Not just Kirk's killing, America has seen a general rise in political violence
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Contributing sentiments towards policy:
42% : "I'm old enough to personally remember the political violence of the 1960s, and I hope it is obvious to everyone in America that political violence does not solve any of our political differences.41% : The storming of the Capitol is seen as the most blatant act of political violence in recent history.
40% : Beyond the recent surge, the United States has had a long history of political violence that has involved killing of four presidents, multiple civil rights leaders, and many federal and state politicians.
40% : On January 6, 2021, Trump egged on thousands of his supporters to attack the US Capitol to hijack the certification of the 2020 presidential election and illegally overturn it in his favour.
35% : They say that conditions that drove the violence in 1960s have taken root in present-day America as well, such as militant racism (both white supremacist and Black nationalist groups), culture wars, and state violence.
33% : This kind of rhetoric is directly responsible for the terrorism that we're seeing in our country today, and it must stop right now," said Trump in a statement.
30% : In the living memory, at least three presidents and former presidents have survived assassination attempts: Ronald Reagon survived an attempt at his life in 1982, Gerald Ford survived two attempts within 17 days in 1975, and Trump survived two attempts on his life last year during the presidential campaign.
29% : Many fear that the situation has worsened under Trump as he has actively sided with racists and has promoted unrestrained use of state against critics -- as portrayed by his declaration of 'war' on Chicago and threats of prosecution to judges giving unfavourable rulings.
27% : In his second term, in one of his first actions, Trump pardoned all those accused and convicted of attacking the Capitol.
26% : Over the past two years, there have been a slew of assassinations and attempted assassinations in the United States, two of them targeting Trump, that have led to fears that the country could be falling into a phase like 1960s when four major assassinations took place.
22% : Former President Joe Biden called for an end to political violence after Kirk's shooting.
19% : AFP While the killing of Charlie Kirk, the conservative ally of President Donald Trump, is shocking, it is not rare as political violence has been rising in the United States.
9% : Assassination plots were uncovered against several other presidents as well, such as Harry Truman, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Geroge W Bush, and Barack Obama.
7% : Even though there has been bipartisan condemnation of Kirk's killing with former presidents calling for a purge of political violence, Trump has blamed the political violence on the "radical left" and an ally, Congresswoman Nancy Mace, blamed it on "leftist lunatic".
*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.