Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Election Day nears
WASHINGTON (AP) — Over the past four years, judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation’s democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be coming.
The Surprising Reality of Political Violence in America
When former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated in Pennsylvania in July, a Dartmouth College political scientist named Sean Westwood happened to be in the middle of a research project asking Americans about political violence.
Amid Trump assassination attempt, fears of political violence reach new heights
Concerns about the rising prevalence of violent threats and a growing list of violent attacks on politicians were punctuated Saturday when a gunman killed at least one person during an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The shooting immediately sparked concerns that the already-heated election cycle would lead to...
Why fears of post-election violence may be inflated
Democrats are sounding the alarm that former President Trump’s harsh rhetoric in the home stretch of a tight presidential race could portend a repeat of the mass political violence that broke out among his supporters in January 2021. But national security experts say there’s reason to believe a repeat of the Jan. 6 insurrection is…