‘A core threat to our democracy’: threat of political violence growing across US

Republicans' muted response to Paul Gosar's behavior has intensified fears about where incendiary rhetoric may lead

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood on the House floor and implored her colleagues to hold Paul Gosar accountable for sharing an altered anime video showing him killing her and attacking Joe Biden.

Our work here matters. Our example matters. There is meaning in our service," Ocasio-Cortez said in her speech last week. And as leaders in this country, when we incite violence with depictions against our colleagues, that trickles down into violence in this country."