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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Kira Lerner

‘Anger and radicalization’: rising number of Americans say political violence is justified

Trump at a lectern

The June federal indictment of Donald Trump is “radicalizing” support for the use of force on behalf of the former president and current presidential candidate, according to the author of a recent survey about threats to democracy.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the aisle, support for violence to restore the federal right to an abortion has also increased over the last few months, researchers found, although there’s little indication that any organized groups support acting on this belief.

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