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Why political violence is on the rise in the United States

Studies show that over the past decade, there has been a steady increase in political violence and threats against public officials, like Saturday’s attempted assassination of Trump. Cynthia Miller-Idriss, director of American University’s Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab, joins Ali Rogin to discuss how we got to this point.

Why political violence is on the rise in the United States

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