DONALD TRUMP AFTER BEING SHOT AT (IMAGE: EPA/DAVID MAXWELL)
Donald Trump’s supporters are already blaming Democrats, Joe Biden and critics of the former president for the failed attempt on his life. And Trump, who has already promised a radically more authoritarian presidency, will surely use the assassination attempt as an excuse to crack down on protest and criticism if he returns to the White House. Think it can't happen? It already is, writes Bernard Keane.Political violence is far from ‘unheard of’Several US politicians have returned to the refrain that political violence is “un-American” following the near-assassination of Donald Trump. PresidentJoe Biden even claimed such violence is “unheard of” in America. This could not be further from the truth, writes Charlie Lewis. From its foundations to the present day, the country is riven with bloodshed.[/table]
DONALD TRUMP AFTER BEING SHOT AT (IMAGE: EPA/DAVID MAXWELL)
