07/15/2024

After Trump Shooting, Republicans Seek to Blame Political Violence Trend on Democrats

However, fact-finding analyses highlight something different

Within hours of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, many of his supporters began laying blame on Democrats, seeking to flip the script on who has stoked America's heated political rhetoric as cases of political violence reach historic heights.

From establishment Republicans to far-right conspiracy theorists, a consistent message emerged that President Joe Biden and other Democratic leaders laid the groundwork for Saturday's shooting by casting Trump as an autocrat who poses a grave threat to democracy.

A Reuters analysis of more than 200 incidents of politically motivated violence between 2021 and 2023, however, presented a different picture: In those years, fatal political violence more often emanated from the American right than from the left.

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