This is nothing new in terms of US politics and political candidates gladly fan the flames: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2019/07/11/a-short-history-of

This is nothing new in terms of US politics and political candidates gladly fan the flames: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2019/07/11/a-short-history-of-campaign-dirty-tricks-before-twitter-and-facebook/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2019/07/11/a-short-his... edit: And if I remember in Rome a politician was literally killed by a mob of his opponent's constituents so this has been going on for thousands of years.