55% Of Leftists Say They Could ‘Somewhat Justify’ A Trump Assassination: Study
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A new study finds that 55% of self-identified leftists thought murdering President Donald Trump would be somewhat justifiable.
The Network of Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) joined Rutgers University’s Social Perception Lab to conduct the study titled “Assassination Culture: How Burning Teslas and Killing Billionaires Became a Meme Aesthetic for Political Violence,” which states that an “assassination culture” appears to be “emerging within segments of the U.S. public on the extreme left, with expanding targets now including figures such as Donald Trump,” The Federalist reports.
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