The US has an insanely high level of violent rhetoric compared to the low amount of targeted political violence that actually happens. Only very occasional even

The US has an insanely high level of violent rhetoric compared to the low amount of targeted political violence that actually happens. Only very occasional events like Jan 6th break the barrier. And a senator got shot. Some sort of escalation feels inevitable? (I'm excluding mass shootings as "non-targeted but often political violence")