Nicholas Goldberg: Don't turn away from the rising tide of political violence in America
by Nicholas Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
Jan 10, 2023
3 minutes
On the Friday in October when David DePape burst into the house where 82-year-old Paul Pelosi was sleeping and allegedly beat him with a hammer, fracturing his skull, most Americans were shocked, horrified and disgusted.
Pelosi was brutally assaulted in what prosecutors have called a politically motivated attempt to capture, kidnap and torture his wife, Nancy, then the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
But should we have been shocked? I don't think so. It was entirely in keeping with our current political climate, the bitter, polarized culture that has been teetering on the tense
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