Will Political Violence Influence Election Day?

Dr. Munr Kazmir
5 min readSep 29, 2024

Political violence is threatening to remake the 2024 U.S. Presidential race.

We Will Not Be Silent TRUMP IS A TRAITOR Rally at the US Supreme Court along 1st Street between Maryland Avenue and East Capitol Street, NE, Washington DC on Thursday morning, 8 February 2024 by Elvert Barnes Protest Photography. (Photo: Elvert Barnes)

In the wake of two assassination attempts against former President Donald Trump, the political landscape in the United States is facing heightened tensions.

President Joe Biden recently admitted that large-scale public campaign events have been significantly curtailed due to heightened security concerns.

“Too dangerous,” President Biden told members of the press.

The Secret Service, tasked with protecting both candidates, has declared that large public gatherings pose too great a risk in the current climate. As Election Day approaches, the threat of violence is looming larger than ever before.

On September 18, a CNN caller was abruptly cut off by hosts after praising Trump’s would-be assassins.

Alaska man charged with threatening to assassinate 6 Supreme Court justices,” Melissa Quinn wrote for CBS News on September 19, 2024.

“An Alaska man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening to assassinate six members of the Supreme Court and harm two family members, the Justice Department said,” began Quinn. “Panos Anastasiou, 76, is accused of sending more than 465 messages to the Supreme Court through an online portal, which included…

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