Rising political threats take U.S. into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms
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Rising political threats take U.S. into uncharted territory as 2024 election looms

LA Times  

Law enforcement investigate the scene of a shooting involving the FBI on Wednesday in Provo, Utah. This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. A confrontation that ended Wednesday with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Six days earlier, a 52-year-old Texas man was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for threatening to kill Arizona election workers. “It’s definitely increased in the last five years,” said Jake Spano, mayor in the Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park and a board member of the National League of Cities, which issued a report in 2021 finding that 81% of local elected officials reported receiving threats and 87% saw the problem worsening. Authorities said the self-employed woodworker referred to himself as a “MAGA Trumper” — referring to Trump’s ”Make America Great Again” slogan — and had posted threats against Manhattan Dist. “As we’ve seen, one person can do a lot of damage.” Though the danger is greater and the rhetoric harsher on the political right, Braddock said, the left also has responsibility.

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