Apart from football, mixed martial arts, hockey, boxing, television, movies, books, video games and the most powerful military force in world history, Americans abhor violence.
And political violence is emphatically condemned on both ends of the political spectrum. At least it used to be.
After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul, had his skull fractured with a hammer wielded by an angry Trump supporter, some Republicans responded to the attack with condemnations of political violence of any sort. Some were probably sincere.
