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Donald Trump called it a “lovefest.”
The New York Times called it “a carnival of grievances, misogyny and racism.”
Trump’s presidential campaign rally at Madison Square Garden last Sunday started with a comedian saying Puerto Rico is a “floating island of garbage.”
Speaker after speaker offered a dark assessment of America, with some adding crude comments, even by Trump’s standards, about Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Trump himself ranted about immigrants and America as an “occupied country” weakened by the “enemy from within.”
Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz was among those who compared the rally to a 1939 Nazi event at Madison Square Garden.
This week on Noon Edition, we will talk about fascism and the potential for next week’s election to change our system of government. Experts in political science and a representative of the group Defense of Democracy will join us.
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Guests
Noah Eber-Schmid, IU professor of Political Science
William E. Scheuerman, IU professor of Political Science
Aaron Dusso, Associate Professor of Political Science at IU Indy
Karen Svoboda, Executive Director of Defense of Democracy