From Democrats who wouldn’t vote for Kamala Harris to families of January 6ers, we meet the people behind Donald Trump’s red wave.
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Saturday, November 16, 2024
Hello! In this issue:
* We meet the people behind Donald Trump’s red wave.
* When people report sexual assault to police and find themselves under scrutiny.
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** The Many Contradictions of a Trump Victory
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As Donald Trump prepares to enter the White House for a second term, the reasons people voted him into office are becoming more clear.
For Micki Witthoeft, it’s cause for celebration. Her daughter, Ashli Babitt, was shot and killed by a police officer after storming the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Today, Witthoeft is confident Trump will stand by his word and pardon everyone involved.
“He said his administration's going to be one on ‘promises made and promises kept,’ ” she said. “I felt like he was talking right to me.”
But it’s not the same sentiment for all voters. This week on Reveal, we look at the many contradictions behind Trump’s victory, with stories from hosts Hanna Rosin and Lauren Ober of the new podcast from The Atlantic, We Live Here Now ([link removed]) ; Mother Jones reporter Tim Murphy; and Reveal producer Najib Aminy. We delve into January 6ers seeking pardons, “messy middle” voters who split their ballots, and members of the Uncommitted movement who wouldn’t vote for Kamala Harris despite being opposed to Trump.
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For years, Reveal’s Rachel de Leon searched for and investigated cases across the country in which people reported sexual assaults to police, only to find themselves under suspicion.
She looked closely at 52 cases in which someone who reported sexual assault ended up charged with a crime and saw patterns emerge. In 15 cases, police concluded the report was false and arrested the reporting victim within a single day. Police records sometimes show very little evidence to back up the false reporting charges.
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