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A new interactive article rounded up 40 instances of Donald Trump rousing supporters with violent rhetoric and threatening language against Americans, undercutting the former president’s accusations that his political opponents’ rhetoric inspired his two assassination attempts. The Atlantic’s roundup of posts the MAGA leader made in 2020, 2016 and 2015, including threatening Twitter posts amid the Minneapolis riots after George Floyd’s death. In that instance, he said, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts.” It also included more recent remarks like one made during a campaign speech ea…