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Political violence becomes America's new norm - but is still shocking

After decades without political violence directed at a presidential candidate from one of the major parties, the US has now experienced this twice in the space of two months - with former president Donald Trump the target on both occasions.

In mid-July, he narrowly avoided being shot in the head by a gunman at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The 20-year-old attacker was shot dead by a sniper.

Two months later, on Sunday afternoon, during a round of golf, he was the apparent target of another would-be assassin, according to the FBI, with a suspect now in custody.

ChicagoTransplant ,

The chickens are coming home to roost for a man who promised everything to everyone, delivered nothing to them, and whipped them up into a frenzy over nonsense.

Facebones ,

This is America. Its never been and will never be shocking. America is built by violence, for violence.

driving_crooner ,
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I read the title as “Police violence become America’s new norm - bur is still shocking” thinking it was the New York metro cops shooting everyone around.

MrSebSin ,
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Not shocking at all. We have daily localized shootings and mass shootings every couple months that make national news. One orange jackass, whether you’re a supporter or not, nobody gives a shit. People are more interested the shooter’s story not the shootee.

jewbacca117 ,

School shootings are the norm here, suppose it was a matter of time before it spread to politics.

Oh well, thoughts and prayers I guess.

aodhsishaj ,

To be honest, America is a nation built on and of political violence.

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FaceDeer ,
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I recall seeing a list of the most dangerous jobs in America and "President of the United States" topped it due to the high percentage of people with that job who've been shot.

halcyoncmdr ,
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Only by percentage. When you only have a dataset of 46, each incident is much bigger than something like children killed vs total school children.

catloaf ,

So are we taking bets on next month or what?

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