GBH News | Doris Kearns Goodwin: How assassination attempts shaped U.S. history @GBHNews | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 15 hours ago.
Doris Kearns Goodwin offered this assessment of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump: “Coming so close to dying has to have an impact."

The acclaimed historian joined GBH's Boston Public Radio to discuss attempts on the lives of U.S. presidents and presidential candidates from Ronald Reagan to John F. Kennedy to Teddy Roosevelt.

00:00 Teddy Roosevelt assassination attempt
4:00 How LBJ continued JFK’s legacy
8:25 Ronald Reagan assassination attempt
11:00 George Wallace assassination attempt and redemption
13:00 Robert Kennedy assassination
15:16 Trump assassination and the 2024 race?
20:00 LBJ's decision not to seek reelection
23:00 Will Biden step down?

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