Americans are trying to kill each other over politics, and the pace is accelerating.
A Jan. 6 rioter Trump pardoned pleaded guilty today to threatening to kill the House Minority Leader and walked away with probation. This week, another man was charged with attempted murder after spending months planning to assassinate the president’s budget director, arriving at his home with a concealed weapon and a guide to avoiding detection. In Minnesota, another man called on followers to get their guns and hunt federal agents.
None of this is rhetorical. People are showing up at homes with weapons. The escalating political extremism that began with the Tea Party has exploded into something that won’t easily fit back in the bottle. Everyone knows this should stop, but no one knows how.
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Source: The Independent
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Source: CNBC
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: The Virginia Mercury
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Source: Mississippi Today
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Source: BBC
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Source: The Associated Press
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Source: ArlNow
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Source: KARE Minneapolis
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Source: The Arizona Mirror
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Source: The Washington Post
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Source: The Hill
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Source: FedScoop
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Source: USA Today
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Source: CNN
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Source: Newsweek
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