When political violence and lawlessness are allowed to thrive, it erodes the foundations of civil society and threatens the health of the republic itself. If the nation is to avoid this grievous outcome, there must be a swift bipartisan response that deals with such violence in all of its forms.

Newly sworn in Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner, the New York Times reports, plans to “examine the influence of Russia and other foreign powers on anti-government extremist groups like the ones that helped mobilize the deadly attack on the Capitol last month.”