Are we descending into an era of new political barbarity? Has the attack on Donald Trump’s won him the race? What can we expect from the Republican National Convention next week?

Join Katty Kay and Anthony Scaramucci for this emergency episode of The Rest Is Politics US.

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00:00 Intro
00:50 Run-down
01:55 Political barbarity in the US
04:15 Symbolism and the political context
06:50 Assassinations through history
07:40 Implications for the campaign
09:42 What happens now
11:00 Donald Trump's instinct for the moment
12:23 Will Joe Biden leave the presidential race?
14:00 How did this happen?
15:30 The Narrative
18:00 Can Joe Biden salvage his campaign?
20:40 Elon Musk & sympathy for Trump
24:50 A message to Joe Biden
25:30 How Trump's campaign could capitalise