTON, NC, AP, 09/21))
((NARRATOR))
Despite calls in recent days to cool heated rhetoric, both campaigns are continuing to hit out loudly against each other on the campaign trail.
[RADIO TRACK: Trump addressing rallygoers as provided by the Associated Press]
((AP))
((Donald Trump, Republican Presidential Candidate))
“If Kamala Harris is reelected, she will kill the American dream forever. She’s not competent to be president, either. But, you know, I don’t want to be rude. I don’t want to be rude. She’s not competent to be president.”
[RADIO TRACK: Democratic vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz at a rally in Pennsylvania as provided by AP]
((WALZ RALLY, ALLENTOWN, PA, AP, 09/21))
((Tim Walz, Democratic Vice Presidential Nominee))
“We got folks running as Republicans for governor that are proud to refer to themselves as Nazis. Let’s not pretend there’s a gradual difference between the folks that are running here.”
((VAR, EARLY VOTING, AP))
((NARRATOR))
Early voting is already underway in some states ahead of the November 5th election.
Arash Arabasadi, VOA News.
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Embargo DateSeptember 23, 2024 15:24 EDT
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