Americans Believe Escalating Political Rhetoric is Fueling Violence: Poll

Nearly two out of three Americans believe that escalating rhetoric and the way political discourse is engaged in are leading to more violence in the United States, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. The survey was conducted in the days after conservative political commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated at a Utah university. The Reuters/Ipsos poll, taken between Sept. 12 and 14, found that Americans are growing concerned over a climate of rising partisan divisions and ramping violence in a year that has also included the firebombing attack on Democratic Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s residence, and the June killings of Minnesota state Rep. Melissa Hortman, a Democrat, and her husband....