Robert Pape

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Modern Wisdom · Democrats vs Republicans: Who Is Actually More Violent? - Robert Pape #1154 · 24 Sep 2026 podcast

So that's a long time ago. matched

And that means that although there will be a few of us baby boomers who were born, I'm right at the tail end of the baby boom generation. matched

So there will be a few of us who were born. matched

But even I can't really recall personally the 1960s because I was just way too young. matched

So the fact is, yes, there have been precursors and other eras of violent populism where you have a whole spate, waves of assassination attempts, waves of violent protests happening matched

And side by side with that, large millions and tens of millions of Americans supporting political violence. matched

But it is actually a historical anomaly in our country. matched

It is not simply the same as it was 10 years ago or the same as it was 15 years before that. matched

But the big picture here is matched

is that we are in an era where we have experienced not one, not two, but three assassination attempts against Donald Trump. matched

Two, when he was running for president. matched

One, when he was president. matched

These three are just a small number of the many assassination attempts and assassinations that we have seen over the last five years. matched

You have to recall the assassination attempt against Nancy Pelosi, missed her but almost killed her husband. matched

Brett Kavanaugh, that's a U.S. matched

Supreme Court justice. matched

Josh Shapiro, the arsonist, burned down large parts of his house while his family was sleeping in the house, including him. matched

He's governor of Pennsylvania. matched

Just literally a year ago and two days, so we're speaking on September 12th, matched

But on September 10th, 2025, Charlie Kirk, a major political activist, a podcast host beloved by tens of millions of Americans, was assassinated while he was having – matched

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