Despite calls from Democrats and some Republicans since yesterday to tone down the tone in favor of national unity, it may be too late. American society is already as divided as the planet has been in decades since the assassination attempt on the former president. So the road to the polls is likely to be fraught with absolute polarization that carries huge risks, according to the first analyzes of the followingmath of the assassination attempt.
“The assassination attempt in Pennsylvania opened a new dark chapter in American history, which has been marred by political violence. The attack shocked a nation already experiencing one of the most tense periods in its modern history,” analysts told CNN.
“It reminds of the period of the Kennedy assassinations”, they emphasize, underlining how polarization and anxiety regarding the next day are increasing.
The attempt once morest Donald Trump is a game-changer and may well decide the outcome of the battle on November 5 and will inevitably have an impact on the presidential campaign, a BBC analyst believes.
The Republicans did not waste a moment to seize the opportunity to heroize the “strong Trump who continues to fight for the good of America”, to rally their traditional voters and win sympathy votes from the wider pool of the electorate.
The post of Eric Trump, one of the former president’s children, was typical. “This is the fighter America needs,” he wrote under a photo of his “haughty” father moments following the attack.
Trump’s triumph is now a foregone conclusion, discount Republican congressmen such as Derrick van Orden. “President Trump survived and just won his re-election,” he said.
On the other hand, Democratic officials, according to reports, believe that the mood might change soon if Trump and the Republicans scare the wavering moderates with civil war statements in the coming days.
“Things would have been more difficult if the attempt had been made on the eve of the elections. Four months before the polls are set is a long time in political time to be able to change the climate in favor of the Democratic Party”, comment the Democrats behind closed doors. And in order to support their argument, they refer to statements by top Republican officials who add fuel to the fire, accusing the Democrats of inciting murder. Among them is Ohio Sen. James David Vance, who is considered one of the favorites among Trump’s soon-to-be-chosen vice-presidential candidates.
“This is not an isolated incident. The showcase of the Biden campaign is the assumption that President Trump is an authoritarian fascist who must be stopped at all costs. This rhetoric led directly to the assassination attempt,” he wrote on social media.
With such voices it is unlikely to change the atmosphere of toxicity and extreme polarization and no one can predict where the country may be headed, is the common conclusion in many analyses.
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