Violence and instability have become a feature, not a bug, of US political life
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6QRQR)
Another apparent Trump assassination attempt happened - as we brace for what has been dubbed a tinderbox election'
It has happened again. Another serene and sunny weekend. Another lone suspect wielding a rifle. Another apparent bid to assassinate Donald Trump. And a nation hurtling into uncharted territory 50 days from a presidential election.
On Sunday, Secret Service agents opened fire after seeing a man with a rifle near Trump's West Palm Beach golf club in Florida while the Republican candidate was playing. The suspect fled in an SUV and was later apprehended by local law enforcement.
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