by Pennsylvania State Sen. Douglas V. Mastriano, PhD, Colonel, U.S. Army (ret.)
(May 1, 2026) — America stands at a dangerous crossroads.
The recent attack targeting President Donald J. Trump — combined with years of escalating political hostility from the left — should alarm every citizen. Violence, threats and the normalization of hateful rhetoric are not merely political problems. They are threats to the very foundation of our republic. Political disagreement is part of our republic. Political violence is not.
Over the past two years, President Trump has been the target of multiple assassination attempts — a deeply troubling reality in American life.
First, in Butler, Pennsylvania, a gunman opened fire at a campaign rally in July 2024, striking President Trump and killing an innocent attendee while wounding others. That moment stunned the nation.
Second, in Florida, an armed individual was apprehended near Trump International Golf Club, intending to kill the president. That incident demonstrated that threats against national leaders are not hypothetical — they are real and persistent.
Third, just this week in Washington, D.C., authorities responded to yet another threat targeting President Trump, underscoring the reality that repeated attempts against a national political figure are no longer rare events, but recurring dangers.
These are not isolated moments. They are warning signs. And they reflect a broader pattern of escalating hostility that has infected political discourse across America. We have seen similar violence before.
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I applaud your sentiments, truly I do, and it would make sense if what you mean by “the Left” were comprised of American citizens who loved our Republic as much – or even half as much – as we.
But, alas, that is not the case. Many bureaucrats openly hate Trump, MAGA, you and me. Our State Department, along with the DHS, openly welcome people into our country who make no bones about destroying the USA and killing all of us “non-believers.”
It’s true. I’m not making this up, just listen to their Imams if you don’t believe me. What is transpiring in Africa will soon visit Europe, starting with their rape gangs and weekly murders. Oh, you say it’s happening already: weekly stabbings; you’re 100% correct.
And we’re next. The Dems support the Muslim community in the USA when there shouldn’t be one Muslim within our borders.
What are we, stupid?
We enjoy ball games and golf meanwhile at least one of our enemies is plotting to introduce Sharia Law.
We treat Islam as a religion instead of what it truly is: a Totalitarian form of government that acts as a “DEATH CULT” with “honor killings” and all the rest of their sordid way of life.
THAT’s your “Political Violence” and coupled with the FAKE NEWS, we need a little more common sense from what we’re getting from our government, which isn’t much.
We must deport them before they deport us to an early grave.
We let them in; we can certainly kick them out.
The author wrote:
“History teaches us that republics fall from internal division fueled by hatred. America must not allow that path to continue. Political violence must be condemned without hesitation and without exception. The targeting of elected officials is not protest. It is not resistance. It is an assault on democracy itself”
History also teaches us that the left has been hell bent on “fundamentally transforming” the Democratic Republic the founders created into a Totalitarian Oligachy ever since the putative potus Obama was first elected by whatever means necessary.