‘It feels like a tinderbox’: Threats of political violence escalate ahead of election

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‘It feels like a tinderbox’: Threats of political violence escalate ahead of election
By
Samantha-Jo Roth
October 25, 2024 6:00 am
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PHOENIX — It was early on a Sunday morning when Mary Shreves went to unplug her electric vehicle in front of her home and noticed her Harris-Walz yard signs were gone.

Instead, a large mound of dog poop was splattered across her driveway.

“I thought, ‘Oh my God,’ I couldn’t believe it. At first you’re a little shaky, you’re like ‘Wow what the heck?’ You look around and wonder who did this,” Shreves said, speaking to the Washington Examiner.

The incident in Shreves’s front yard is emblematic of the tension felt across the battleground state from cul-de-sacs in the suburbs to the national campaign’s field offices in the center of the Valley of the Sun. In recent weeks, three shootings targeted a Democratic National Committee office which was then shut down, Republican Kari Lake’s Senate campaign office was evacuated after reports of an anthrax scare, and a mailbox containing ballots was set on fire.

In a state where elections have become virtual toss-ups and races are won on razor-thin margins, Arizona voters and campaigns are on edge in the days before the Nov. 5 election.

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/3202565/tinderbox-threats-political-violence-escalate-ahead-election/

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It is post election when the violence begins.  Actually starting the day of certification of the vote by Congress, then exploding sometime shortly after Trump is sworn in as increasingly larger amounts of government employees find their jobs are done away with and they have no backup to obtain a job, so will likely wind up being paid DNC protestors.

If Elon and Trump are successful, this could easily be a 20% reduction in the federal work force in the first year in office.

Only thing holding them back is likely a Congress that balks on the downsizing.