This week’s confrontation that ended with FBI agents fatally shooting a 74-year-old Utah man who threatened to assassinate President Joe Biden was just the latest example of how violent rhetoric has created a more perilous political environment across the U.S. Threats against public officials have been steadily climbing in recent years, creating new challenges for law enforcement, civil rights and the health of American democracy.
While threats against public officials are a routine part of the country's history, German said the rhetoric by Trump and some of his supporters presents a new danger.
Kurt Braddock, a communications professor at American University in Washington, D.C., said rhetoric doesn't have to explicitly direct supporters to commit violence. Even if it inspires just a tiny fraction to commit crimes, it can still be dangerous given the extraordinary reach of political and“You get to the point where at least one person can interpret that as a call to violence,” Braddock said. “As we've seen, one person can do a lot of damage.
Still, experts warned against presuming that too many Americans are so radicalized that they might engage in politically motivated violence.
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