"Following the September assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, United States President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance have shaped their political agenda by blaming the left for political violence. Political violence, it's just a statistical fact that it's a bigger problem on the left, Vance said while guest-hosting The Charlie Kirk Show podcast on October 15 in the aftermath of Kirk's killing."
"The study found that 2025 marks the first time in more than 30 years that left-wing terrorist attacks outnumber those from the violent far right. The study also showed that for the 30 years before 2025, right-wing attacks had outpaced left-wing violence. The rise in left-wing attacks merits increased attention, but the fall in right-wing attacks is probably temporary, and it too requires a government response, the authors wrote in the study."
Following the September assassination of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance blamed the left for political violence. Vance publicly stated that political violence is a bigger problem on the left than the right. 2025 recorded more left-wing terrorist attacks than violent far-right attacks for the first time in over 30 years, while the preceding three decades saw right-wing attacks outpace left-wing violence. The 2025 rise in left-wing attacks merits attention, but the decline in right-wing attacks may be temporary. The federal government lacks a single definition of political violence, ideological ascription of attacks is complex, and no universally agreed counts of left- versus right-wing politically violent attacks exist; research before 2025 largely indicated higher levels of right-wing violence.
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