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How congressional dysfunction paved the road to political violence

In 2022, a senior Democratic House staffer I was interviewing paused mid-conversation, her voice heavy with concern. “We are seeing each other based on political affiliation as enemies,” she told me. “And that’s really scary when you can’t just disagree but actually see your political opponent as an enemy who is detrimental to the country, because the only answer to that is to eliminate them.”