Poll: 78 Percent of Americans Say Toxic Rhetoric Could Inspire Violence
Large majorities of Democrats and Republicans agree that inflammatory political rhetoric could inspire acts of violence, according to a 91 percent of Democrats and voters who lean Democratic say that aggressive or heated rhetoric by elected officials could lead to violence against the groups or people the rhetoric targets, while 61 percent of those who lean Republican say the same, according to the study. 73 percent of respondents want politicians to avoid using such aggressive rhetoric, while only a quarter say officials “should be able to ...
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