What happens when a Congressman threatens a colleague with violence? | Robert Reich

America is experiencing increasingly virulent politics and violent political threats. Sometimes, it's elected officials who foment or encourage violence

Last week, Arizona Representative Paul Gosar posted on Twitter and Instagram a photoshopped animated cartoon in which he assassinates Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and attacks President Joe Biden.

Gosar says it symbolizes the battle for the soul of America" when Congress takes up the president's economic package, which he said includes immigration provisions he opposes.

Robert Reich, a former US secretary of labor, is professor of public policy at the University of California at Berkeley and the author of Saving Capitalism: For the Many, Not the Few and The Common Good. His new book, The System: Who Rigged It, How We Fix It, is out now. He is a Guardian US columnist. His newsletter is at robertreich.substack.com