--- title: Video: The Surge of Political Violence in the U.S. description: Reports of politically motivated threats, harassment, and violence are on the rise across the United States. canonical: https://time.com/6233817/political-violence-us/ author: Andrew Johnson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2022-11-15T16:42:21.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-24T15:03:10.704Z article:section: Politics og:title: Video: The Surge of Political Violence in the U.S. og:description: Reports of politically motivated threats, harassment, and violence are on the rise across the United States. og:url: https://time.com/6233817/political-violence-us/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce7d8e1d48950ae5/698a3711096a944d556ad1f9/political-violence-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1920 og:image:height: 1080 og:image:alt: political-violence-11 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Video: The Surge of Political Violence in the U.S. twitter:description: Reports of politically motivated threats, harassment, and violence are on the rise across the United States. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce7d8e1d48950ae5/698a3711096a944d556ad1f9/political-violence-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch: The Surge of Political Violence in the U.S.  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Nov 15, 2022 4:42 PM UTC  Protesters against a COVID-19 mandate gesture as they are escorted out of the Clark County School Board meeting at the Clark County Government Center, in Las Vegas, on Aug. 12, 2021. Protesters against a COVID-19 mandate gesture as they are escorted out of the Clark County School Board meeting at the Clark County Government Center, in Las Vegas, on Aug. 12, 2021.Bizuayehu Tesfaye—Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP  by [Andrew Johnson](https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/)  ## Andrew Johnson Nov 15, 2022 4:42 PM UTC ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6233817/political-violence-us/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6233817/political-violence-us/"},"headline":"Watch: The Surge of Political Violence in the U.S.","datePublished":"2022-11-15T16:42:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-24T15:03:10.704Z","description":"Reports of politically motivated threats, harassment, and violence are on the rise across the United States.","url":"https://time.com/6233817/political-violence-us/","keywords":["republicans","Congress","News","Explainer","Donald Trump","Biden Administration"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce7d8e1d48950ae5/698a3711096a944d556ad1f9/political-violence-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Andrew Johnson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/andrew-johnson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltce7d8e1d48950ae5/698a3711096a944d556ad1f9/political-violence-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"political-violence-11","caption":"Protesters against a COVID-19 mandate gesture as they are escorted out of the Clark County School Board meeting at the Clark County Government Center, in Las Vegas, on Aug. 12, 2021.","creditText":"Bizuayehu Tesfaye—Las Vegas Review-Journal/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6233817/political-violence-us/","name":"Watch: The Surge of Political Violence in the U.S."}}]}] ```