Trump and his allies have fomented anger and violence in the country, and it's putting lives at risk. As the Jan. 6 riot and a violent attack at an FBI office in Ohio have shown, there are real consequences to this dangerous partisanship. Because of Trump's election conspiracies, an elderly man is now dead, as he stirs anger and resentment in a way that goes beyond politics as usual.
Regardless of what one thinks of the former president, we need more answers from the FBI in this sad case. From Ruby Ridge to Waco, the federal government has a history of unnecessarily escalating encounters with those opposed to the government, and there must be more solid evidence other than a few Facebook posts for guns to be drawn on a senior citizen with limited mobility.