A man is charged after trying to attack President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. But experts say focusing on a single incident misses the bigger picture; threats against public officials are rising across parties, and the U.S. is in a heightened threat environment driven by politics and deeper forces shaping modern violence.
Here & Now‘s Indira Lakshmanan speaks with political violence researcher Jacob Ware.
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