As the US elections are just two weeks away, the political climate remains tense. Political violence incidents have been on the rise in various states of the country recently. The most alarming incidents of violence were two assassination attempts targeting Trump. Among other high-profile events, three armed attacks at a Democratic campaign office for Harris in the past weeks stand out.

As the election day approaches in the US, the political climate continues to intensify. In York city of Pennsylvania, a man assaulted a group organizing a rally for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s White House campaign. The assailant punched a 74-year-old man in the head. In North Michigan, a person enraged by hatred towards Donald Trump ran over an 81-year-old man hanging a sign in the yard to support the former president’s re-election.

300 POLITICAL VIOLENCE CASES
The latest attacks were among at least 300 political violence cases identified by Reuters since Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. Just two weeks before the November 5 presidential elections, the incidents are part of the largest and longest-lasting increase in political violence in the US since the 1970s.

TWO ASSASSINATION ATTEMPTS, THREE ARMED ATTACKS
Some of the violence incidents could be reported, with the most notable being two assassination attempts targeting Trump. Among other high-profile events, three armed attacks at a Democratic campaign office for Harris in Arizona in recent weeks are noted. Political extremism experts warn of a highly volatile situation around the 2024 presidential elections. Especially Trump, frequently using provocative rhetoric, threatens to judge his political opponents, deploy the military against the “radical left,” and label them as “domestic enemies.”