Just over a week ago, Cole Tomas Allen tried to run into the White House Correspondents' Association dinner with a gun. What we’ve learned about him since then is eerily…normal. In addition to being an educated and apparently functioning member of society right up until the attack, his list of grievances against the president sounded a lot like typical liberal complaints about the president. What does that mean for people with similar concerns? Vox’s Zack Beauchamp talked to experts on political violence for an introspective look at how to approach rhetoric without stirring up something dangerous.
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—Benjy Sarlin, senior editor of politics, policy, and ideas
