Our incredibly angry political moment

Washington (CNN)There were two big moments in politics on Thursday.

1) Speaker Nancy Pelosi brusquely shut down a conservative reporter's question as to whether she hated President Donald Trump.

2) Former Vice President Joe Biden got into a heated back-and-forth with an Iowa voter at a town hall in which the man said Biden was too old to be president and Biden challenged the man to a pushup contest or an IQ test.

Both moments had something in common: vitriol -- and ill intent. Which perfectly typifies our current moment...