If there was a telling recent moment when it comes to how ugly our political discourse has become, it might well have been the brutal 2022 hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul.

Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) spoke about the attempted assassination attempt on President Trump in Butler, PA last year.

The View hosts took strong stances against political violence — and called out Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) by name — as they agonized over the targeted shootings of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers ...

Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah and others posted unfounded claims on social media about the political affiliation of the gunman arrested in the June 14 fatal shootings of a Democratic Minnesota ...

Lee’s comments have not helped the process of trying to make sense of these violent acts, nor do the Republican’s words help discourage such political violence.

Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) confronted Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) on Monday evening after his controversial online posts about the political assassination and attempted murder of Minnesota state lawmakers ...

And the price of that is that incidents of political violence could serve to radicalize yet more people against their opponents – and often, the illusion of those opponents’ violent tendencies.

If there was a telling recent moment when it comes to how ugly our political discourse has become, it might well have been the brutal 2022 hammer attack on Nancy Pelosi’s husband, Paul.