12 million Americans still justify violence to restore Trump, finds survey
- 12 million American adults, or over 4% of the adult population, believe violence is justified to restore former President Donald Trump to the White House, according to a new survey by the University of Chicago.
- The survey also revealed a continued support for violence to achieve political goals, a general distrust of democracy, and a belief in dangerous conspiracy theories.
- Despite this, a significant majority of Americans believe that Republicans and Democrats should jointly condemn political violence.
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'Disturbing': 12 million Americans think violence is justified to put Trump back in the White House
More than two years after the deadly January 6 insurrection, 12 million people in the United States, or 4.4% of the adult population, believe the use of violence is justified to restore former President Donald Trump to power, The Guardian reported Friday. This percentage has declined from nearly 10...
'Disturbing': 12 Million US Adults Think Violence Is Justified to Put Trump Back in White House
"We're heading into an extremely tumultuous election season," said one expert. "What's happening in the United States is political violence is going from the fringe to the mainstream."
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