The United States’ already-intense 2024 presidential race grew even more intense on Saturday afternoon, July 13 when presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump was the target of an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh. President Joe Biden, former President Barack Obama, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) and many other Democrats were quick to express their horror, emphasizing that violence of this kind has no place in U.S. politics. In a sobering article published by Vox following the attack, journalist Zack Beauchamp warns that the violence in Weste…