America’s Growing Political Violence Problem
Crime scene tape flies in front of a 9/11 memorial following the fatal shooting of political activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University on September 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Michael Ciaglo via Getty Images)
Death threats, assassination attempts, and political intimidation are now so frequent they barely make headlines. Another danger is how quickly we’ve grown used to it.
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We are living through an age of political violence in America. One sign of that: Threats of violence against public figures are now so commonplace that they barely make the front page.
Consider the past 48 hours.
On Tuesday morning, we learned from a CBS News report that Christopher Moynihan, a participant in the January 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol, was arrested for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
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