27 election signs have gone missing in North Topeka, KS, this campaign season: 22 of them Biden signs, 1 of them a Trump sign. But it was the theft of the Trump sign that led a Trump supporter to shoot and wound three people today. https://www.cjonline.com/news/20201101/3-shot-in-dispute-over-trump-signs-allegedly-stolen
A pro-Trump car parade in Richmond, Virginia, today ended in Trump supporters firing gunshots and spraying chemical irritants. https://richmond.com/news/state-and-regional/witnesses-describe-clash-at-lee-circle-between-caravan-of-trump-supporters-and-a-crowd-of/article_473ba282-d762-54b1-97da-c365ccf903ca.html
Trump supporters shut down a bridge in NY today and blockaded the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/caravans-of-trump-supporters-block-traffic-on-nj-parkway-ny-bridge/2699128/
This is a huge country, so there are always a lot of incidents. It's a heavily armed country too, so incidents are more likely to lead to life-threatening harm. But it's also true that the Trump campaign valorizes violence unlike any other since the George Wallace campaigns.
Trump's never going to tell his followers to cool it.
But there are plenty of other Republican leaders who should be able to send the message that Joe Biden has sent to violent actors on the left: we condemn and repudiate what you do.
Speak now, your country needs it from you
But there are plenty of other Republican leaders who should be able to send the message that Joe Biden has sent to violent actors on the left: we condemn and repudiate what you do.
Speak now, your country needs it from you