person
also known as Wallace, Governor Wallace
George Wallace (1919–1998), governor of Alabama and a presidential candidate in 1968 and 1972, shot and paralysed by Arthur Bremer while campaigning in May 1972. For Mae the shooting was one of the attacks that shaped the 1972 election. No. 106 sets it beside the week's reports from Washington.
Across the broadcasts
106
Appears as a victim whose shooting Mae weighs for who gained by it, beginning with the White House's relief
June 25, 1973
Mae sets Hunt's grand-jury account of the president's worry beside the errand to Bremer's apartment.
"someone with ties to the Republican Party didn't have anything to do with it"Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 18:43
Mae dwells on the White House's relief, which to her is itself a sign of interest in the shooting.
"the president was overjoyed that it wasn't a Republican that was involved"Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 19:39
Mae adds the pressure on Wallace's family to the record of how the White House managed him.
"the Justice Department put a squeeze on Wallace's brother"Mae Brussell, Mae Brussell Research Center, Broadcast 2 (25 Jun 1973), 20:11
Connections
shot byArthur Bremer
Shot by Bremer on 15 May 1972.