Trump’s “Death Wish” Comment to McConnell Encapsulates Political Violence Problem

Former President Donald Trump said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has a “death wish” for supporting Democrat-sponsored bills. Trump wrote the remark on his social media platform Truth Social on Saturday after McConnell voted to prevent the government shutdown, and after he voted in favor of the Electoral Count Act, which was largely a response to the election-counting chaos that transpired on January 6, 2021. Trump’s comment about McConnell encapsulates the trend of violence, and violent speech, that has engulfed American politics in recent years. The New York Times reported on the increasing number of death threats that members of… Read Full Article