Summary
The article details a series of politically motivated attacks in the United States over recent years. It emphasizes that people from different backgrounds and beliefs have been targets of violence, underscoring the shared right to live and express views without fear.
Key Facts
- Charlie Kirk, CEO of Turning Point USA, was killed in Orem, Utah.
- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro's residence was set on fire while he and his family were home.
- Israeli embassy workers Yaron Lischinsky and Sarah Lynn Milgrim were shot in Washington, D.C.
- Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed; State Senator John Hoffman and his wife were also attacked but survived.
- There were two assassination attempts on Donald Trump during his presidential campaign last year.
- Craig Greenberg, a Louisville mayoral candidate, survived a shooting attempt in 2022.
- A man with plans to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh was arrested.
- Paul Pelosi was attacked with a hammer in his home in 2022.
- The January 6th Capitol riot included bomb threats at political party headquarters.
- A 2020 plot aimed to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer.
- In 2017, a shooting at a congressional baseball practice injured four people, including Congressman Steve Scalise.
