The 2024 US presidential election is proving to be one of the most violent in recent history. It has already been marked by two assassination attempts on the former president and Republican candidate, Donald Trump.
The Trump campaign has repeatedly claimed that rhetoric from Kamala Harris prompted the assassination attempts earlier this year, although there is no evidence to support this. But Trump has also ratcheted up the atmosphere with his rhetoric naming the Democrats as “enemies from within”.
Warnings about what might happen on election day are increasingly being made public. In the past few days, US intelligence experts have warned of extremists targeting election officials and seeking to disrupt the vote.
